Gila Bend, Arizona
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Gila Bend, founded in 1872, is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The town is named for an approximately 90-degree bend in the Gila River, which is near the community's current locatio
A humorous, numerically outdated sign welcomes people to Gila Bend.
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The 1995 Palo Verde derailment took place on October 9, 1995, when Amtrak's Sunset Limited was derailed by terrorists near Palo Verde, Arizona on Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Two locomotives, Amt
Gila Bend, Arizona
…growth of the American Southwest. Gila Bend was the "center of a wheel", with spokes leading in many directions. A more recent event in the area was the October 1995 sabotage of the Amtrak Sunset Limited train. On December 14, 2006, Volkswagen of America, Inc., leased 11,900 acres (48 km2) of land at a cost of $55 million…
Sunset Limited Derailment
The site of the derailment in 2013. The large gouge in the embankment was created by the impact of the train.