SR 82

Don't simply pass by this unassuming town along State Route 82.

When talking about historic Arizona towns, our minds suddenly leap to more popular haunts like Jerome, a must-stop along the curvaceous State Route 89A, or Tombstone, the Old West archetype on State Route 80.

But the fact is our state is chock full of municipalities that, for one reason or another, were simply deserted along the way. Today, we’ll scratch the surface on a town called Fairbank.

A State Route 82 pullout east of Nogales offers two nods to Arizona history in one spot.