SUNSET
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Sunset COUNTY: Navajo ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T19N, R16E CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS: Near Winslow. REMAINS: Sunset Graveyard, which is located on the grounds of Homolovi State Park about a 250 yard walk from the Visitor's Center; 1 bridge pier remains visible in the Little Colorado at the site of the original settlement. |
| Founded by Mormons in 1876, Sunset was the location of a major mill and other industrial enterprises; the settlement was abandoned in 1887 but some remnants were still visible until the flood of 1933 which washed everything away. |
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