FURNISHED CABIN
Walker
HistoryCaptain Joseph Walker discovered the Walker Area in 1863 when he stumbled on gold nuggets walking along Lynx Creek. Walker's post office was established December 15, 1879 and was discontinued September 30, 1940. Walker was once a boomtown sustained for over eighty years of gold mining. As much as 2700 residents were reported to have lived in the area in the late 1800’s.
http://walkerfire.org/history.htm
Downtown
WalkerIn 1908, some of these buildings burned. A 2nd fire hit Downtown Walker in 1910. This fire was disastrous and most of the proprietors lost everything. Before the fire reached the Gronlund's Saloon, a few nearby locals helped Mr. Gronlund move all the contents of the saloon, including a big barrel of whiskey from the basement, to the Walker Jailhouse which the fire did not reach.
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Walker Town
SiteInscription on sign:
"This town site was named after Capt. Joseph R. Walker
who discovered gold here in 1863.
At the peak of activity, Walker had a population of 3,000."
Senator
mine historySharlot Hall Museum Photograph Call Number: (m302pj). Reuse only by permission.
This postcard view from about 1900 shows the Senator Mine camp along the Senator Highway.
Read more...
Senator
highway to crown kinghttp://www.desertusa.com/mag05/may/sen.html
Joseph Walkerhttp://www.desertusa.com/mag05/may/sen.html
Prescott
National ForestHistory: http://www.hposoft.com/SMT/HISTORY.html
Official Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/prescott/
Hassayampa
Lake, central ArizonaHassayampa Lake is the result of Hassayampa Check Dam on the Hassayampa River in Yavapai County, Arizona and is used for recreation purposes. It has been been there since 1936. It has a normal surface area of 3 acres. It is owned by Hassayampa Lake Recreation Association.
Hassayampa Check, also known as Hassayampa Lake is a gravity dam. The core is concrete. The foundation is rock. Its height is 40 feet with a length of 175 feet. Maximum discharge is 1190 cubic feet per second. Its capacity is 43 acre feet. Normal storage is 43 acre feet. It drains an area of 1.85 square miles.
Aaerial photograph of Hassayampa Lake looking EAST.
(The millsite subdivision is to mountainside to the RIGHT
running west to east of the lake, MG LODGE would be
way east
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