Paradise is a tiny former mining town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, surrounded by National Forest land. It is located 5.5 miles west (up-mountain) from Portal at latitude 31.56ºN, longitude 109.13ºW, and altitude 5460 feet. During its short but lively heyday, the town had bars, a barber shop, mercantile stores, hotels, a jail, and a red-light district. Almost everyone left when the mines failed, pulling down their homes and businesses and taking the lumber with them. There are significant temperature extremes in Paradise. The controversial computer game Postal² is set in a fictionalized version of Paradise.
Bibliography
Hayes, Alden. A Portal to Paradise.
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Cascabel | Charleston | Cochise | Contention City | Fairbank | Elfrida | Gleeson | Paradise | Tres Alamos |
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