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Hassayampa Creek
The Hassayampa River (Yavapai: Hasaya:mvo or ʼHasayamcho:) is an intermittent river, the headwaters of which are just south of Prescott, Arizona, and flows mostly south towards Wickenburg, entering the Gila River near Hassayampa. Although the river has only subsurface flow for much of the year, it has significant perennial flows above ground within the Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness and the Nature Conservancy's Hassayampa River Preserve, near Wickenburg. The river is about long, with a watershed of , most of it desert. A local legend purports that anyone who drinks from the river can never again tell the truth. As an anonymous poet wrote: :Those who drink its waters bright – :Red man, white man, boor or knight, :Girls or women, boys or men – :Never tell the truth again''quoted in'': George Wharton James, ''Arizona the Wonderland'', Boston: Page Co., 1917, pp. 363–364. This lush streamside habitat is home to some of the desert's most spectacular wildlife. Yet many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million members globally , and has protected more than of land in its history. , it is the largest environmental non-profit organization by assets and revenue in the Americas. History The Nature Conservancy developed out of a scholarly organization initially known as the Ecological Society of America (ESA). The ESA was founded in 1915, and later formed a Committee on Preservation of Natural Areas for Ecological Study, headed by Victor Shelford.Our History ". The Nature Conservancy. nature.org. Retrieved December 18, 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickenburg, Arizona
Wickenburg is a town in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 7,474, up from 6,363 in 2010. History The Wickenburg area, along with much of the Southwest, became part of the United States by the 1848 treaty that ended the Mexican–American War. The first extensive survey was conducted by Gila Rangers who were pursuing Natives who had raided the Butterfield Overland Mail route and attacked miners at Gila City. In 1862, a gold strike on the Colorado River near present-day Yuma brought American prospectors, who searched for minerals throughout central Arizona. Many of the geographic landmarks now bear the names of these pioneers, including the Weaver Mountains, named after mountain man Pauline Weaver, and Peeples Valley, named after a settler. 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 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott ( ) is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827. The city is the county seat of Yavapai County. In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, replacing the temporary capital of Fort Whipple. The Territorial Capital was moved to Tucson in 1867. Prescott again became the Territorial Capital in 1877, until Phoenix became the capital in 1889. Prescott has a rich history as a frontier gold and silver mining town. Mining and settlers brought frequent conflict with native American tribes in the area, including the Yavapai and Apache. Prescott was the home to Fort Whipple from its inception, which acted as a base for campaigns against natives. Prescott was a stereotypical "wild west" town during the latter half of the 19th century; famous residents included Doc Holliday and Virgil Earp of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The makeshift wooden town burned to the ground se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila River
The Gila River (; O'odham ima Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of nearly that lies mainly within the U.S., but also extends into northern Sonora, Mexico. Indigenous peoples have lived along the river for at least 2,000 years, establishing complex agricultural societies before European exploration of the region began in the 16th century. However, European Americans did not permanently settle the Gila River watershed until the mid-19th century. During the 20th century, human development of the Gila River watershed prompted the construction of large diversion and flood control structures on the river and its tributaries, and consequently the Gila now contributes only a small fraction of its historic flow to the Colorado. The historic natural discharge of the river is around , and is now only . These eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. Southern Arizona is known for its desert cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavapai Language
Yavapai is an Upland Yuman language, spoken by Yavapai people in central and western Arizona. There are four dialects: Kwevkepaya, Wipukpaya, Tolkepaya, and Yavepe. Linguistic studies of the Kwevkepaya (Southern), Tolkepaya (Western), Wipukepa (Verde Valley), and Yavepe (Prescott) dialects have been published (Mithun 1999:578). Yavapai was once spoken across much of north-central and western Arizona, but is now mostly spoken on the Yavapai reservations at Fort McDowell, the Verde Valley and Prescott. Geographic distribution The rate of mutual comprehension between Yavapai and Havasupai–Hualapai is similar to that between Mohave and Maricopa (Biggs 1957). Warren Gazzam, a Tolkapaya speaker, reported that "you know they (Hualapais) speak the same language as we do, some words or accents are a little different". Due to extensive cultural interchange, many Yavapai were once bilingual in Apache, and some Apache were bilingual in Yavapai. Unlike in Havasupai and Hualapai, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassayampa, Arizona
Hassayampa is a populated place situated on both banks of the Hassayampa River in western Maricopa County, Arizona. It is about four miles west of Palo Verde, Arizona, and slightly east of Dixie, Arizona, and Arlington, Arizona. It is known for the Hassayampa Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Hassayampa River Preserve. Features In 1961, Maricopa County began operating a landfill in Hassayampa, covering 47 acres on the west side of the Hassayampa River. For an 18-month period from April 20, 1979, to October 28, 1980, the site was used to dispose of hazardous waste. As a result, the 10 acre portion of the landfill was classified as a Superfund site in 1987. Site cleanup and monitoring is ongoing, and is funded by the Hassayampa Steering Committee, which consists of 12 of the major parties responsible for disposing of the hazardous waste at the site (as well as the owner of the site during the disposal time): Maricopa County (owner), Bull, DEC, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness is an 11,840 acre (4,790 ha) National Wilderness Preservation System, wilderness area located in the U.S. state of Arizona. It lies north east of Wickenburg, Arizona, Wickenburg. The wilderness area was created in 1990 and is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The Yavapai language, Yavapai word for the Hassayampa River is 'Hasyambo, meaning "the water disappears". See also * Wilderness Act * List of U.S. Wilderness Areas * List of Arizona Wilderness Areas External links Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness – Wilderness.net {{authority control Wilderness areas of Arizona Protected areas of Yavapai County, Arizona Bureau of Land Management areas in Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walnut Grove Dam
The Walnut Grove Dam was built north of Wickenburg, Arizona, United States, along the Hassayampa River. Its failure in 1890 killed over 100 people. Its construction from 1886 to 1888 was chiefly on the impetus of the Bates family, whose mismanagement of the project was considerable. Intended to be used for gold mining, the dam failed before it could be put to use. Construction Gold was discovered along the tributaries of the Hassayampa River in 1863 by Pauline Weaver and Joseph R. Walker, prompting an Arizona gold rush. The river is subject to considerable seasonal change, including vast flash floods. Noted one prospector: "where at times an ocean steamer might be floated, and where at other seasons ... the fish must carry canteens." Into this environment came two brothers, Wells & DeWitt Bates, who filed 63 placer gold mining claims in 1881 along the Hassayampa. Just a mile from Rich Hill, Arizona (the site of the Weaver/Walker gold rush), the Bates brothers purchased the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Arizona
List of rivers in Arizona (U.S. state), sorted by name. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Colorado River *Colorado River—(downstream-to-upstream) **Gila River—(downstream-to-upstream) ***San Cristobal Wash ***Tenmile Wash ***Centennial Wash (Maricopa County) ***Hassayampa River ***Agua Fria River ****Ironwood Wash **** New River *****Rock Springs Wash *****Skunk Creek ******Scatter Wash *** Salt River ****Arizona Canal **** Grand Canal (Phoenix) ****Verde River *****Fossil Creek ***** Oak Creek ***** Granite Creek ****Tonto Creek **** White River **** Black River *** Santa Cruz River **** Santa Rosa Wash ****Cañada del Oro **** Madera Canyon, Madera Creek ****Brawley Wash *****Altar Wash *****Alambre Wash *****Arivaca Creek **** Rillito River *****Tanque Verde Creek ****** Sabino Creek ******Agua Caliente Wash ******* Molino Creek ***** Pantano Wash ****** Rincon Creek * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Arizona
List of rivers in Arizona (U.S. state), sorted by name. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Colorado River *Colorado River—(downstream-to-upstream) **Gila River—(downstream-to-upstream) ***San Cristobal Wash ***Tenmile Wash ***Centennial Wash (Maricopa County) ***Hassayampa River ***Agua Fria River ****Ironwood Wash **** New River *****Rock Springs Wash *****Skunk Creek ******Scatter Wash *** Salt River ****Arizona Canal **** Grand Canal (Phoenix) ****Verde River ***** Fossil Creek ***** Oak Creek ***** Granite Creek ****Tonto Creek **** White River **** Black River *** Santa Cruz River **** Santa Rosa Wash ****Cañada del Oro **** Madera Canyon, Madera Creek ****Brawley Wash *****Altar Wash *****Alambre Wash *****Arivaca Creek **** Rillito River *****Tanque Verde Creek ****** Sabino Creek ******Agua Caliente Wash ******* Molino Creek ***** Pantano Wash ****** Rincon Creek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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