14 local children were
educated in this small
School House.
Plaques have been mounted
to a former student's desk.
In the 1930s children from the Mormon Dam-Canyon Lake area, Horse Mesa Dam and Tortilla Flat were taught by Mrs. Blackburn and later by Mrs. Potter.
The history of Tortilla
Flat lines the wall of
this small museum.
A recreation of the town
is on the shelf below.
This cash register was
recovered after the
The inside mechanism of
the register was separated
from its casing.
the register was separated
from its casing.
was the backdrop for
the 1949 film, Lust
For Gold.
The museum includes a
promotional poster for
the movie, Tortilla Flat.
Based on John Steinbeck's
book, the movie was
The Tortilla Flat Museum has a sense of whimsey...
Phone lines never linked
Tortilla Flat to the rest
of Arizona.
The Jackalope is a tribute
to those who tell Tall Tales.
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