In a West filled with ghost towns, both commercialized and remote, Oatman might just be the most unghostly of them all. The dusty parking lot fills up quickly on busy weekends. Cars can drive straight ...

OATMAN, Ariz.—The journey to Oatman, Arizona, twists for miles, curling through the craggy Black Mountains of Mohave County until you arrive at a weathered mining camp that feels plucked from the ...