Several more burros have since been reported shot along Hidden Springs Drive, Greenridge Drive and Reche Canyon Road.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Once a gold rush boomtown, Oatman was largely abandoned when the gold miners downed their pickaxes and skipped town—leaving behind a herd of long-eared burros.
Or complete jumping jacks by tapping one foot out at a time, Bonney says.
—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
25 Mar. 2026
No one in my generation remembers the huge labor force of switchboard operators, but in the 1950s there were 340,000 workers physically plugging cords into jacks to connect callers to one another (roughly equivalent to the number of dental assistants today).
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