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City of Quartzsite
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The City of Quartzsite may be best known for a large swap meet and rock and mineral meet once a year, but there are other points of historic interest such as Tyson Well Stage Station Museum. |
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The original adobe stage station at Tyson Well was built in 1866 by Charley Tyson at its present location. Excellent water and grass for the horses made it an important way station on the California-Arizona line. Miners and freighters passed through here on th way to the Territorial Capital at Prescott hauling mining equipment and military supplies from the river port at Ehrenberg. The Tyson's Well Museum opened in February 1980, after extensive restoration and is operated by the Quartzsite Historical Society. A miniature village of cement and stone houses, built by Walter Barrett, occupies an outdoor space. The ruins of the Oasis Hotel lie just west of the museum. Hours are short: November to March, the museum is open Wednesday - Sunday 10 am - 4 pm; April - October, the museum is open Thursday only 9-12 or by appointment. This author passed by on a Tuesday in May and didn't know to make an appointment - 928-927-6159. The museum on on the south side of the main street about the middle of town, just off Interstate 10 in Quartzsite. Quartzsite Historical Society P.O. Box 331 Quartzsite, Arizona 85346 928-927-5229 email: qhs@rraz.net |
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 Museum building. |
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| Outdoor exhibits, mostly mining artifacts. | |
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| Outdoor exhibits, mostly mining artifacts. | |
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| A miniature village of cement and stone houses, built by Walter Barrett. | |
 Oasis Hotel ruins, the museum plans to restore this soon. |
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