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Show Low had its beginning as a ranch of nearly 100,000
acres jointly owned by Marion Clark and Corydon Cooley,
a U.S. army scout. According to legend, sometime around
1876, the partners decided that one of them should
leave. They agreed to play cards to decide who would
get the ranch. The game they played was believed to
have been "seven up," and they played all
night with neither of them achieving the winning hand.
Finally, Clark is reputed to have said, "Show
low, and you take the ranch." Cooley turned up
the deuce of clubs and won the ranch, the cattle,
all of the crops, and the buildings. The main street
of the town is still called "Deuce of Clubs."
Local political lore suggests that if the local election
is ever tied, the winner will "draw low"
for it.
Show
Low Statue
1100 W. Deuce of Clubs
Show Low, AZ 85901
Map
Photographed by Gerald
Thurman
June 1, 2005
Posted on RoadTrip America 1/06
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