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ALONG NM 35, in the southern range of the Gila National Forest, a sign shaped in the National Forest Service’s trademark trapezoid bears a question mark. No words. No arrows. Just that. Puzzled…
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ALONG NM 35, in the southern range of the Gila National Forest, a sign shaped in the National Forest Service’s trademark trapezoid bears a question mark. No words. No arrows. Just that. Puzzled…
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