La Paz–Wikenburg Road Explained

La Paz–Wikenburg Road was a 131adj=midNaNadj=mid wagon road from 1863 and from 1866 a stagecoach route between the Colorado River landings at La Paz, Olive City and Mineral City to the mining town of Wickenburg, Arizona. From Wickenburg roads led to other new mining camps and districts in the interior of Arizona Territory. From 1862, when the river changed its course, La Paz was isolated on the slough of the old river channel over 4miles from the new river channel. In 1866, the road head changed to the new river landing of Ehrenburg, where the Bradshaw Trail wagon and stagecoach road from San Bernardino, California, crossed the Colorado River at Bradshaw's Ferry.

La Paz–Wikenburg Road, Arizona Territory
From landings and Bradshaw's Ferry crossings of Mineral City, Olive City, and La Paz, to Wikenburg^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Location	Distance between stations	Cumulative distance
Miles	Kilometers	Miles	Kilometers
Mineral City, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry 1864–1866	01NaN1	01NaN1
Ehrenberg, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry from 1866	0.51NaN1	0.51NaN1
Olive City, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry 1862–1864	0.51NaN1	11NaN1
La Paz, Arizona Territory 1862–1869	4.51NaN1	5.51NaN1
Tyson's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863–1880)	201NaN1	25.51NaN1
Desert Station (1866–1880) Ranegras Plain	251NaN1	50.51NaN1
Granite Water (1863–1866) Granite Wash Pass, Arizona Territory	9.31NaN1	59.81NaN1
Flint's, Arizona Territory (1866–1880) Centennial Wash	9.71NaN1	69.51NaN1
McMullen's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863–1866) McMullen's (1866–1880) Fork of road, 55 miles to Date Creek here.^[5]	41NaN1	73.51NaN1
Cullens Well, Arizona Territory Fork of road, 36 miles to Date Creek, 46.5 miles to Wickenburg here.^[6]	101NaN1	83.51NaN1
Blank Tank, Arizona Territory (1863–1866) Kings Wells, (1866–1880)^[7]	91NaN1	92.51NaN1
Wickenburg Massacre site, Arizona Territory	29.51NaN1	1221NaN1
Wickenburg, Arizona Territory (1863–)	81NaN1	1301NaN1

Notes and References

1. Book: Hinton, Richard Josiah . The Handbook to Arizona: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins, and Scenery . Payot, Upham & Company . San Francisco . 1878 . 27 .
2. Official Map of the Territory of Arizona, With All the Recent Explorations . Richard . Gird . 1865 . 1:950,400 . San Francisco . Pacific Map Depot . David Ramsey Map Collection . June 21, 2016 .
3. Mallery . J.C. . Ward . J.W. . Department of Arizona . 3 . 1876 . 1:665,300 . Washington DC . United States Army . David Ramsey Map Collection . June 15, 2018 .
4. Official Map of the Territory of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources . E.A. . Eckhoff . P. . Riecker . 1880 . New York . The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. . David Ramsey Map Collection . June 21, 2016 . Showing La Paz–Wikenburg Road and Hardyville–Prescott Road with mileage between locations along the roads.
5. Official Map of the Territory of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources . E.A. . Eckhoff . P. . Riecker . 1880 . New York . The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. . David Ramsey Map Collection . June 21, 2016 . 10 miles from McMullen's to Cullings Well.
6. Official Map of the Territory of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources . E.A. . Eckhoff . P. . Riecker . 1880 . New York . The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. . David Ramsey Map Collection . June 21, 2016 .
7. Official Map of the Territory of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources . E.A. . Eckhoff . P. . Riecker . 1880 . New York . The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. . David Ramsey Map Collection . June 21, 2016 . Road forks, 34 miles to Date Creek via Martinez Canyon, 37.5 miles to Wickenburg.