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Around 1864, a miner named Tyson dug this 40-foot-deep well by hand, and it marked the spot around which the town of Quartzsite grew. Originally known as Tyson's Well, Tyson Wells, or Tyson's Wells, the small community became an important watering and resupply point along the Old Ehrenberg-Prescott freight-hauling and stagecoach route.
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Quartzsite, Arizona · United States
