Tom Mix Memorial

King Of Cowboys

This is a sad small memorial on a lonely patch of Highway 79 between Florence and Oracle Junction where Tom Mix died in a car accident on October 12, 1940. Mix was known as the "King of Cowboys" and m...

King Of Cowboys

This is a sad small memorial on a lonely patch of Highway 79 between Florence and Oracle Junction where Tom Mix died in a car accident on October 12, 1940. Mix was known as the "King of Cowboys" and m...

Nice stop.

It's basically just a road-side picnic area with information about Tom Mix. The neat part is that you can go through a gate and walk around in the desert! Just watch out for jumping cholla and cow pat...

Nice stop.

It's basically just a road-side picnic area with information about Tom Mix. The neat part is that you can go through a gate and walk around in the desert! Just watch out for jumping cholla and cow pat...

Short stop visit

Most of us are not nearly old enough to remember original Tom Mix films, but my older relatives had positive memories of him. Worth a 15 minute rest on the right side of Arizona hwy 79 southbound, wi...