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Hardyville - Prescott Road was a toll road between Fort Mohave and Prescott, Arizona. Established by William Harrison Hardy in 1864, the road ran from the fort to Hardyville, then turned east to cross the Black Mountians through Union Pass. The road then crossed the Sacramento Valley to Coyote Holes and Beale Spring in the Cerbat Mountains.


 * l 1/2 miles beyond Beale's Spring, where road crosses Sandy Wash, there is permanent and good water; 1/4 mile to right of road, in the Wash, grass abundant; good camping ground. Wood near by, 3/4 mile to left of road. Up the Wash are large bodies of good water.  Sandy Wash=Clack Canyon?

From there the road proceeded to

Hualpais Spring, 14 miles from Beale Spring. Half a mile to the right of road; water bad, good grass.
 * 3 miles before reaching Hualpais Spring, just after crossing Big Wash, good permanent water; grass and wood 1/2 miles to right of road; good road nearly to the water. In coming from Willow Grove to Camp Mojave, in order to reach this camping ground turn to left 2 miles after leaving Hualpais Spring. Important camping ground, used by trains. Camp at the conflurence of Hualapai Canyon with Frees Wash. ,

Tanks (Mohave County, Arizona), 12 miles from Hualpais Spring, 7 miles from Cottonwood. Tank filled with sand, no wood. , Big Sandy River (Arizona), Hinton, published his report, Tank filled with sand, in 1878. Tanks, at mouth of Peacock Wash? Distance seems right. m 35.14056°N, -113.64083°W, s 35.20583°N, -113.78444°W

Cottonwood (Mohave County, Arizona), 7 miles from Tanks, water, grass and wood.

Cactus Pass (Mohave County, Arizona), between the Aquarius Mountains and Cottonwood Mountains from Cottonwood eastward to Willow Grove. 4 miles
 * Cactus Pass, Mohave Co., Hinton Map, 1878; Smith, 1879. Pass through Cottonwood range on Hardyville-Prescott road, west of Cross Mountain. Wheeler was here January 30, 1855, and says: "From the peculiar vegetation, we give it the name of Cactus Pass. We can look easterly through it and see the bulk of Cross mountain and the Aquarius range. The pass is a deep gorge in a high range of granite mountains.",

Willow Grove (Mohave County, Arizona), Fort Rock Ranch , Camp near Muddy Canyon , Anvil Rock , Oaks and Willows, Aztec Pass m34.975°N, -112.63417°W, s34.975°N, -113.03417°W Old Toll Gate, Roblett's Ranch, Toll Gate (Camp Hualpais), Williamson's Valley, Lee's Ranch, ? Prescott, a total distance of 167 miles.