Location | Distance between stations |
Distance from landings and ferry crossings near La Paz in Arizona Territory. |
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Mineral City, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry 1864-1866 |
0.0 mi (0 km) | 0.0 mi (0 km) |
Ehrenberg, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry from 1866 |
0.5 mi (0.80 km) | 0.5 mi (0.80 km) |
Olive City, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry 1862-1864 |
0.5 mi (0.80 km) | 1.0 mi (1.6 km) |
La Paz, Arizona Territory 1862-1869 |
4.5 mi (7.2 km) | 5.5 mi (8.9 km) |
Tyson's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863-1880) | 20 mi (32 km) | 25.5 mi (41.0 km) |
Desert Station (1866-1880) Ranegras Plain |
25 mi (40 km) | 50.5 mi (81.3 km) |
Granite Water (1863-1866) Granite Wash Pass, Arizona Territory |
9.3 mi (15.0 km) | 59.8 mi (96.2 km) |
Flint's, Arizona Territory (1866-1880) Centennial Wash |
9.7 mi (15.6 km) | 69.5 mi (111.8 km) |
McMullen's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863-1866) McMullen's (1866-1880) [2] Fork of road to Date Creek here. [5] |
4 mi (6.4 km) | 73.5 mi (118.3 km) |
Cullens Well, Arizona Territory Fork of road to Wickenburg here. |
10 mi (16 km) | 83.5 mi (134.4 km) |
Kings Wells, Arizona Territory [6] | 9 mi (14 km) | 93.5 mi (150.5 km) |
Wickenburg Massacre site, Arizona Territory | 29.5 mi (47.5 km) | 123.0 mi (197.9 km) |
Wickenburg, Arizona Territory (1863- ) | 8 mi (13 km) | 131.0 mi (210.8 km) |
La Paz - Wikenburg Road was a 131 mile long wagon road and stagecoach route between the Colorado River landings at La Paz, Olive City and Mineral City to the mining town of Wickenburg, Arizona. From Wickenburg roads led to other new mining camps and districts in the interior of Arizona Territory. From 1862, when the river changed its course, La Paz was isolated on the slough of the old river channel over 4 miles from the new river channel. In 1866, the road head changed to the new river landing of Ehrenburg, where the Bradshaw Trail wagon and stagecoach road from San Bernardino crossed the Colorado River at Bradshaw's Ferry. [1]
desert, more like the desert which our imagination pictures, than the one we had crossed in September from Mojave. It seemed so white, so bare, so endless, and so still; irreclaimable, eternal, like Death itself. The stillness was appalling. We saw great numbers of lizards darting about like lightning; they were nearly as white as the sand itself, and sat up on their hind legs and looked at us with their pretty, beady black eyes. It seemed very far off from everywhere and everybody, this desert — but I knew there was a camp somewhere awaiting us, and our mules trotted patiently on. Towards noon they began to raise their heads and sniff the air; they knew that water was near. They quickened their pace, and we soon drew up before a large wooden structure. There were no trees nor grass around it. A Mexican worked the machinery with the aid of a mule, and water was bought for our twelve animals, at so much per head."
Directly south of Harcuvar range, north side Parker branch R. R. Santa Fe Mining district. Extends northeast from vicinity of Salome to near Forepaugh. "Sometimes called Grace valley. McMullen was an old prospector in this region." Letter, P. M. Salome. McMullen station shows on Ehrenburg-Prescott stage road on map. [24]
Hopefully and cheerfully the next morning we entered the vast Colorado desert." [26]
"Coues in his Garces gets this mixed up with Kerlins Well which is near the base of Mount Floyd, some distance from here."
In September, 1934, the author met at Fort Verde the child Daniel to whom Mrs. Summerhayes refers so kindly, now a man of over 60 years, who said his father's name was Charles C. Culling and the well should be so designated for historical accuracy. McClintock has a delightful little story of this place well worth the telling. After Cullen, or Culling, died the station was kept by one Joe Drew. One night a man staggered into the station nearly dead from thirst. He had seen the dim light of the station through a window. After this Drew always kept a lantern burning on top of a tall pole so that anyone lost on the desert might see it if near enough. Drew called himself the "Keeper of the Desert Lighthouse." [27] ---
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"11. The ranch of Samuel Cullumber, which included a stage stop, was situated in the Martinez Valley on the Wickenburg Road just south of Camp Date Creek. In February, 1872 he and Tom Harris, a friend who was helping him run the station, were killed by marauding Indians. A neighboring rancher, William Gilson led a party in pursuit and reportedly killed two of the Indians. Hanchett, Catch the Stage, pp. 71-72."
Martinez Yavapai Co. U. S. G. S. Map, 1923. In T. 10 N., R. 6 E. Old mining camp on Prescott-Phoenix R. R., east side Date Creek mountains. In Martinez canyon. P. 0. established October 3, 1896, Edward Ziegler, P. M. Barnes, Arizona Place Names, 1921 - Page 266
Wickenburg Massacre Site - 33°59′21.0833″N 112°51′13.1″W / 33.989189806°N 112.853639°W
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Category:Geography of Yavapai County, Arizona]]
Category:Geography of Maricopa County, Arizona]]
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Location | Distance between stations |
Distance from landings and ferry crossings near La Paz in Arizona Territory. |
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Mineral City, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry 1864-1866 |
0.0 mi (0 km) | 0.0 mi (0 km) |
Ehrenberg, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry from 1866 |
0.5 mi (0.80 km) | 0.5 mi (0.80 km) |
Olive City, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry 1862-1864 |
0.5 mi (0.80 km) | 1.0 mi (1.6 km) |
La Paz, Arizona Territory 1862-1869 |
4.5 mi (7.2 km) | 5.5 mi (8.9 km) |
Tyson's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863-1880) | 20 mi (32 km) | 25.5 mi (41.0 km) |
Desert Station (1866-1880) Ranegras Plain |
25 mi (40 km) | 50.5 mi (81.3 km) |
Granite Water (1863-1866) Granite Wash Pass, Arizona Territory |
9.3 mi (15.0 km) | 59.8 mi (96.2 km) |
Flint's, Arizona Territory (1866-1880) Centennial Wash |
9.7 mi (15.6 km) | 69.5 mi (111.8 km) |
McMullen's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863-1866) McMullen's (1866-1880) [2] Fork of road to Date Creek here. [5] |
4 mi (6.4 km) | 73.5 mi (118.3 km) |
Cullens Well, Arizona Territory Fork of road to Wickenburg here. |
10 mi (16 km) | 83.5 mi (134.4 km) |
Kings Wells, Arizona Territory [6] | 9 mi (14 km) | 93.5 mi (150.5 km) |
Wickenburg Massacre site, Arizona Territory | 29.5 mi (47.5 km) | 123.0 mi (197.9 km) |
Wickenburg, Arizona Territory (1863- ) | 8 mi (13 km) | 131.0 mi (210.8 km) |
La Paz - Wikenburg Road was a 131 mile long wagon road and stagecoach route between the Colorado River landings at La Paz, Olive City and Mineral City to the mining town of Wickenburg, Arizona. From Wickenburg roads led to other new mining camps and districts in the interior of Arizona Territory. From 1862, when the river changed its course, La Paz was isolated on the slough of the old river channel over 4 miles from the new river channel. In 1866, the road head changed to the new river landing of Ehrenburg, where the Bradshaw Trail wagon and stagecoach road from San Bernardino crossed the Colorado River at Bradshaw's Ferry. [1]
desert, more like the desert which our imagination pictures, than the one we had crossed in September from Mojave. It seemed so white, so bare, so endless, and so still; irreclaimable, eternal, like Death itself. The stillness was appalling. We saw great numbers of lizards darting about like lightning; they were nearly as white as the sand itself, and sat up on their hind legs and looked at us with their pretty, beady black eyes. It seemed very far off from everywhere and everybody, this desert — but I knew there was a camp somewhere awaiting us, and our mules trotted patiently on. Towards noon they began to raise their heads and sniff the air; they knew that water was near. They quickened their pace, and we soon drew up before a large wooden structure. There were no trees nor grass around it. A Mexican worked the machinery with the aid of a mule, and water was bought for our twelve animals, at so much per head."
Directly south of Harcuvar range, north side Parker branch R. R. Santa Fe Mining district. Extends northeast from vicinity of Salome to near Forepaugh. "Sometimes called Grace valley. McMullen was an old prospector in this region." Letter, P. M. Salome. McMullen station shows on Ehrenburg-Prescott stage road on map. [24]
Hopefully and cheerfully the next morning we entered the vast Colorado desert." [26]
"Coues in his Garces gets this mixed up with Kerlins Well which is near the base of Mount Floyd, some distance from here."
In September, 1934, the author met at Fort Verde the child Daniel to whom Mrs. Summerhayes refers so kindly, now a man of over 60 years, who said his father's name was Charles C. Culling and the well should be so designated for historical accuracy. McClintock has a delightful little story of this place well worth the telling. After Cullen, or Culling, died the station was kept by one Joe Drew. One night a man staggered into the station nearly dead from thirst. He had seen the dim light of the station through a window. After this Drew always kept a lantern burning on top of a tall pole so that anyone lost on the desert might see it if near enough. Drew called himself the "Keeper of the Desert Lighthouse." [27] ---
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"11. The ranch of Samuel Cullumber, which included a stage stop, was situated in the Martinez Valley on the Wickenburg Road just south of Camp Date Creek. In February, 1872 he and Tom Harris, a friend who was helping him run the station, were killed by marauding Indians. A neighboring rancher, William Gilson led a party in pursuit and reportedly killed two of the Indians. Hanchett, Catch the Stage, pp. 71-72."
Martinez Yavapai Co. U. S. G. S. Map, 1923. In T. 10 N., R. 6 E. Old mining camp on Prescott-Phoenix R. R., east side Date Creek mountains. In Martinez canyon. P. 0. established October 3, 1896, Edward Ziegler, P. M. Barnes, Arizona Place Names, 1921 - Page 266
Wickenburg Massacre Site - 33°59′21.0833″N 112°51′13.1″W / 33.989189806°N 112.853639°W
Category:1863 establishments in the United States]]
Category:Geography of La Paz County, Arizona]]
Category:Geography of Yavapai County, Arizona]]
Category:Geography of Maricopa County, Arizona]]
Category:Historic trails and roads in Arizona]]