[1] Ehrenberg is a steamboat landing of importance. Roads north to La
Paz, the Colorado Reservation Camp and Agency, and south to Eureka and
Castle Dome district.
[2] A road branches here southward to Castle
Dome landing, and the mines in that district.
[3] At this station mine
roads diverge to the Harcuvar District and mines; an extensive stock
range is found within five miles.
[4] At Cullings, the road forks,
the right-hand branch going to Wickenburg, and the other striking
more northerly, via Date Creek, to Prescott.
[5] At this point roads
diverge south to Phœnix and Florence, to the Vulture Mine, to Agua
Fria and Cave Creek mines, east and north to Prescott, and northeast
to adjacent mining districts.
[6] At Prescott, roads diverge to Camp
Verde and valley, with its growing settlements, to Alexandria, and
other mining towns and camps; north to the Black Hills and Forest, and
to the San Francisco Mountain; northwest to Mineral Park and vicinity,
and almost due west to Aubry and Hardyville landings. Also east, via
Camp Verde, across the Plateau to Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and thence
to the present southern terminus of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
[7] At Smith’s Mill, south of Wickenburg, a road east diverges to Camp
McDowell.
[8] At Phœnix, roads diverge southward, one crossing to and
following the Hassayampa Creek to the Gila, others eastward, up the
Salt River valley, to Marysville and Camp McDowell, while other roads
strike south, direct to Maricopa Wells, the mail stage line diverging
in a southeast direction to Florence.