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Oatman, Arizona : ウィキペディア英語版 | Oatman, Arizona
Oatman is a former mining town in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Located at an elevation of , it began as a tent camp soon after two prospectors struck a $10 million gold find in 1915, though the area had been already settled for a number of years. Oatman's population grew to more than 3,500 in the course of a year. Oatman has the ZIP code of 86433.〔(Zip Code Lookup )〕 The 86433 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 128 at the 2000 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕 ==Name==
After a few other names, Oatman was named in the posthumous honor of Olive Oatman, a young Illinois girl who was taken captive by (presumably) Yavapai Indians and forced to work as a slave. She was later traded to Mohave Indians who adopted her as a daughter and had her face tattooed in the custom of the tribe. She was released in 1855 near the current site of the town.
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