STAGE STATION AND HOMESTEAD
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STAGE STATION AND HOMESTEAD |
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NAME: Stage Station and Homestead COUNTY: Pinal ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: 1 CLIMATE: Summer: days 80-120 degrees F; Winter: 30-60 degrees F (but no snow). BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
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There are ruins of the old houses an old water pump and stables.One old grave of the man and women that lived there. REMAINS: There are ruins of the old houses an old water pump and stables. One old grave of the man and women that lived there. |
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In 1879 the Southern Pacific mail and Stage Line company Built a one room adobe station and mesquite corral.It was a horse changing and water stop on the route from the railroad station at Picacho for passengers going to Florence and Beyond. In 1913, Rancher Juan Verdugo recorded it as a Homestead; In 1917 he added a room and raised the roof. About the same time a ranch school was built to the north.In 1920 the property returned to the state. Later, area ranchers leased the land, using the building as a bunkhouse and storage until the late 1980's. Mr and Mrs Stokes are buried on the land. Submitted by: Dayna Quiroz Southwest Archaeology Team (or S.W.A.T., an organization of avocational and professional archaeologists based in Mesa, AZ) has been sending weekend volunteers to this site since 2001 to restore the crumbling adobe structures -- the photos posted here show the buildings "after"-- not "before"! To see "before, during, and after" photos of the restoration project visit Verdugo Homestead and Stage Stop with Photos and Bert Strobl's Pictures. The restoration work by S.W.A.T. was nearly complete as of February 2009. Jan Mack Northcutt |
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