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This road trip will take us out Copper Basin Road, above Prescott, the setting for Gail Garner’s famous cowboy poem, “Tying the Knot in the Devil’s Tail”, then down through Copper Basin to Skull Valley for lunch. We’ll then head over to Walnut Grove on the Hassayampa River, returning to Prescott via Highway 89. Along the way we’ll see incredible scenery, historic mining activity, the Skull Valley Historic Museum, the historic Hassayampa River Bridge, and the site of the Walnut Grove Dam.This dam failed in 1890, killing over 100 people and causing downstream devastation as far as Wickenburg. This trip will include an optional 1-mile walk on a maintained forest trail up Aspen Creek (some moderate uphill).
Activity Rating: 2
Tuition includes transportation, box lunch, museum fees and field instruction. Departs 8AM from Prescott Campus.
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