{"id":4890,"date":"2016-07-05T07:46:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T14:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2016-07-05T07:46:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T14:46:12","slug":"apache-junction-elvis-and-prairie-diamond-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=4890","title":{"rendered":"Apache Junction: Elvis and Prairie Diamond Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.09.05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.09.05-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2016-06-04 11.09.05\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.09.05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.09.05-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.09.05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.09.05.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On our way to the Superstition mountains in the small town of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apache_Junction,_Arizona\" target=\"_blank\">Apache Junction<\/a>, we happened past an unexpected tourist destination, a mix of a movie set where they made an Elvis movie called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charro!\" target=\"_blank\">Charro!<\/a> and a museum or Old West-y things.<\/p>\n<p>The movie set included the &#8216;Elvis chapel&#8217;, which like most chapels associated with Elvis, does weddings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.11.30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.11.30-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2016-06-04 11.11.30\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.11.30-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.11.30-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-06-04-11.11.30-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also had a blacksmith who tried to sell us some of his creations based and told us some stories about something called prairie diamond ring. 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