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Several hiking trails into the Superstition Mountains begin near Tortilla Flat. Most of these were constructed in the late 1980s after a fire consumed the existing store, restaurant and motel on the same site the mercantile/gift shop was built in 2009. The town is made up primarily of a country store, a saloon (bar/restaurant), a mercantile/gift shop, and a small museum.
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Today Tortilla Flat is owned and operated by Alvin Ross, a farmer from Indiana who purchased the town in 1998. A flood in 1942 badly damaged the town, resulting in many residents moving away. From this time (1904) on, Tortilla Flat has had a small (less than 100 people) but continuous population. Originally a camping ground for the prospectors who searched for gold in the Superstition Mountains in the mid-to-late 19th century, Tortilla Flat was later a freight camp for the construction of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Tortilla Flat can be reached by vehicles on the Apache Trail (State Route 88), via Apache Junction. Post Office in Phoenix, Tortilla Flat is presumed to be Arizona's smallest official "community" having a U.S. According to the Gross Management Department of Arizona's main U.S. It is the last surviving stagecoach stop along the Apache Trail. It is located in the central part of the state, northeast of Apache Junction. Tortilla Flat is a small unincorporated community in far eastern Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
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