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Wickenburg is a town located in Maricopa County, Arizona. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,082.
Associated with Wickenburg is a sad history and a beautiful tourist location - Pleasant Lake:is near Wickenburg, Arizona. Wickenburg is part of the Old West with dirt roads and all. Getting to Lake Pleasant is easy. From Wickenburg, take route 60 (East Wickenburg Way, which turns into Grand Avenue) south to route 74. Turn left (the only way you can go) to head eastbound. Drive for about 20 miles through some of the most beautiful and barely touched Sonoran Desert landscape around. (Enjoy it while it lasts; developers will be turning it into housing developments and strip malls as soon as they can.) Boat owners love boating on the lake it is also a members club where boat owners pay membership to keep their boats docked during the months when they are not in use.
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Apr 18, 2006 - May 19, 2006
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After leaving Phoenix, I made my way to Wickenburg, Arizona. I heard there was a ghost town/old mine nearby. I stayed the night on Friday, at a hotel that had a neighbor who had peacocks. Noisy birds, when they call to each other it sounds like a cat crying. The hotel was nice, a very old one and I got to stay in one of the original rooms. Wasn't the biggest hotel room I've ever been in, but was nostalgic to be there.Awakened early, thanks to the peacocks and headed for the ghost town. The to...
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Feb 21, 2004 - Jul 26, 2008
MARCH 17, 2007 - ST. PATRICK'S DAY
I do have an impulsive behavior when it comes to travel: I will spontaneously go to a place if I have the right company and mood. One such time was St. Patrick's day 2006 when my charming boy friend Guy, invited my best friend Agnes and I to his boat on Lake pleasant in Wickenburg. Getting to Lake Pleasant is easy. From Wickenburg, take route 60 (East Wickenburg Way, which turns into Grand Avenue south to route 74. Turn left (the only way you can go) to hea...
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Jan 05, 2006
This area was discovered to be rich in gold and silver ore, accidentally, by a man that had shot down a vulture from the sky. his name was henry wickenburg, Austrian, and he settled here in 1863. by 1865 the population of this little mining town grew to 5,000. 1942 it was shut down by president roosevelt during world war II. reports are that of the 200 million dollars that were extracted from the mine, a value of more than 3-4 times that still exists down there. the current population of the ...
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Feb 12, 2005 - Feb 27, 2005
Tracy and I travel border to border in a Jeep.
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