![]() ![]() We left our seats to watch and returned afterwards. We enjoyed the shootout right in the middle of our lunch at the Oatman Hotel. The Oatman Ghost Riders have Wild West Shootouts every day in the middle of Route 66. You can purchase carrots and burro chow to feed them at stores throughout the town but be warned that the burros kick and bite and feeding them is actually discouraged! Today there are many, many, many wild burros roaming the streets of Oatman. Despite a fire that burned much of the town in 1921, you’ll still find several original sites.īurros came to Oatman with gold prospectors to assist with hauling in the mines. ![]() Often referred to as a ghost town, Oatman was a fantastic place to strike it rich by way of gold in the early 1900’s. Oatman, Arizona is an old mining town on historical Route 66.
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