Prospectors explored the Black Mountains area of Arizona as early as the 1860s. One of the early claims established during those years was named Oatman, after Olive Oatman, the young woman captured by Native Americans in the Arizona Territory after the infamous Oatman Massacre. Recognized for the distinctive facial tattoos she received while in captivity, she spent five years with the Mohave tribe before eventually being returned to American society.
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