Wickenburg Attractions

The Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg displays the town's Wild West and Native American heritage as well as Western art. The Native American artifacts include pottery, baskets, rugs and many tools that were used. Some of the other exhibits feature gems and minerals, and an early Arizona street scene.

The Little Red Schoolhouse in Wickenburg is a historic building that now houses historical photos, oral histories, and a replica schoolroom. The red-brick Garcia Schoolhouse was completed in 1905, replacing a small wooden building built in 1895.

The Massacre Monument in Wickenburg is dedicated to those who died in an 1871 Apache-Mojave warrior attack.

The Old 761 Santa Fe Steam Locomotive in Wickenburg once traveled the rails between Chicago and the West.

The Old Jail Tree in Wickenburg is a 200-year-old mesquite tree that prisoners were shackled to in the absence of a town jail. Outlaws were chained to this tree from 1863 to 1890.

The Vulture Mine was the place where Henry Wickenburg struck it rich in 1863. After mining it for only a few years, Henry sold it, and it went on to become one of the most productive mines in Arizona.

The Wickenburg Memorial marks the grave site of town founder Henry Wickenburg, who died in 1905.

Congress is an old ghost town near Yarnell, with ruins of old cabins and a cemetery. It was once the sight of the Congress Gold Mine, gold was discovered in 1884.

Congress had an upper and lower part to the town - the upper part was the location of businesses and the people lived in the lower part.

One of the largest remaining Joshua Forests can be found 30 miles northwest of Wickenburg.

One original building and many foundations are all that remain of Octave, a town that got its name from the Octave Gold Mining company.

Stanton is a ghost town near Yarnell which dates from 1863. Originally called Antelope Station, the town was abandoned when the gold ran out early in the 1900's. The stage shop, hotel and opera house are all that remain today.

The small town of Yarnell is located 23mi/40km southwest of Prescott on Highway 89. It is the location for the Shrine of St Joseph.

The Yarnell Shrine of St Joseph has statues depicting the Stations of the Cross. The statue of Joseph shows him still carrying some of his tools and lifting Jesus into his arms. The final statue on the pilgrimage is that of Jesus, in bronze, as rises from the dead.