I have been participating in 52 ancestors in 52 weeks. One of the prompts for the month of June is Family Gathering. I think this loosely fits into that category.
As a child I usually spent a week or so in Arizona every other year. My Aunt and Uncle lived in Phoenix. A lot of the trips including bringing my grandparents. One trip, we visited Agua Verde Castle. It is located in Vail AZ which is outside of Tucson. It was built by Duane Durham. The back of the picture says May 1976.
Duane Durham is my Grandfather D.D. Hoyt's nephew. So, his mother Irma was my grandfather's sister. Most of the online stuff I have read was that Agua Verde was built in the 70's. I only have a small memory of the castle which in this picture doesn't look complete. We went with my Grandparents Dee and Marvel. I remember a possible fountain inside and my mother being freaked out there wasn't a railing on the second floor where there might have been a bedroom and possibly an indoor fountain. I was literally probably 5 years old, so my memories are vague at best. I don't recognize the people in the picture.
I asked my mom more information about the castle and she recalled a secret passage that went to the kitchen. She also mentioned a stunning carved angel out of a tree root.
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