If a town has a colorful story about its founding you can't really blame them for capitalizing on it. The Arizona town of Show Low has certainly done that. The detail that two candidates for mayor should settle the election with a deck of cards is...well, it's something you don't expect to see in these disenchanted times. It must be said that the monument with the two men at the card table is quite a beauty as well.
Really, though, just having a town father named "Corydon Cooley" puts them ahead of the pack.
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That's definitely a colorful story and the idea of settling an election by means of a card game is uniquely civilized. If only modern leaders vying for office would resolve the appointments that way the world would be a more peaceful place for the rest of us. I especially liked the part that Clark was so easy with the result he just moved on down the road and started a new business.
I liked the monument too - it's laid back but elegant.
The world has been through some changes since Corydon Cooley and Marion Clark sat down to that fateful card game. Some are no doubt good. But some are less than good. The mounting importance of doing everything according to a strictly official pattern is one of the less-good changes. Anyway, I'm glad things still worked out well enough for Clark.
Taking a walk through the park with this statue in it has to be kind of a thrill.
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