Photograph of Remount Station ruins
This photograph is of the Cavalry remount station (not a fort) at what is now Ocotillo Road and Cave Creek wash, north of Cave Creek off Spur Cross Road. This was where the soldiers going between Ft....
View ArticleCartwright Allotment analysis map
The map depicts the range area allotted to the Cartwright family for grazing rights by the U.S. Forest Service. The overall area comprised 56,000 acres of rugged terrain surrounding a 40 acre homestead...
View ArticleCartwright ranch sign
This is the sign that identified the ranch property in its later years. The ranch had its beginning in 1882 when Jackson Mantford Cartwright at age 16 joined in partnership with his father, Reddick...
View ArticleUS Cavalry saddlebags from the 1880s
This American military saddlebag dates back from 1885. The saddlebags of this design were widely used during the time periods between 1776 and 1945.
View ArticlePhotograph of Stoneman Military Road through Cave Creek
In 1870's Colonel George Stoneman, commander of army troops in AZ using an old Indian trial built a military road from Ft. McDowell (Phoenix) to Ft. Whipple (Prescott). The road went north from Rio...
View ArticleCave Creek mining and dude ranches
The map delineates the approximate locations of Cave Creek's mines including the Red Rover Mine; the Golden Reef Mine; the Phoenix Mine; Maricopa Mine and the Morman Girl Mine. The map also shows the...
View ArticleCave Creek mining district map
This map depicts the location of the various mines in Cave Creek along with the area's topographical features. The Cave Creek Mining District took in the entire Cave Creek area clear up to Bloody Basin.
View ArticlePhotograph of five men at entrance to Mormon Girl mine
Photograph depicts five men at the entrance to Morman Girl Mine on Black Mountain, at the present site of Carefree's Sentinel Rock Estates. The gold and silver mine was worked from 1840 to 1942...
View ArticleThree generations of Cartwrights
Photograph of three generations of Cartwrights. Left to right: J. Mantford Cartwright, Sr.; J. Mantford (Jack) Cartwright, Jr: and J. Mantford (Manny) Cartwright III. The Cartwrights operated one of...
View ArticleReddick Jasper Cartwright
Reddick Jasper Cartwright arrived in Arizona from Illinois in 1874 with his family. By 1885 the Cartwright family moved from the Phoenix area to the Cave Creek area near Seven Springs. Reddick and his...
View ArticlePhotograph of Rancho Manana Dude Ranch site and buildings
This photo of Rancho Manana shows how it appeared at the time of its operation as a guest ranch from 1944-1955. In 1943 Romaine and Jean Lowdermilk partnered with Ted and China Loring to purchase the...
View ArticlePhotograph of Spur Cross Ranch site and buildings
One of the oldest guest ranches in Arizona, Spur Cross Ranch comprised over 1760 acres of beautiful territory at 2650 ft. altitude. This cattle and guest ranch was located in desert and mountain...
View ArticlePhotograph of the owners and managers of the Sierra Vista Guest Ranch
The Sierra Vista Guest Ranch, comprising 400 acres was located 4 miles north of Cave Creek in the Continental Mountains. It was Cave Creek's second dude ranch and it operated from the early 1940's to...
View ArticleCowboys wrangling at Quarter Circle One ranch
Photograph of a roundup: gathering yearlings for shipment, branding and marking calves is part of the cowman's spring work. This photograph shows the branding crew at work on the Quarter Circle One...
View ArticleMaricopa Mine claim
This image depicts a mine claim from the late 1800's from the Maricopa Mine. This mine was located in Cave Creek near the larger Phoenix mine. Maricopa produced 5,000 tons of $15 gold ore per ton prior...
View ArticlePhotograph of Cartwright ranch house
The photo shows the Cartwright Ranch homestead and out buildings in Seven Springs, Arizona in 1946. The photo shows the north side of the house, although the house faces south. One of their bulls can...
View ArticlePhotograph of sign welcoming visitors to the town of Cave Creek
Color photograph of the sign used in the 1970's to welcome visitors to the town. It was made of wood and originally erected between two concrete pillars and located on Cave Creek Road east of the town...
View ArticlePhotograph of Red Rover mine
The Red Rover mine was discovered in 1882. It was located north of Humbolt Peak and the Seven Springs area at the Yavapai County line. Some exceptionally high grade copper and silver was mined. One of...
View ArticleNational Register of Historic Places - application pages
This is four pages of the 90+ page application form completed by Del Albers to request consideration to the National Register of Historic Places. These pages represent the "narrative description" and...
View ArticleMap of the route of the old Fort McDowell Wagon Road
The road was built by Colonel George Stoneman, commander of the army troops in Arizona. By using an old Indian trail, the road went north of Pinnacle Peak, south of what is now the Carefree Airpport...
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