Wickenburg Gold Rush Days

Wickenburg really comes to life during Gold Rush Days...we have been here the last two winters, but never during one of the town celebrations...thousands of people, lot of arts and crafts..classic car show & temps hitting 80* with plenty of sunshine.
Wickenburg itself is basically a gold mine town..Gold was descovered by Henry Wickenburg in 1863.They claim that the rock he picked up to throw at his mule was gold. He named the mine "Vulture" and it
 yielded more than $200 million in gold.  The gold rush that started after his discovery basically started the town.

Still standing in the center of town is the 200 year old mesquite "jail tree".  Lawmen chained their prisoners to this tree, which served as the town jail..everyone was so busy prospecting for gold, they didn't take the time to build a jail. From 1863 - 1890 outlaws were chained to this tree...escapees were unknown.

Classic Car show..lots to look at..

This was one of my favorites..can you see the foot hanging out of the door ??