BENSON QUIT
Our gasoline was getting low as we drove through the Salt River Canyon toward Phoenix. I asked my wife what was the next town on the map. “Nelsonville,” she replied. We drove on and on, but there was no sign of a town. At last, we came upon a building with a gas pump in front, and I pulled in. “Is this Nelsonville?” I asked the attendant. “No, Bensonville,” he replied. “But where is Nelsonville? It shows on the map. We should have passed it.” “Oh, him,” the attendant said. “He quit.” From Milton V. Burge, Howell, New Jersey, Arizona Highways, June 1992, pg. 52
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