Arizona ghost trailsHinton, Richard J. (Richard Josiah)
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Arizona ghost trails
Hinton, Richard J. (Richard Josiah)
Arizona -- Guidebooks; Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona
At all stations, wood, water, and grass, or other feed, are to be
found. At most of them, a small store is also kept. Meals and lodgings
can be obtained. (1) At Mission Camp, there is a road south and west,
to the old Papago country, via Cabaza Prieto. (2) From Mohawk is a
road due south to the same region. (3) Five miles east of Teamster
Camp is a route south to the Ajo Copper Mines, and then southwest
to Sonora. (4) At Burke’s is a road south to the same point. (5) At
Painted Rock, north of and near this station, a road to Phœnix comes
in. (6) Near Gila Bend, a road diverges south, through the old Papago
country, to old mines and deserted Indian villages. (7) At Maricopa
Wells, roads north and south diverge direct to Tucson, the Papagonia,
to Phœnix, Camps McDowell, Verde, and Apache. (8) At Pima Villages,
a road diverges north, passing through the Maricopa village (Indians,
800). There are 5,000 Pima Indians, living in ten large and several
small villages, between this station and Montezuma. There is also a
road directly south from Pima. (9) Road south to Desert Wells. (10)
From Florence, regular stages leave for Silver City, Pioneer District;
Globe City, Globe District; San Carlos, and Camp Apache; also, to
Hayden, East Phœnix, Phœnix, Wickenburg, and Prescott. There is a
direct road to old Camp Grant, east, and thence to the San Pablo Valley
and Arivipa settlements. (11) At Tucson, the highway to Mexico, via the
valley of the Santa Cruz, diverges west. Stages leave for Guaymas. (12)
Near Cienega, a road diverges to Davidson’s, the Santa Rita placers,
old Camps Crittenden and Wallen, the Pategonias, and the old Presidio
San Pedro (U. S. Camp Huachuca). (13) At Tres Alimos, there is a road
north and up the San Pedro Valley to San Carlos, the Globe District,
and Camp Apache. (14) There are roads north and south at this point
to Camp Grant and the old Chiricahua Reservation, now abandoned, and
thence, by trails, etc., to Sulphur Springs Valley, Dragoon Mountains,
etc. (15) There is a road north direct to Safford, on the Gila. (16)
Stages here for the most southerly station, via Santa Fé, on the
Denver & Rio Grande N. G. R. R.; thence east, via Colorado and Kansas
railroads. (17) At Mesilla, the overland stages connect with branch to
El Paso, Fort Worth, etc., Texas.
Distances Between Stations, commencing at Dos Palmas, on S. P. R. R.,
and thence over Lines of Cal. and Arizona Stage Co.
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