In the late 1940's and early 1950's Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen had a dream.  They were living in Winkleman, Arizona, which is 23 miles north of Mammoth, when they decided to build a Motel.  They chose Mammoth, Arizona for their location.  They named the Motel "Sierra Vista Motel" which means "View of the Mountains" in Spanish. 

The Old Highway 77 was still used as a main highway between Tucson and Globe.  Below left is a picture of that time in front of the Motel.

The Allens lived in one of the Cottages while the main house was built.  Below center is Mrs. Allen in front of   Room No. 5 at that time (No. 6 today). 

When the State decided to build a new road in 1961 from Tucson  and Florence North to Winkleman, they went to Mr. and Mrs. Allen  and asked for part of their property so they could put the highway through there.  At that time they told them they would build a wall around their property.  Below right is a picture of the wall.

Below are the same view but present time to show the many changes from 1950 to 2011.

From left to right top (left) Mr. and Mrs. Allen in the center seated with their Grand son, his wife and their daughter.  (Center)Karl "Hoss" Foster the present owner, (right) is one of our kitchenetts.

Bottom from left to right (left) is our old sign, (center) view of the Galiuro Mountains,  (right)The old trail up to Copper Creek.