User:Terriethomas/Sandbox

History
The small town of Podunk was located in the Arizona desert. There is uncertainty as to the exact location. Possible locations are close to Superior or further north near Globe. It was founded sometime around the late 1800s. The population was small as it never exceeded 1000 people. The little town had a hospital, a small newspaper, and a cemetery. The population of Podunk was moved to Kernel, Arizona, a few miles away, after the buildings were destroyed and the ground cleared. However, the cemetery was left intact. The town of Podunk became a ghost town.

Birth and Death Records
The Podunk Hospital began issuing birth certificates in the early 1900s until 1963. The hospital records were most likely moved to the new town of Kernal, Arizona which was built to replace Podunk. The health clinic in Kernel is the possible repository of the records from the Podunk Hospital.

Cemetery
The concrete headstones in the cemetery are in poor condition due to weathering. As a consequence, the names and dates inscribed on the headstones are difficult to read. However, a list of the names of people who were buried in the Podunk Cemetery is in the city hall of Kernel.

Newspaper
The name of the newspaper was Podunk Publishes. It stopped publication  before the town became a ghost town in 1963. Everyone in the town of Podunk saved a copy of the last newspaper printed as a keepsake. There was an article about the last publication in a newspaper from Phoenix.

Churches
There were many churches in Podunk. A few of the denominations included: Methodist, Baptist and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Problem Article
Paragraphs for Missionary Lessons The small town of Podunk, Arizona is located somewhere up there in the desert, maybe close to Superior or maybe further north around Globe. I don't actually remember. Anyhow, I think that it may have been founded around the late 1800s but it is a ghost town now and it never had a population over 1000 people or so. Nobody knows who founded it, but I kind of figured that as long as the Wiki here remains free and it doesn't cost me any money, I'll go ahead and try to describe where the birth and death records that were generated there can be found. I doubt if the Wiki will remain free to users for very long, so copy this information fast if you are interested. The little town had a hospital and a small newspaper when it was active, and the cemetery is still there. My birth certificate says I was born in the hospital in 1942. The hospital was a lot older than I was for sure because I've heard that they were issuing birth certificates as far back as 1910. My neighbor told me that those hospital records were moved to the new town that was built to replace Podunk. They bull dozed over Podunk and moved everybody to Kernel, Arizona, a few miles away. I think that the Kernel, Arizona health clinic has the records from the Podunk Hospital. So in case you ever get there, look me up in the 1942 section and let me know if you find me. My name is Joseph Middling Piddles, born June 1, 1942. I'll be in there! The newspaper was called: "Podunk Publishes" and it closed down before the town became a ghost town in 1963. Everybody in town saved the last newspaper they printed and there was even an article about it in the newspaper from Phoenix. I used to go to the cemetery there when I was a kid. The headstones were all worn down even then and I never was able to collect a name or a date off of any of them. They marked the graves with cement headstones and in the hot weather they cracked and after a while, they were standing but not much else. There is a list of the names of people who were buried there somewhere in the city hall of Kernel but I've never actually seen it. So take my advice and make a trip to Kernel and snoop around at City Hall and maybe they'll let you take a peek at what they have there left from when the town of Podunk had people living in it. Just don't go in the summer because it gets really, really hot in the summer in the desert and you won't have any fun at all. There were a lot of churches there but all I remember are Methodists, Baptists and a handful of Mormons who met in a house. Catholics had to drive to Via Sonora to go to church.