Early morning chopper ride to the Old Town area of Wickenburg AZ.
Arizona motorcycle ride Wickenburg AZ A short chopper ride from Peoria, AZ to Wickenburg, AZ. The bikes are two Big Dog k9 motorcycles. Henry Wickenburg founded this town when he was searching for gold. He discovered the Venture Mine, which produced 340,000 ounces of gold & 260,000 ounces of silver.
A German named Henry Wickenburg was one of the first prospectors. His efforts were rewarded with the discovery of the Vulture Mine, from which more than $30 million worth of gold has been dug.
Ranchers and farmers soon built homes along the fertile plain of the Hassayampa River. Together with the miners, they founded the town of Wickenburg in 1863. Wickenburg was also the home of Jack Swilling, who prospected in the Salt River Valley in 1867. Swilling conducted irrigation efforts in that area and helped ground the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Wickenburg was supplied from the Colorado River, by steamboat, then over the La Paz–Wikenburg Road by wagons and pack mules. Wickenburg in turn became a supply point for the mines and army posts in the interior of Arizona Territory.
As the town grew, conflicts developed with the Yavapai Native American tribe, who rejected a treaty signed by their chiefs, effectively breaking the treaty. When the American Civil War began in 1861, the Federal troops were all withdrawn and the settlements were left unprotected.
Vicinity marker where the Wickenburg Massacre took place in 1871.
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