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Hardyville - Prescott Road, Arizona Territory
From the ferry at Beale's Crossing and steamboat landing at Fort Mohave to Prescott[1]: xxvii , [2]
Location Distance
between stations[2] 		Distance from landing
and ferry crossing
at Fort Mohave in Arizona
Territory.
Hardyville, Arizona Territory
Hardyville Ferry 1864-1894 		6.5 mi (10.5 km) 6.5 mi (10.5 km)
Alexander's Camp, Arizona Territory
Ferry 		2.0 mi (3.2 km) 8.5 mi (13.7 km)
Union Pass, Arizona Territory
Black Mountains 		13.5 mi (21.7 km) 22.0 mi (35.4 km)
Coyote Holes, Arizona Territory
Cerbat Mountains 		16.0 mi (25.7 km) 38.0 mi (61.2 km)
Beale Spring, Arizona Territory
Cerbat Mountains 		3.0 mi (4.8 km) 41.0 mi (66.0 km)
Big Wash Camp 12.0 mi (19.3 km) 41.0 mi (66.0 km)
Hualpais Spring, Arizona Territory 3.0 mi (4.8 km) 56.0 mi (90.1 km)
Tanks, Arizona Territory
Big Sandy Wash (Arizona) 		12.0 mi (19.3 km) 68.0 mi (109.4 km)
Cottonwood (Mohave County), Arizona Territory
West Entrance of Cactus Pass 		7.5 mi (12.1 km) 75.5 mi (121.5 km)
Willow Grove (Mohave County), Arizona Territory
East Entrance of Cactus Pass 		4.5 mi (7.2 km) 80.0 mi (128.7 km)
Fort Rock RanchArizona Territory 9.5 mi (15.3 km) 89.5 mi (144.0 km)
Camp near Muddy Canyon, Arizona Territory 11.0 mi (17.7 km) 100.5 mi (161.7 km)
Anvil Rock, Arizona Territory 4.0 mi (6.4 km) 104.5 mi (168.2 km)
Oaks and Willows, Arizona Territory
West entrance to Aztec Pass 		9.0 mi (14.5 km) 113.5 mi (182.7 km)
Old Toll Gate, Arizona Territory
Old east entrance to Aztec Pass 		10.0 mi (16.1 km) 123.5 mi (198.8 km)
Roblett's Ranch, Arizona Territory 2.0 mi (3.2 km) 125.5 mi (202.0 km)
Toll Gate, Arizona Territory
Camp Hualpais
New east entrance to Aztec Pass 		1.0 mi (1.6 km) 126.5 mi (203.6 km)
Williamson's Valley, Arizona Territory 16.0 mi (25.7 km) 142.5 mi (229.3 km)
Lee's Ranch, Arizona Territory 15.0 mi (24.1 km) 157.5 mi (253.5 km)
Prescott, Arizona Territory 11.0 mi (17.7 km) 168.5 mi (271.2 km)
Fort Whipple, Arizona Territory 1.0 mi (1.6 km) 169.5 mi (272.8 km)

Hardyville - Prescott Road was a toll road between Fort Mohave and Prescott, Arizona. Established by William Harrison Hardy in 1864, the road ran from the fort to Hardyville, then turned east to cross the Black Mountians through Union Pass[3]. The road then crossed the Sacramento Valley to Coyote Holes[4] and Beale Spring[5] in the Cerbat Mountains.

  • l 1/2 miles beyond Beale's Spring, where road crosses Sandy Wash, there is permanent and good water; 1/4 mile to right of road, in the Wash, grass abundant; good camping ground. Wood near by, 3/4 mile to left of road. Up the Wash are large bodies of good water. [1]: xxvii  Sandy Wash=Clack Canyon? [6]

From there the road proceeded to

Hualpais Spring, [7] 14 miles from Beale Spring. Half a mile to the right of road; water bad, good grass.

  • 3 miles before reaching Hualpais Spring, just after crossing Big Wash, good permanent water; grass and wood 1/2 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.[1]: xxvii  Camp at the conflurence of Hualapai Canyon with Frees Wash.[8],[9]

Tanks (Mohave County, Arizona), 12 miles from Hualpais Spring, 7 miles from Cottonwood. Tank filled with sand, no wood. [1]: xxvii , Big Sandy River (Arizona), [10] [11] Hinton, published his report, Tank filled with sand, in 1878. Tanks, at mouth of Peacock Wash? Distance seems right.[12] m 35°08′26″N 113°38′27″W / 35.14056°N 113.64083°W / 35.14056; -113.64083, s 35°12′21″N 113°47′04″W / 35.20583°N 113.78444°W / 35.20583; -113.78444

Cottonwood (Mohave County, Arizona), 7 miles from Tanks, water, grass and wood. [1]: xxvii 

Cactus Pass (Mohave County, Arizona), between the Aquarius Mountains and Cottonwood Mountains from Cottonwood eastward to Willow Grove. 4 miles

  • Cactus Pass, Mohave Co., Hinton Map, 1878; Smith, 1879. Pass through Cottonwood range on Hardyville-Prescott road, west of Cross Mountain. Wheeler was here January 30, 1855, and says: "From the peculiar vegetation, we give it the name of Cactus Pass. We can look easterly through it and see the bulk of Cross mountain and the Aquarius range. The pass is a deep gorge in a high range of granite mountains.", [13]: 70 


Willow Grove (Mohave County, Arizona), Fort Rock Ranch[14], Camp near Muddy Canyon[15], Anvil Rock[16], [17] Oaks and Willows, Aztec Pass [18] m34°58′30″N 112°38′03″W / 34.97500°N 112.63417°W / 34.97500; -112.63417, s34°58′30″N 113°02′03″W / 34.97500°N 113.03417°W / 34.97500; -113.03417 Old Toll Gate, Roblett's Ranch, Toll Gate (Camp Hualpais), Williamson's Valley,[19] [20] Lee's Ranch, [21]? Prescott, a total distance of 167 miles.[1]: 246 




References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Richard Josiah Hinton, The Handbook to Arizona: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins, and Scenery, Payot, Upham & Company, San Francisco, 1878 Cite error: The named reference "Handbook" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources. By E.A. Eckhoff And P. Riecker, Civil Engineers, 1880. Drawn by Eckhoff & Riecker. The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. 39 & 41 Park Place, N.Y. Entered ... 1879, by Emil Eckhoff and Paul Riecker ... Washington, D.C. from davidrumsey.com accessed 6/22/2016.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Pass
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coyote Holes Spring
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beale Spring
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clack Canyon
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hualapai Spring
  8. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hualapai Canyon
  9. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frees Wash
  10. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knight Creek
  11. ^ "There is also no water at the Tanks, and canteens will have to be filled at the Cottonwoods. The parties who started to dig a well at the Tanks sunk it about twenty five feet, when they found the rock so hard, that they abandoned the place in disgust, after having placed a broken whiskey bottle in the bottom of the well, evidently as a sign that the thirsty traveler need not for anything to drink in that locality. Weekly Journal Miner, May 18, 1877
  12. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peacock Wash
  13. ^ Will C. BARNES, Arizona Place Names, GENERAL BULLETIN No. 2, University of Arizona Bulletin, Vol. VI, No. 1, January 1, 1935, University of Arizona, Tucson
  14. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Rock Ranch
  15. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muddy Canyon
  16. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anvil Rock Ranch
  17. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anvil Rock
  18. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aztec Pass
  19. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williamson Valley
  20. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Simmons
  21. ^ |American Ranch
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