Part 4

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TABLE OF DISTANCES. _Stations._ _Miles._ San Diego, Cal. 0 Campo, Cal. 43 Yuma, A. T. 173 Stanwix, A. T. 269 Maricopa Wells, A. T. 364 Florence, A. T. 410 Tucson, A. T. 473 Tres Alamos, A. T. 519 Camp Grant, A. T. 572 Camp Bowie, A. T. 617 PRESCOTT BRANCH. Phœnix, A. T. 382 Wickenburg, A. T. 432 Prescott, A. T. 487 Camp Verde, A. T. 523 APACHE BRANCH. Camp Grant 572 Camp Goodwin 612 Camp Apache 697 Ralston, New Mexico 663 Silver City, New Mexico 712 Fort Bayard, New Mexico 721 Fort Cummings, New Mexico 760 Mesilla, New Mexico 811 Los Cruces, New Mexico 813 Fort Selden, New Mexico 831 Fort McRae, New Mexico 880 Fort Craig, New Mexico 922 Albuquerque, New Mexico 1,033 Bernalillo, New Mexico 1,051 Santa Fé, New Mexico 1,097

ITINERARY.

STAGE, MILITARY, AND MINE ROADS, STATIONS, TOWNS, AND MILITARY POSTS. WATER, WOOD, GRASS, ETC., EN ROUTE. COMPILED FROM THE BEST MILITARY AND OTHER AUTHORITIES.

Yuma, A. T., to Mesilla, N. M.--Overland Road and Stations of the S. P. O. M. S. Line.

_Miles._ Yuma, A. T.[*] Desconso 14 14 Gila City 8 22 Rattlesnake 7 29 Mission Camp (1) 3 32 Filibuster 12 44 Antelope Peak 6 50 Mohawk (2) 16 66 Teamster’s Camp (3) 20 86 Stanwix[*] 20 96 Burke’s (4) 12 108 Oatman Flat (5) 10 118 Gila Bend (6) 30 148 Maricopa Wells[*] (7) 43 191 Pima Villages (8) 12 203 Sweet Water. 7 209 Sacaton. 6 215 Montezuma. 10 225 Sanford (9) 8 233 Florence[*] (10) 4 237 Desert Wells 36 273 Point of Mountain 9 282 Water Holes 9 291 Tucson[*] (11) 9 300 Cienega (12) 30 330 Tres Alimos (13) 20 350 Steel’s Ranch (14) 40 390 Apache Pass[*] (Camp Bowie) (15) 35 425 Ralston, New Mexico 50 475 Knight’s Ranch, New Mexico 25 500 Silver City, ” (16) 25 525 Fort Bayard, ” 10 535 Rio Membres, ” 40 565 Fort Cummings[*] ” 20 585 Slocum’s, ” 30 615 Mesilla, ” (17) 15 645

[*] Telegraph Offices.

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.

_Miles._ Dos Palmas west to Canyon Springs 15 Canyon Sp’gs ” Chuckawalla 36 51 Chuckawalla ” Mule Springs 18 69 Mule Springs ” Willows 29 98 Willows ” Ehrenberg (1) 11 109 Ehrenberg ” Tyson’s Wells (2) 22 131 Tyson’s Wells ” Desert Well (3) 28 159 Desert Well ” Mungia Well 17 176 Mungia Well ” Cullings Well (4) 15 191 Cullings Well ” Point Mountain 25 216 Point Mountain ” Wickenburg (5) 20 236 Wickenburg north to Partridge City 17 253 Partridge City ” Antelope Valley 10 26 Antelope Val’y ” Dixon 17 280 Dixon ” Prescott (6) 17 297 Wickenburg south to Smith’s Mills (7) 15 Smith’s Mills ” Agua Fria 28 43 Agua Fria ” Phœnix (8) 22 65 Phœnix ” Hayden Ferry 9 74 Hayden Ferry ” House’s Well 20 94 House’s Well ” Florence 20 114 Florence ” Tucson (overland stage) 63 277

(1) Ehrenberg is a steamboat landing of importance. Roads north to La Paz, the Colorado Reservation Camp and Agency, and south to Eureka and Castle Dome district. (2) A road branches here southward to Castle Dome landing, and the mines in that district. (3) At this station mine roads diverge to the Harcuvar District and mines; an extensive stock range is found within five miles. (4) At Cullings, the road forks, the right-hand branch going to Wickenburg, and the other striking more northerly, via Date Creek, to Prescott. (5) At this point roads diverge south to Phœnix and Florence, to the Vulture Mine, to Agua Fria and Cave Creek mines, east and north to Prescott, and northeast to adjacent mining districts. (6) At Prescott, roads diverge to Camp Verde and valley, with its growing settlements, to Alexandria, and other mining towns and camps; north to the Black Hills and Forest, and to the San Francisco Mountain; northwest to Mineral Park and vicinity, and almost due west to Aubry and Hardyville landings. Also east, via Camp Verde, across the Plateau to Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and thence to the present southern terminus of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. (7) At Smith’s Mill, south of Wickenburg, a road east diverges to Camp McDowell. (8) At Phœnix, roads diverge southward, one crossing to and following the Hassayampa Creek to the Gila, others eastward, up the Salt River valley, to Marysville and Camp McDowell, while other roads strike south, direct to Maricopa Wells, the mail stage line diverging in a southeast direction to Florence.

Military Routes.

Numbers 1-9 include all the Routes north of the Gila River; Numbers 14-25 include all the routes south of the Gila River in Arizona, and the Routes from San Diego to Fort Yuma; Numbers 26-31 include the Routes from Arizona into New Mexico and Sonora, from Fort Whipple, A. T., to Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and the Routes from Camp Pinal and Camp Apache.

☞ When there is more than one route, the distance on the usual route is marked with an Asterisk (*). There is a difference of ten per cent. less, as a rule, on the roads and routes surveyed by the military authorities, as compared with those given by the stage companies and mail contractors.

_No._ _Route._ _Distance._ 1 Camp Mojave to Willow Grove 79.78 2 Camp Willow Grove to Fort Whipple (Prescott) 84.88 3 Fort Whipple to Camp Verde 38.59 4 Fort Whipple to Date Creek 59.65 5 Ehrenberg to Camp Colorado (Indian Reservation) 45.50 6 Ehrenberg to Date Creek {*130.32 { 137.17 7 Ehrenberg to Wickenburg, A. T. 131.32 8 Camp Colorado to Date Creek {*175.82 { 84.00 9 Date Creek to Camp McDowell {*109.83 { 126.18 10 Date Creek to Maricopa Wells 101.05 11 Wickenburg to Fort Whipple, (Prescott) via trail 55.00 12 Wickenburg to Camp McDowell, via trail 65.00 13 Camp McDowell to Fort Whipple (Prescott) 109.85 14 Camp McDowell to Camp Reno 33.00 15 Camp Reno to Camp Verde 90.00 16 Camp McDowell to Maricopa Wells 44.81 17 Camp McDowell to Camp Grant 106.17 18 San Diego to Fort Yuma, Cal. {*191.61 { 229.05 19 Fort Yuma, Cal., to Maricopa Wells (Yuma) 176.73 20 Maricopa Wells to Camp Grant 90.78 21 Camp Grant to Camp Goodwin 153.46 22 Camp Grant to Camp Bowie 135.34 23 Maricopa Wells to Tucson (Camp Lowell) 98.01 24 Camp Grant to Tucson (Camp Lowell) 52.08 25 Tucson (Camp Lowell) to Camp Goodwin 149.85 26 Tucson (Camp Lowell) to Camp Bowie 105.36 27 Tucson (Camp Lowell) to Camp Crittenden (east of Santa Rita) {*50.78 { 87.36 28 Camp Crittenden to Camp Bowie 97.55 29 Camp Bowie to Camp Goodwin {*88.00 { 99.00 30 Camp Bowie, A. T., to Fort Cummings 114.00 31 Tucson (Camp Lowell) A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico 350.78 32 Camp Wallen, (abandoned) A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico 317.50 33 Tucson, (Camp Lowell) A. T., to La Libertad, Mexico {*225.23 { 226.97 34 Tucson, (Camp Lowell) A. T., to Lobos, Mexico 213.64 35 Camp Pinal to Tucson (Camp Lowell) 114.63 36 Camp Pinal to Fort Whipple 243.97 37 Camp Pinal to Camp Grant 87.65 38 Camp Apache to Tucson (Camp Lowell) 221.85 39 Camp Apache to Maricopa Wells 316.24 40 Camp Apache to Fort Whipple 268.00 41 Fort Whipple (Prescott) to Fort Wingate, N. M. 285.76

From Yuma.

========================================================================= | | _To_ |Miles.| _Route_ ----------------------+------+------------------------------------------- Camp Pinal, disused | 260 |Via Florence, on the Overland Road. Camp Apache | 497 |Via both Tucson and via Camp Camp Bowie | 380 | Grant, 494 miles. Camp Colorado, disused| 195 |Via Ehrenberg and then by river road, 45 | | miles. Camp Colorado, ” | 215 |Via river steamer. Camp Crittenden, ” | 326 |Via Maricopa Wells, Tucson and Davidson’s | | Springs. Date Creek, ” | 278 |Via Ehrenberg or via Camp Camp Goodwin, ” | 425 | Colorado. Camp Grant | 268 |Via Maricopa Wells and Florence or Tucson. Tucson | 275 |Via direct from Maricopa, by stage road 300 | | miles. Camp McDowell | 222 |Via overland road to Maricopa Wells. Camp Mojave | 503 |By river steamer. Camp Reno, disused | 255 |Via Camp Verde. Camp Verde | 377 |Via overland road to Maricopa Wells, and | | thence via Phœnix and Camp McDowell. Prescott | 338 |Via Oatman Flat and Wickenberg. Ehrenberg | 140 |By river steamer. Maricopa Wells | 177 |By regular stage route, 191 miles. La Paz | 130 |By river steamer. Guaymas, Mexico | 620 |Via Tucson. La Libertad, Mexico | 500 |Via Tucson. Lobos, Mexico | 489 | Tubac | 321 |Via Maricopa Weils direct to Tucson, Castle Dome Mills | 12 | regular stage route 346 ms. ” Mines | 22 | ” Landing | 22 |By river steamer. Sonora Line | 50 | ” ” Eureka | | ” ” Landing | | ” ” Aubry | | ” ” Hardyville | | ” ” Callville | | ” ” ----------------------+------+------------------------------------------

From Prescott.

Camp Mojave to Willow Grove, A. T.

========================================================================= | | | _To_ | _Miles._ | _Miles._ | _Description._ | | | ------------------------+----------+----------+-------------------------- Hardyville | 6 | 6 |Village; sandy road. Alexander’s Camp | 2 | 8 |Water and wood; no grass. First Water, Union Pass | 11 | 20 |Water; grass scarce; no | | | wood; no camping ground. Union Pass (Spring) | 1 | 21 |Water; no wood or grass; | | | road up hill; no camping | | | ground. Coyote Spring | 16 | 38 |Water; grass scarce; wood. Beale’s Spring | 1 | 39 |Another spring ½ mile | | | beyond; very good water. Hualpais Spring | 14 | 54 |Half a mile to right of | | | road; water bad; good | | | grass. Tanks | 12 | 67 |Filled with sand; no water | | | or wood. Cottonwood | 7 | 75 |Water, grass and wood. Willow Grove | 4 | 81 |With the fractions added. ------------------------+----------+----------+--------------------------

1½ miles beyond Beale’s Spring, where road crosses Sandy Wash, there is permanent and good water; ¼ mile to right of road, in the Wash, grass abundant; good camping ground. Wood near by, ¾ mile to left of road. Up the Wash are large bodies of good water.

3 miles before reaching Hualpais Spring, just after crossing Big Wash, good permanent water; grass and wood 1½ miles to right of road; good road nearly to the water. In coming from Willow Grove to Camp Mojave, in order to reach this camping ground turn to left 2 miles after leaving Hualpais Spring. Important camping ground, used by trains.

Willow Grove to Prescott, A. T.

========================================================================== | | | _To_ | _Miles._ | _Miles._ | _Description._ | | | ----------------------+----------+----------+---------------------------- Fort Rock | 9 | 9 |Ranch. Water, grass and | | | wood. Road generally good. Camp near Muddy Cañon | 11 | 20 |Water in cañon 300 yards to | | | right of road; wood | | | abundant; road good. Anvil Rock | 4 | 24 |Water and grass. Oaks and Willows | 9 | 33 |Water, grass and wood. Road | | | generally good. Old Toll Gate | 9 | 43 |Abandoned. Road hilly, | | | otherwise good. Roblett’s (Ranch) | 2 | 45 |Water, grass and wood. Toll Gate (Ranch) } | | |Water and wood abundant. Road Camp Hualpai } | 1 | 46 | as above. Williamson’s Valley | 15 | 62 |Water and grass; no wood. Road | | | excellent. Lee’s Ranch | 13 | 75 |Water, grass and wood. Road | | | excellent. Prescott | 11 | 86 |Road excellent. ----------------------+----------+--- ------+--------------------------

Three miles beyond Camp near Muddy Cañon is an old government camping ground, with water all the year; wood and grass abundant. New road forks to the left, one mile beyond Camp. Two miles further is the Camp opposite the above mentioned water, one-fourth mile to right of road. Present camping ground well marked.

This new road intersects old road one mile before reaching Anvil Rock; is smooth, and avoids the rocky hills on the old road, now very difficult for loaded teams. Both roads are boggy in winter.

Prescott (Fort Whipple) to Camp Verde, A. T. Route 1.

========================================================================= | | | _To_ |_Miles._|_Miles._| _Description._ | | | ------------------+--------+----------+---------------------------------- [1]Lurty’s Ranch | 11 | 11 |Water and grass; wood scarce. Good | | | road. Ash Creek | 9 | 21 |Water permanent; grazing tolerably | | | fair; wood scarce. Cienega | 7 | 28 |Water permanent; grazing excellent; | | | wood close by spring. Summit Grief Hill | 4 | 32 |Water to right of road one mile | | | before reaching Summit except in | | | dry season; grazing good; wood | | | plenty. Camp Verde | 5 | 38 |Road good; first mile steep descent. ------------------+---==---+--------+------------------------------------

[1] The road forking to the right at this place leads to Agua Fria Ranch, distance 4 miles; from Agua Fria Ranch to Ash Creek by a direct road the distance is 7.80 miles.

The direct road from Lurty’s cannot be used for supply trains, which all go by Bower’s Ranch, making the distance from Fort Whipple to Camp Verde 40.67 miles.

Prescott, (Fort Whipple) to Camp Verde, A. T. Route 2.