Arizona state miner., 1924-06-28
W|CKENBURG'S
ADVANTAGES!

stands at the head of, and is, the
natural gateway from the north into
the great Salt River valley, sloping
west and south towards Phoenix, Ari-
Zona's greatest metropolis. 1t sits
picturesquely along the far-famed
Hassayampa river, in restful harmony
and elegance, among verdant groves
of poplar, willow, giant mesquite and
an orderly addition of evergreen pep
pers and eucalyptus trees. It's gentle
sloping, terraced hills on both sides
OF the river give impressions of a de-
lightful home town of charm and
lovely rural surroundings. Such it is.
A type of rundown mining supply
town just coming to life again and
emerging under impetus of natural
environments that have never been
cultivated in trying to bring back it's
activity Of a former age.
Briefly reflected among it's promi-
nent features are the following:
Logical Site for A Sanitarium
Famous for mild, sunny winters,
and where nature helps industry and
invites health. Occasional night
frosts, but flowers bloom all the year
and bees are gathering honey in Feb
ruary.
Perhaps 10000 head of cattle are
wintering on the desert ranges ad-
jacent to and tributary to Wicken-
burg, To this may also be added
$4,000 to $4,000 head of sheep and
goats which annually make this re-
gion their winter range and breeding
habitat.
Unlimited purest percolated water
from the Hassayampa river and trib
utary mountain streams forms the
towns water supply. The water is
pumped from wells sunk along the
banks Of the Hassayampa, so located
that surface OverflOws may not i'm
pair it's percolated purity. From the
surface to bedrock, right where the
Wickenburg bridge is built, must be
Of great depth, perhaps 100 feet or
more, indicated by concrete piers that
stand upon heavy piling driven to a
depth of 80 feet, set in concrete. A
concrete reservoir of 10000 gallons
capacity is refilled daily for local con-
sumption of the town, and Santa Fe
railroad, which runs many trains a
day through the heart Of the munich
pality and has a yard extending
A Promising Railroad Center
Wickenburg is an important ship
ping place for livestock, wool, ore,
and mineral concentrates from the
adjacent mines and ranges, and is
destined to become a great railroad
center when keen sighted transpor-
tation companies realize it's proxim-
ity and accessibility to tidewater at
TOD H111G 0& N01f fPO1S
MIA. It is only 81 miles from Wicken-
burg, south, over a level desert, with
no streams to cross to the junction of
the Southern Pacific railroad, with
the branch road to Ajo, whence it is
only 80 miles to the gulf, and 100
miles nearer than Los Angeles har-
bor
When the immense irrigation sys-
TENS projected from the Colorado
river provide water for the millions
Of acres now being homesteaded to
the south and west, Wickenburg will
be transformed into a metropolitan
distributing railroad center with an
outlet at the gulf for Southern Utah,
Colorado and New Mexico, that will
help industry of every description in
Western Arizona.
Churches, Schools and Transportation
Foothills climate with an elevation
of over 1000 feet-where it is just
joy to live in winter, and summers
not unusually hot.
Population about 600 in summer
and nearly twice that number in win
ter, of which many are Santa Fe rail
way employees and trainmen.
Transportation facilities are three
passenger trains a day from Wicken-
burg to Phoenix; two each way to
Prescott and the east via Flagstaff;
and two Zone accommodation) each
day to and from Los Angeles via the
Parker and Needles to Central and
Northern California points. The only
safe and acknowledged highway from
the southern states via Bankhead
route from Phoenix to Wickenburg,
Grand Canyon, Nevada and Utah.
New public school building, cost
over $23,O00 enrolment of scholars
is over 200, and on the increase with
promising high school district now in
its second year. and a faculty of
eight teachers.
Two new churches, regular services
and pastors; $25OO church edifice and
parsonage constructed by Presbyter-
ian Board of Missions; Catholic
Church remodeled into attractive mis-
sion-style House of Cod.
Cowboys and Western Sports
Health in her climate, Wealth in
her mines," only partially expresses
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