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Maricopa Wells stage station and trading post
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: horseshoes, trade beads.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1850s-1880s emigrant trail oasis and stage station
An oasis of watering holes on the Southern Emigrant Trail that became a large stage station for the Jackass Mail and Butterfield Overland Mail and, for a time, the main military telegraph post in Arizona Territory. It was abandoned when the Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad ran through Tempe and the settlement moved to Maricopa Junction.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
heat
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