City of Yuma

If it was not for the military this town would be like Baker, CA.
For the most part, it is sorta run down. Some renovations & modernization would improve the luster and not compromise it’s western roots. The most modern establishment here is the movie theater. I am sure the town center where the fountain is located is where all the teenies hang out and military men come to pick up chicks.
Talk about the wild west! The train station, rail, and bridges definitely give Yuma the old western feel. I can envision during the late 1800s and early 1900s with all the horses, trains, stage coaches, lack of security, and the unfortunate justice system that hung numerous individuals in the prison.
I took pics of the prison cemetary, and it contained a few chinese and korean names… To think, these people buried here are a complete mystery. No means to trace their ancestry, why they were here, what they were really accused of, was the trial unfair? and a plethora of questions (not condemnation) that incorporate what us amateur historians called the wild west.
Yuma was basically the old school version of San Quentin for District 9 (think 9^th circuit board of appeals, but just the Southwest).
All this death, mayhem, uncertainty, and rich history, mixture of Native American, Mexican before they were called Mexicans, and pioneer Manifest Destiny East Coast American-​European heritages clusterfu*ked into one town called Yuma.
What a sad tale for Yuma to be dehibilitated to its current state of affairs.