If we didn't take the off trail section we never would of found this grave site. Earl Francis; In 1964, at the age of 33, the US Government judged his homestead claim unacceptable due to it not being "profitable." Francis said it was profitable enough for him to survive, "There's a few dollars' worth I can scratch out. But I like it better that way than if there was enough to make me rich. At least I don't own nobody and nobody owes me."

He spent over a year fighting the government, but ended up losing his case. His claim was declared null and void and the government ordered him to tear down his home. In 1966, Francis decided he would never leave his house and committed suicide by blowing himself up in his home with a keg of dynamite.

There is nothing left of Francis or his house now. His gravestone was erected by his friends, the words stamped in a sheet of copper. — in Oracle. got this from http://forums.ghosttowns.com/showthread ... le-Arizona