Culture

The Town’s Namesake

Bust of Henry Wickenburg

We happened to be over in the downtown area today, to do a little shopping. As we passed the Town Center, I snapped this photo of the bust of gold miner Henry Wickenburg for whom the town was named. This bust is in front of Town Hall.

From Wikipedia:

In 1862 a gold strike on the Colorado River near present-day Yuma brought American prospectors, who searched for minerals throughout central Arizona. Many of the geographic landmarks now bear the names of these pioneers, including the Weaver Mountains, named after mountain man Pauline Weaver, and Peeples Valley, named after a settler.

An Austrian named Henry Wickenburg was one of the first prospectors. His efforts were rewarded with the discovery of the Vulture Mine, from which more than $30 million worth of gold has been dug.

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Easter Bay Bay

Easter Bay Bay

A few days ago, I dug this cute pair of bunny ears and put them on Bay Bay. He tolerated them long enough to let me snap this photo of him wearing them. Too cute! Click on the image to enlarge.

St. Patrick’s Day Chow

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Today’s special meal was (naturally) traditional corned beef and cabbage with boiled vegetables. Verna started the meat in the crockpot overnight and added the veggies this morning. She served this great dinner this afternoon to celebrate the Irish American in both of us. Click on the image to enlarge.

Hippie Snowbird Motorcoach

Hippie Motorcoach

Verna took this photo of a very colorful motorhome with kayaks on top. There is a mountain bike or two on the rack at the rear of the coach. It had Wisconsin license tags so I figure it must belong to some old hippie snowbirds visiting town today. Click on the image to enlarge.