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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Wickenburg, Arizona
|settlement_type = [[Town]]
|motto = "Welcome To The High Desert..."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ci.wickenburg.az.us/ |title= Town of Wickenburg, Arizona|publisher= Town of Wickenburg, Arizona |accessdate=August 24, 2012}}</ref>
|image_skyline = Wickenberg_-Frontier_Street.jpg
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|image_caption = Frontier Street
|image_seal = Wickenburg AZ seal.png
|seal_size = 93px
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|map_caption = Location in [[Maricopa County]] and the state of [[Arizona]]
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|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Arizona|County]]
|subdivision_name = [[United States]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Arizona]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]], [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]]
|government_type =
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = John H. Cook
|established_date =
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 29.8
|area_total_sq_mi = 11.5
|area_land_km2 = 29.8
|area_land_sq_mi = 11.5
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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.0
|elevation_ft = 2057
|elevation_m = 627
|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_est = 6604
|pop_est_as_of = 2013<ref name="2013 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2014-06-18}}</ref>
|population_footnotes = <ref name ="FactFinder">{{cite web|title=American FactFinder|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref>
|population_total = 6363
|population_metro =
|population_density_km2 = 208.9
|population_density_sq_mi = 541.2
|timezone = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]] (no [[Daylight savings time|DST]])
|utc_offset = -7
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|coordinates_type = region:US_type:city
|latd = 33 |latm = 57 |lats = 54 |latNS = N
|longd = 112 |longm = 44 |longs = 53 |longEW = W
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|postal_code = 85358, 85390
|area_code = [[Area code 928|928]]
|GNIS_id = 13730
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 04-82740
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|website = [http://www.ci.wickenburg.az.us/ Town of Wickenburg, Arizona]
|footnotes =
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[[File:Henry Wickenburgs.JPG|thumb|225px|Henry Wickenburg]]
'''Wickenburg''' is a town primarily located in [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]], [[Arizona]], [[United States]], with a portion in neighboring [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai County]]. According to the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population of the town is 6,363.<ref name ="FactFinder"/>
==History==
The Wickenburg area with much of the Southwest became part of the United States by the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo|1848 treaty]] that ended the [[Mexican-American War]]. The first extensive survey was conducted by Gila Rangers who were pursuing hostile Indians 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, Arizona|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.
An Austrian 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.<ref>http://www.jpc-training.com/vulture.htm</ref>
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 (Arizona)|Salt River]] Valley in 1867. Swilling conducted irrigation efforts in that area and helped ground the city of [[Phoenix, Arizona]].
As the town grew, conflicts developed with the [[Yavapai people|Yavapai Native American tribe]], who rejected a treaty signed by their chiefs. When the [[American Civil War]] began in 1861, the Federal troops were all withdrawn and the settlements were left unprotected.
The Yavapai promptly began a series of attacks on the white intruders. A company of [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[cavalry]] brought temporary relief, but it fell back before the advance of [[Union (American Civil War)|Union troops]] from California. By 1869, an estimated 1000 Yavapai and 400 settlers had been killed, with many on both sides fleeing to safer areas. With the end of the war, the Union troops and local volunteers forced the Yavapai onto a reservation, where they remain to this day.
However, Yavapai recalcitrants remained for years, and raids on stage-coaches, isolated farm houses, and periodic raids on villages kept the area in a constant state of tension. Finally, following several murders of Yavapai chiefs allied with America by insurgent Yavapai warriors, hostile warrior tribal leaders mobilized the entire Yavapai warrior band into a massive assault on the primary American settlement of Wickenburg and massacred or drove out much of the American populace.<ref name="Pry" >{{cite book | last = Pry | first = Mark E. | title = The Town on the Hassayampa: A History of Wickenburg, Arizona | publisher = Desert Caballeros Western Museum | pages = 39–46| year = 1997 | isbn = 0-9657377-0-5}}</ref>
[[Image:Wickenburg,1874.jpg|thumb|Grant's Stage Station, Wickenburg, 1873 or 1874]]
In 1872, in response to the assassination of friendly Yavapai chiefs, the take-over of the entire Yavapai nation and its reservation by hostile elements, and with most of the American area under continual penetrating raids by Yavapai warrior bands, General [[George Crook]] began an all-out campaign against the Yavapai, with the aim of forcing the insurgent Yavapai warrior bands into a decisive battle and the removal of Yavapai settlers from American territory. After several months of forced marches, feints, and pitched skirmishes by combined Arizona territorial militia and US Army Cavalry, Crook forced the Yavapai bands into a single decisive battle. In December 1872, the [[Battle of Salt River Canyon]] in the [[Superstition Mountains]] decisively routed the Yavapai, and within a year most Yavapai resistance was crushed.
Having broken their treaty with America several times, with most of the friendly and allied chiefs killed by insurgent Yavapais, who also killed Americans, Crook was authorized to enter into new negotiations with the aim of reducing the size of the Yavapai reservation and removing it to an area more readily cordoned off from American communities and their communication lines. The surviving Yavapai warrior leaders grudgingly accepted the treaty which left the nation in far worse conditions than previously. They were compelled to surrender their firearms, move to the [[Fort Verde State Historic Park|Fort Verde Reservation]], accept a permanent Army garrison on their territory, accept direct administration by American [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] agents and commissioners, have trade firmly emplaced in the hands of American government agents, and be regulated by an [[Indian Police]] force picked and trained by the US Army and later Arizona Territorial officers. After only two years on the Rio Verde Reservation, however, local officials grew concerned about the Yavapais' continued hostility, success, and self-sufficiency, so they persuaded the federal government to close their reservation and move all the Yavapai to the [[San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation]].
[[File:WickenburgCountryside.JPG|thumb|Sonoran Desert outside Wickenburg, Arizona]]
The infant town of Wickenburg went through many trials and tribulations in its first decades, surviving the [[Indian Wars]] including repeating Indian raids, outlaws, [[mine closure]]s, drought, and a disastrous flood in 1890 when the Walnut Creek Dam burst, killing nearly 70 residents. In spite of such challenging circumstances, the town continued to grow. Its prosperity was ensured with the coming of the railroad in 1895. In those years, the town had even once been viewed as a possible candidate for territorial capital. The historic train depot today houses the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce and [http://www.wickenburgchamber.com Visitor's Center]. As of 2007, however, only freight trains pass through Wickenburg; passenger trains ended their runs in the 1960s.
Along the town's main historic district, early businesses built many structures that still form Wickenburg's downtown area. The abundant clean air and wide-open spaces attracted new residents. [[Guest ranch]]es offered a unique experience to tourists who fell in love with the West. The Garden of Allah became the first true guest ranch in 1913, followed by Remuda, Kay El Bar, Rancho de los Caballeros, and Flying E ranches, just to mention a few. The construction of the Phoenix to California highway ([[U.S. Route 60 in Arizona|U.S. Route 60]]) brought even more tourists, making Wickenburg the Dude Ranch Capital of the World. As of 2007, some of these ranches still offer their hospitality. Rancho de los Caballeros is now a [http://www.loscaballerosgolf.com/ golf resort], while [http://www.remudaranch.com/ Remuda] has been converted into the nation's largest eating disorder treatment facility and is now Wickenburg's largest employer. The Hassayampa community became a vital contributor to the US effort during World War II when the Army trained thousands of men to fly gliders at a newly constructed airfield west of Wickenburg.<ref name="Pry" >{{cite book | last = Pry | first = Mark E. | title = The Town on the Hassayampa: A History of Wickenburg, Arizona | publisher = Desert Caballeros Western Museum | pages = 145| year = 1997 | isbn = 0-9657377-0-5}}</ref> After the war, modern pioneers and home builders developed Wickenburg into a typical American community.
==Geography==
Wickenburg is located at {{Coord|33|57|54|N|112|44|53|W|type:city}} (33.964881, -112.747936).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 11.5 square miles (29.8 km²), all of it land.
According to the [http://www.mag.maricopa.gov/pdf/cms.resource/MAGRegion72713.pdf Maricopa Association of Governments Municipal Planning Areas and Incorporated Areas Map]{{Dead link|date=January 2011}} [[PDF]], the municipal planning area for Wickenburg includes a much larger area of land than any other planning area in the [[Phoenix metropolitan area|Phoenix metro area]]. If the city were to annex the entire area within its planning area, it would become the largest city by area in Arizona, surpassing [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]].
===Climate===
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{{Weather box
|location = Wickenburg, Arizona (1981-2010)
|single line = Y |imperial first = Y
|Jan record high F = 88
|Feb record high F = 89
|Mar record high F = 97
|Apr record high F = 102
|May record high F = 114
|Jun record high F = 118
|Jul record high F = 121
|Aug record high F = 117
|Sep record high F = 116
|Oct record high F = 109
|Nov record high F = 95
|Dec record high F = 87
|year record high F = 121
|Jan high F = 65
|Feb high F = 68
|Mar high F = 73
|Apr high F = 81
|May high F = 91
|Jun high F = 99
|Jul high F = 102
|Aug high F = 100
|Sep high F = 95
|Oct high F = 85
|Nov high F = 72
|Dec high F = 64
|year high F =
|Jan low F = 33
|Feb low F = 36
|Mar low F = 40
|Apr low F = 44
|May low F = 52
|Jun low F = 60
|Jul low F = 70
|Aug low F = 70
|Sep low F = 62
|Oct low F = 50
|Nov low F = 39
|Dec low F = 32
|year low F = 49.0
|Jan record low F = 10
|Feb record low F = 14
|Mar record low F = 19
|Apr record low F = 24
|May record low F = 32
|Jun record low F = 38
|Jul record low F = 48
|Aug record low F = 47
|Sep record low F = 37
|Oct record low F = 23
|Nov record low F = 16
|Dec record low F = 10
|year record low F = 10
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.32
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.54
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.22
|Apr precipitation inch = .41
|May precipitation inch = .21
|Jun precipitation inch = .11
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.39
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.11
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.22
|Oct precipitation inch = .64
|Nov precipitation inch = .90
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.08
|precipitation colour = green
|source 1 = <ref>http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?az9287</ref>
|date=June 2013
}}
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 174
|1880= 104
|1890=
|1900=
|1910= 570
|1920= 527
|1930= 734
|1940= 995
|1950= 1736
|1960= 2445
|1970= 2698
|1980= 3535
|1990= 4515
|2000= 5082
|2010= 6363
|estimate= 6604
|estyear= 2013
|footnote=<center>U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=May 11, 2014}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref name="2013 Pop Estimate"/></center>
}}
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 5,082 people, 2,341 households, and 1,432 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 441.7 people per square mile (170.5/km²). There were 2,691 housing units at an average density of 233.9 per square mile (90.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 91.76% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.28% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.18% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.37% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.12% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.53% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.77% from two or more races. 11.02% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.
There were 2,341 households out of which 20.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.72.
In the town the population was spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 20.4% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 28.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males. The pregnancy rate is 95% higher than surrounding townships.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,716, and the median income for a family was $40,051. Males had a median income of $34,219 versus $25,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,772. About 6.9% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
==Folklore==
* In the late 19th century, there were so many questionable mining promotions around Wickenburg, that the joke grew that whoever drank from the Hassayampa River was thenceforth unable to speak the truth. ''Hassayamper'' came to mean a teller of tall tales.<ref>Allan A Metcalf (2000) [http://books.google.com/books?id=SsMUCl5j8X4C&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=hassayamper+liar&source=bl&ots=CSJ6cjJpjD&sig=JgI80rFsJ9EjXne7ntlT6-GqElA&hl=en&ei=06XXSZukKpHMMqLe2KwL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#PPA130,M1 ''How We Talk''], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 0-618-04362-4, ISBN 978-0-618-04362-0, p.130-131.</ref>
==Historic properties in Wickenburg==
There are various properties in the town of Wickenburg which are considered historical and have been included either in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/az/Maricopa/state.html National Register of Historic Places]</ref> or the listings of the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce.<ref>[http://www.wickenburgchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/walkingtour.pdf Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce]</ref> The following are images of some of these properties with a short description of the same.
<center><big>'''Wickenburg, Arizona'''</big></center>
{{Gallery
|title=Historic structures in Wickenburg, Arizona<br> (NRHP = National Register of Historic Places)
|width=180px
|height=200px
|align=center
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|File:Wickenburg-City_Hall_and_Jail.jpg|'''City Hall & Jail''' built 1909 and located at 117 Yavapai. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001577
|File:Wickenburg_-Garcia_School.jpg|'''Garcia School''' built 1905 and located at Yavapai. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Reference number #86002087
|File:Wickenburg-House at 186 Washington.jpg|'''House at 186 Washington''' built 1900 and located at 186 Washington. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001560
|File:Wickenburg-Jacob_House.jpg|'''Jacobs House''' built 1900 and located at 355 N. Jefferson. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001581
|File:Wickenburg-MacLennan_House.jpg|'''MacLennan House''' built 1925 and located at 339 N. Jefferson. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001582
|File:Wickenburg-Old Barber Shop.jpg|'''Old Barber Shop''', also known as the "Helm Barber Shop", built 1910 and located at 68 Frontier. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001585
|File:Wickenburg_-Old_Brick_Post_Office.jpg|'''Old Brick Post Office''' built 1930 and located at 144 N Frontier. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001586
|File:Wickenburg-Safeway_Pay_and_Takit.jpg|'''Safeway Pay and Takit''' built 1925 and located at 42 N Tegner. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001587
|File:Wickenburg-Shride_House.jpg|'''Shride House''' built 1925 and located at 58 Tegner. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001589
|File:Wickenburg-George_B._Upton_House.jpg|'''George B. Upton House''' built 1920 and located at 172 Washington. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001592
|File:Wickenberg-Vennetta_Hotel_2.jpg|'''Vernetta Hotel''' built 1905 and located at 1 Apache St. Originally the known as the Smith Hotel, the hotel's owner was Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, an African-American businesswoman. Now known as the Hassayampa Building, it contains offices for Remuda Ranch. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001593
|File:Wickenburg-Wickenburg-Boetto_House.jpg|'''Wickenburg-Boetto House''' built 1900 and located at 225 S. Washington. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001584
|File:Wickenberg-Wickenburg_High_School.jpg |'''Wickenburg High School and Annex''' located at 250 Tegner Street. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places July 10, 1986. Reference #86001595.
|File:Wickenburg-Wickenburg_High_School_Gym.jpg|'''Wickenburg High School Gym''' built 1920 and located at 252 Tegner. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001594
|File:Wickenburg-Wisdom_House.jpg|'''Wisdom House''' built 1900 and located at 48 Kerkes. The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Reference number #86001590
|File:Wickenberg-Cactus_Inn.jpg |'''Cactus Inn''' built in 1900 and located at 158 Yavapai Street. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places July 10, 1986. Reference #86001577.
|File:Wickenburg-Santa_Fe_Depot.jpg|'''Santa Fe Railroad Depot''' built 1895 and located at 215 N. Frontier. The property now the offices for the local chamber of commerce and visitor's center. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in July 10, 1986. Reference number #86001588
|File: Wickenberg_-Santa_Fe_Section_House-1925.jpg |'''Santa Fe Section House''' built in 1925 and located at 279 Railroad Street. The foreman and the workers who maintained the tracks in these sections were provided
this lodging. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places July 10, 1986. Reference #86003762.
|File:Wickenberg-Henry_Wickenburg_Pioneer_Cemetery.jpg|NRHP plaque in the entrance of the '''Henry Wickenburg Pioneer Cemetery'''. The cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places April 4, 2011. Reference #11000151.
|File:Wickenberg-Henry_Wikenburg's_Tomb.jpg |'''Tomb of Henry Wickenburg''' in the '''Henry Wickenburg Pioneer Cemetery''' located in Adams Street. The cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places April 4, 2011. Reference #11000151.
}}
{{Gallery
|title=Historic structures in the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce listing (WCC)
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|height=200px
|align=center
|lines=4
|File:Wickenburg-Sahuaro Theatre-1948.jpg|'''Saguaro Theatre''' built in 1948 by Dwight "Red" Harkins.
|File:Wickenberg-Hyder's_Livery_Stable-1890.jpg |'''Hyders Livery Stable''' built in 1890. As cars replaced horses, the livery stable and
the corner building became a garage and dealership. It is now a parish house.
|File:Wickenburg-WW Bass House.jpg |'''WW Bass House''' built in 1908. It was the home of Mr. & Mrs. Bass. Mr. Bass was one of Arizona’s pioneer photographers
|File:Wickenberg-Orosco_and_Kerkes_House-1869.jpg |'''Orosco and Kerkes House''' built in 1860. The house was owned by Fernando
Orosco, a Hispanic pioneer. From 1922 until 1942 it was the home of Mr. & Mrs. Mike Kerkes.
|File:Wickenburg-Texas Hotel-1895.jpg|'''Texas Hotel''' built in 1895. At first located in the mining area, it was moved to this location circa 1904. Owned and operated by Everett and Myrtle Coxwell, the hotel had a restaurant on the street floor and eight rental units upstairs
|File:Wickenberg-Eller_General_Store-1864.jpg |'''Eller General Store''' built in 1864.
|File: Wickenbug-Joens_Pharmacy-1918.jpg| The '''Wickenburg Drug Company''' first occupied this building, built in 1918, at the corner of Apache and Frontier Streets in Wickenburg, Arizona. It was followed by '''Jones’ Pharmacy'''. This building with its molded cement blocks housed Valley National Bank/ Bank One from 1946-1995. It is listed as historical by the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce Wickenburg.
|File: Wickenbug_-Pastime_Pool_Hall-1893.jpg|Historic '''Pastime Pool Hall''' building was built in 1893 and is located in Wickenbrg, Arizona. The building first served as '''Tollman Grocery''' and then the Pastime Pool Hall as late as World War II. It is listed as historic by the Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce Wickenburg.
|File: Wickenberg-Trinidad_House-1863.jpg|'''Trinidad House''' built in 1863. Built by the Trinidad family, this home may be the oldest house in Arizona. It served as a military post, a stage stop, and later a store.
|File:Wickenburg-Garcia Ocampo House-1921.jpg|'''Garcia-Ocampo House''' built in 1921. This residence was built by Marcella Ocampo, local business woman and a member of one of Wickenburg’s early pioneer Hispanic families.
|File:Wickenberg-Villa_House-1890.jpg |'''Villa House '''built in 1890 . This was the home of one of Wickenburg’s Hispanic pioneer families
|File:Wickenburg-Jail_Tree-1863.jpg|'''Jail Tree''' located in the corner of Tegner and Wickenburg Way in Wickenburg, Arizona. From 1863 to 1890, when the local jail was full of prisoners, those who did not fit in a cell were chained to this tree (WCC).
|File:Wickenburg-Engine_761_Steam_Locomotive.jpg|'''Engine 761''' was built around 1890 for the Atchison, Topeaka and Santa Fe Railroad. It is a Class 759, 2-8-0. When active, it was used on the main line between Chicago and the west. Engine 761 is located next to the historic Wickenburg train depot, that is now the town's visitor center(WCC).
|File:Wickenburg Vulture Mine-Assay office-1884-1.jpg|The '''Vulture Mine-Assay office''', built in 1884, in '''Vulture City''', a '''[[ghost town]]''' outside of Wickenburg.
|File:Wickenburg_-Garth_A._Brown_Grave.jpg|Gravesite of '''Garth A. Brown''' in Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery. Brown served as Mayor of Wickenburg from 1970 to 1972.
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.ci.wickenburg.az.us/ Town of Wickenburg]
*[http://www.wickenburg-az.com/ wickenburg-az.com]
*[http://www.wickenburgchamber.com/ Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.wickenburgsun.com/ The Wickenburg Sun]
*[http://www.delewebbcenter.org/ The Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts]
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