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Black Canyon City has been known by several names, including Goddard or Goddards, Cañon, and Black Canyon. Goddard's was a stage stop on the Phoenix to Prescott line, a military stopover en route to Fort Whipple and Fort Verde during Territorial days, and a supply center for mines in the southern Bradshaw Mountains.
The Old Black Canyon Highway – The highway was a stagecoach route from Prescott to Phoenix built in 1860, that was known for its rough ride. Part of the highway in Black Canyon City has been paved. [14] The Black Canyon City Dog Track – Built in 1967 and abandoned in 1982. [15]
Black Canyon. In March 1873, Mormon pioneers from Utah were sent to the Little Colorado River area under the direction of Horton D. Height. In 1876, a large group of these settlers established four settlements on the Little Colorado River, which they named Brigham City, Sunset, Obed and Allen's Camp (Joseph City). [7]
I-17 is known as the Black Canyon Freeway from the northern end of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area to a point 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of The Stack interchange with I-10 northwest of Downtown Phoenix. (It is accompanied by frontage roads for most of this portion, and they carry the Black Canyon Highway name to distinguish from the freeway status.)
It is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border with Nevada. ... an environmental history of an Arizona river (University ...
The New River Mountains are part of a region extending southwards from the southeast of the Black Hills of central Arizona. The region contains mesas, hills, and mountain peaks; the region is bordered on the west by the Black Canyon, where the Agua Fria River flows south towards Phoenix, and on the east, canyons where the Verde River also flows ...
The wilderness of the inner canyon requires a permit to enter. Nearly 60 mammal species and 174 bird species call the Black Canyon home. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com
New River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 17,290 as of the 2020 census , [ 3 ] up from 14,952 at the 2010 census .