Arizona state miner., 1926-07-17
THE HAsSAYAMPA SPRINGS
THE OLD BRILL STAGE LINE
AND THE CIRCLE FLYNG-W
BY Nell Ross

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BY Ne
Leo Weaver, of the Circle rIyi
Allah, is planning and building and v
is getting ready tor the opening OF tr
enburp's activities. After three year
Mrs. Weaver, the Circle FIyinakW has
that is bringing the finest patronaa,
ate additions to the accommodation
see this grow into one OF the biggest
entire west.
The business men <of Wickenburg
are already aware of the benefit that
comes directly to the town from the
guest ranches so happily situated III
their various establishments along
the Hassayampa, but few have yet
realized the possibilities that lie In
this field for building up a future for
Wickenburg in tourist trade alone.
The climate here, the rare quality OF
the Hassayampa water, the condl-
all combine to make this the pecul-
iarly favored spot in all Arizona for
Guest ranches, and it is only ques-
resorts are established. And there
is room for more, provided they are
of the right kind. No encouragement
should be given to any other than
the best for the town will suffer un-
less the high standard set by the
Circle Flying-W can be kept up.
Guest Ranch VS.. Dude Ranch
= Here is a real western ranch in
the heart of rare combination OF
mountain, canyon, desert and river
woodland, ranch which, as its own
er says, is first of all ranch and
afterwards a guest house. In fact, it
is Leo Weaver's own distinction be-
tween a dude ranch and a guest
ranch that dude ranch is built up
especially for herding tourists, while
a guest ranch is cattle ranch that
happens to allow a few guests to
take a hand in the ranch act 'vities
And the guests at the Circle Fly
il CIV certainly do eIter into the life
OF the ranch. From morning 10
n:eht, in ever line of the days
wtk, the wis., are allowed and
encouraged to take part. They chop
wood, ride after cattle, wrangle their
horses. practice at punching calves,
or cutting out from the herd, roping,
branding, doctoring, building trail,
pitching hay, anything and everything
that a cow hand might be called on
to do, the guests are given little
practice at and when they leave for
their homes in the east they know
that they have had a taste OF real
western ranch life.
And they thrive on it. AS soon as
the tourists arrive, men and women
alike, they are taken to town and
fitted out in boots, blue jeans and
jumper, perhaps Stctson hat, ana
a pair of spurs, of cOursei horse is
assigned each one and they begin by
learning to catch up and saddle their
mounts and in a general way get ac-
uuainted with the feel Of strong lea
ther. From that first day, the reality
Of the life grips them and they know
that they are a part of it. And they
20 home to dream of coming back.
Old Brill Stage Station
It is the famous springs here that
make this ranch. From the earliest
days it has been the center Of mans
activities along the Hassayampa. An
arastra, the remains of which may
be traced under a gigantic cotton
wood tree in frpnt of the ranch
house. was placed just here on ac-
count of the springs. The old stage
station was here when the stage road
from Tucson to Prescott wound up
the river to these springs and then
climbed up out of the valley to cross
the divide at Yarnell point. And to-
dav. the first feature to strike the
guest is the ODD fashioned spring
Mouse where the wide awake man
ager has constructed such butter
way" as your grandmother used to
have back in the hills of Pennsyl-
vania for the cream crooks from his
registered herd of Jerseys.
The Setting
Towering palms such as can be
found IN few other places even N
Arizona and cottonwoods that are