Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-04-28
OVERLAND TO ruKSI1.
rtsssaat Trip Over Mountains. Through Naitsys Eaa GIsna. Frsfas snew Clad
 Peaks ts Evergreen Ffeldss

Peaks to HvsFGFsan Fi@ldss
 Tho editor of the JorRxAL- MtNKA recently accepted an invitation from ]. F. WAgonaF, proprietor of the Castle creek stage line, to make a trip by private conveyance ovef the above stage route from Prescott to Phenix. While the days of stage travel, as a business proposition, except in compulsory cases, is thing of the past in Arizona thare Is a certain fascination about it that the above trip Is made by many for pleasure, the scaneTy along tho route, and particularly iu places, being almost unsurpassed. It is the only route by which the far famed Castle creek hot springs can be reached and Mr. Wagoner reports good tTavel both from Prescott and PheniX to this health and pleasure resort. The trip to tho springs from Prescott ls made ia about eighteen hours, stages leaving Pres colt tn the morning and arrive at the springs St 2 o'clock at night. Coming northwAFd from Phenix passengers lave in the early moru- ing arriving at the springs about five or six o'clock in the evening.
 Through passengers to Phenix are permitted to stop At the springs from tho time of arrival till s:30 ln the morning giving them ample time to enjoy good slumber aud to take a bath in the waters from the springs in the morning.
 North bound passengers from Phenix or other points south of Walnut Grove arrive at wagoner about 2 o'clock where comfortable accommodations are provided for them to rest and sleep until S:30 in tbe morning By this arrangement passengers make the the trip very comfortably. Mir. Wagoner has comfortable vehicles, good stock and accommodating drivers on ihe line.
 The drive through by private con. veyance, though is much more pro- dnotive of pleasure than by stage
 The first days drive was made to Wag0ner located at the lower end of Walnut Grove and within a mile of the site of the Walnut Grove Water Storage company's big dam. ItI may be incidentally mentioned here that in crossing the divide. on the Copper Basin road a short distance in the road was found tS still have a foot and a half of snow covering it.
 Wagoner precinct is the bailiwick presided over by Jef Davis, as jus tice of the peace, and on the news paper mans arrival being announced to His Honor he very cautiously extended the freedom of his pre- cinet as we'll as of the surrounding range to him. Judge Davis had just opened the spring term of court a few days previously and there was considerable excitement in sub dued form existing in the commu. nifty over a case tried by him.
 Wagoner is sort of distributing point for large scope of country aud the store run by J. F. Wagoher, the father of the town, (and by the way, that is all he is the father of does 6 lively business. Mir. Wag- oneT keeps a first class hostelry which is also liberally patronixed by travellers, and he is the only man 1 seen in months who does not com plain of hard times.
 Sunday was spent in this place, a portion of the day being occupied l m a very pleasant visit with Col. A. Q. .Brodie, at the Red House." on the blutf overlooking the big dam | site, and which the colonel con hdently hopes soon to see trans formed into a veritabls dam aud I big lake of water.
 On Monday a drive over a beauti- Iul and picturesque mountain range, } stop for dinner at the Crown Point mining camp, and a journey town into the Castle creek valley md through it for distance of ten ! ,r twelve miles, brought us to the Castle creok hot springs where the travellers were hountifully ! provided for by Thomas Holland ]