Seeking Fanner Fifty Justice On Old Route 66

 January 10, 2026

   Yes, we now know Wyatt Earp spent some quality time in Mohave County in the teens and 1920s. Here are two young whippersnappers, who didn't know this at the time this picture was taken.

BBB and Dan Harshberger seeking

Fanner Fifty Justice in the foothills above White Hills, circa 1959.

   Yes, those three buildings in the background are all that was left of White Hills, which looked like this during its heyday.

White Hills was an active silver camp from 1895 until 1914, when flash floods damaged the mines

   At one point White Hills was the largest mining camp in Mohave County with a population of 1,500 and 15 working mines within a mile of the camp. It had running water, electric lights and telephones during the final phase of development.

   Meanwhile, another Mohave County mining camp soon took over from White Hills.

A 1920s touring car cruises up the main drag

of Oatman. In 1926, this thoroughfare became Route 66.

   And, now we know that one Old West icon most certainly got his kicks on Route 66!

Wyatt Earp poses next to a custom Packard

probably owned by cowboy star William S. Hart

   And, based on the above, here is a sneak peek at the cover of the next issue.

Dan the Man's take on March-April TW

(and yes, this is the same Dan "The Man" Harshberger in the top photo.)

Daily Whip Out: 

"Grinnin' Like A Jackass Eating Prickly Pear"

“Sage-brush is a very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child, the mule. But their testimony to its nutritiousness is worth nothing, for they will eat pine - knots, or anthracite coal, or brass filings, or lead pipe, or old bottles, or anything that comes handy, and then go off looking as grateful as if they had had oysters for dinner.” 

—Mark Twain, Roughing It