Arizona ghost trails

by Richard J. Hinton

To	Miles.	Miles.	Description.
[1]Forks of Road	6	6	Water usually: good grass. Left fork to Tank, half mile distant.
Water Holes	30	36	Water usually; good grass, near forks, on right side of road.
First Camp on Gila River.	27	63	Water; grass scarce.
Second Camp on Gila River	11	74	Water; grass scarce.
Camp Goodwin	14	88

• [1] The Tank always contains water. The road from the Tank to the Gila is over a grassy plain with no water in dry season, excepting at Water Holes, near the Junction with the old road along the Rio de Sauz. There water is usually found on the right-hand side of the road.
  There is another road to Camp Goodwin, via San Simon, (seventeen and a half miles) and thence down the Rio de Sauz, joining the above road at Water Holes, (thirty-one miles) making the distance about eleven miles longer.

Tucson, A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico.

[ESTIMATED.]

To	Miles.	Miles.	Description.
Smith’s Ranch	61	61
Los Nogales	5	66	Water and grass; mesquite wood.
Agua Zarca	15	81
La Casita	14	96
Los Alisos	8	104
Imuris	11	115
La Magdalena	11	127
Santa Ana	12	139
Bajorito	16	155	Wells and grass; mesquite wood.
Rancho Querobabi	23	178	Tanks and grass; mesquite wood.
Rancho Tabique	28	206
Hacienda de Torreon	26	232	Water; grass scarce; mesquite wood.
Hacienda de La Labor	2	234
Hacienda del Alamito	9	243	Water; grass plenty; mesquite wood.
Hermosillo	12	255	Water; no grass; mesquite wood.
Rancho de la Parza	16	271
Rancho de la Palma	16	288	Tank; grass scarce; mesquite wood.
Rancho del Posito	8	296
Rancho de lo Cienequito	15	312
Rancho de la Mucho Buéno	19	331	No water; grass plenty; mesquite wood.
Rancho de la Caballo	9	340	Tank; grass plenty; mesquite wood.
Guaymas	11	351

The road from Tucson to Guaymas, except 15 miles south of Calabasas, where it is heavy in wet weather, is one of the finest on the Pacific coast.

Tucson, A. T., to Port La Libertad, Mexico.

To	Miles.	Miles.	Description.
San Xavier del Bac	8	8	Settlement of Papago Indians.
La Punta de Agua	2	11	Ranch.
Sahuarito, (Columbus)	8	19	Water, grass and wood. Good road.
Roade’s Ranch	8	28
Los Taraises	2	31
Reventon, (Kitchen’s Ranch)	2	34
Soporio Rancho	5	39
Mina Colorado	11	51
Arivaca	7	58
Los Alamos (Old Arivaca)	1	59
Covodepe Cuesta (Mexico)	6	65
Spring in bed of Arroyo	5	70	Water scarce; wood. Good road.
Z’Azabe	8	79	Water, grass and wood. Good road.
Charco de los Mesquites	6	86	No water.
Tecalote Trail		86
Charco	4	90	Water, grass and wood.
Rancheria	2	92	Good grass.
Forks of Road	1	93
Forks of Road		93
Ascent to Mesa	1	94
Tinaja, (Charco)	6	101	Water, grass and wood.
Los Paredones	15	116	Water, grass and wood. Good road.
Jesus Maria	14	130	Water and wood; grass scarce. Good road.
Altar	8	139	Water and wood; grass scarce. Good road.
Dry Arroyo	4	143	Good road.
Road to Zepedas Ranch	6	149	Good road.
Foot of Hill	2	151	Good hard road.
Summit of Hill	1	152
Pitiquito	1	153	Water, grass and wood. Good hard road.
Cienega and Caborca Road	7	161	Good hard road.
Laguna Mosca	5	166	No water in dry season; good grass, good hard road.
Bajia de Aquituna	6	172	Wood and grass; no water. Good level road.
El Zanjon (dry arroyo)	2	175	Wood and grass. Good road.
Tinaje del Viejo	7	182	Water.
Angostura Pass	7	190	Water, grass and wood. Good hard road.
Picu	11	201	Water, grass and wood. Good hard road.
Pozo de los Cristolas		201
Charco de los Papagos	1	202
Tinaja del Tule	4	206	Very little water or grass.
Derisadero Prieto	4	211	Wood; no grass. Good hard road.
Point where Gulf is first seen	1	212
Port of la Libertad	13	226	Bad road.

Heavy blankets are a necessity in Arizona; the nights are always cool, even in the height of the “heated term.” Woolen undergarments are desirable at all times.

Fort Wingate, N. M., to Prescott, A. T., via Camp Verde, A. T.