Camp McDowell to Maricopa Wells, A. T.

To Miles. Miles. Description.
Forks of Road 11 11Right fork to Phœnix.
Ferry Station 2 13Left fork to Camp Grant. Water, grass and wood. Crossing of Salinas River.
Desert Station 11 24Well of water. Hay and grain at Station.
Morgan’s Ferry 17 41Crossing of Gila River.
Maricopa Wells 3 45Stores. No grass or wood.

During the winter the Gila is usually and the Salinas occasionally, unfordable.

Camp McDowell to Camp Grant, A. T.

To Miles. Miles. Description.
Forks of Road 11 11Road excellent. Right fork to Phœnix.
Ferry Station 2 13Small station; bad ford at high water.
Florence (crossing Gila) 38 52Good fording; Ranch ½ mile this side.
Ruggles and Ewing 3 56Last Ranch before leaving river;good stopping place.
Junction with Sacaton R’d 4 60Desert mesa.
Round Valley 12 73No water, wood or grass.
Camp near Round Valley 2 75Water ½ mile to left of road by trail.
Cottonwoods 13 89Water ½ mile to right of road by trail; grass; wood scarce.
Junction with Tucson R’d 13 103
Camp Grant 3 106Crossing Rio San Pedro.

At Prescott, clerks receive from $50 to $125 per month, with board often thrown in; carpenters and painters, from $4 to $6 per day; masons, from $6 to $8, and in some cases, when a man is possessed of superior skill, as high as $10 per day; ranch hands, herders, cow-boys, from $25 to $50 per month, and board; common laborers, from $2 to $3 per day; domestic servants, men and women, from $25 to $40 per month; but as yet there is no great demand.

Maricopa Wells to Camp Grant, A. T.

To Miles. Miles. Description.
Pima Villages 10 10Store and mill.
Sweet Water 6 16Store.
Sacaton 6 22Store; water; grass scarce; right fork of road direct to Tucson.
Reservation, eastern boundary 7 29
Walker’s Ranch 6 35Indian village and store.
White’s Ranch 4 39Gila; wood, hay, grain; little grass.
Junction with Camp McDowell Road 7 46
Camp Grant 46 92Crossing San Pedro.

The road from Maricopa Wells to Pima Villages is cut up with small gullies, from 1 to 4 feet deep, with steep sides, which, in rainy seasons, are muddy and troublesome.

The left fork leads up the Gila to Adamsville, 2½ miles distant, where are two stores, a mill, etc., and thence to Ruggles and Ewing’s Ranch, (4 miles) where is a store; here the road intersects the road between Camps McDowell and Grant.