LA PAZ
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LA PAZ |
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NAME: La
Paz COUNTY: La Paz ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T4N, R21W CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
Near the Colorado river. 5.8 miles north
of I-10 along S.R. 1:Located on C.R.I.T tribal lands. REMAINS: One well, the foundations of one stone structure (repaired) and many small hillocks of adobe material.Fenced, entry not encouraged. |
| La Paz's post office was established January 17, 1865 and discontinued March 25, 1875. La Paz was already a ghost town in 1891 as the picture illustrates. Discovered by Pauline Weaver, the same man who discovered Weaver and Rich Hill, La Paz quickly grew into a big town of 1500 people. As the Colorado river changed course, the site was isolated as a steamboat stop and could not keep people around. By 1891 La Paz was a ghost town and a flood in 1910 wiped out what was left. |
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