La Paz–Wikenburg Road was a 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 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 TerritoryFrom landings and Bradshaw's Ferry crossings of Mineral City, Olive City, and La Paz, to Wikenburg Showing La Paz–Wikenburg Road and Hardyville–Prescott Road with mileage between locations along the roads. Location Distance between stations Cumulative distance Miles Kilometers Miles Kilometers Mineral City, Arizona TerritoryBradshaw's Ferry 1864–1866 Ehrenberg, Arizona TerritoryBradshaw's Ferry from 1866 Olive City, Arizona Territory Bradshaw's Ferry 1862–1864 La Paz, Arizona Territory1862–1869 Tyson's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863–1880) Desert Station (1866–1880)Ranegras Plain Granite Water (1863–1866)Granite Wash Pass, Arizona Territory Flint's, Arizona Territory (1866–1880)Centennial Wash McMullen's Wells, Arizona Territory (1863–1866)McMullen's (1866–1880)Fork of road, 55 miles to Date Creek here. 10 miles from McMullen's to Cullings Well. Cullens Well, Arizona Territory Fork of road, 36 miles to Date Creek, 46.5 miles to Wickenburg here. Blank Tank, Arizona Territory (1863–1866) Kings Wells, (1866–1880) Road forks, 34 miles to Date Creek via Martinez Canyon, 37.5 miles to Wickenburg. Wickenburg Massacre site, Arizona Territory Wickenburg, Arizona Territory (1863– )
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