The Apache Trail Pt. 1

The Apache Trail and the Lost Dutchman:
Jacob Waltz, who claims to have found a glory hole of a mine in the shadow of Weaver's Needle, is a large part of the story covered in part 1.
The legend himself was actually German not Dutch, but hey, who's paying any real attention.
According to story, he was known as a miner and prospector in Arizona for sometime before he came to the Superstitions. And he did have a fair amount of high grade gold ore under his bed when he died.
it's also said that he told people his mine could make 30 men wealthy and that is was located somewhere in the shadow of Weaver's Needle.
And, the story convinced at least one friend and business owner to sell her business and use the money to search for the Dutchman's mine shortly after his death.
She eventually went broke never finding what he had claimed.
She was lucky. Dozens of other have lost their lives searching for the mine in the unbearable summer and fall temperatures of the Sonoran Desert.
The town of Apache Junction Arizona, seems to be a perfect place to host the beginning of the "Apache Trail".
Used originally as a passage from Desert to Forest by Native Americans, the Apache Trail in more recent times has become a major Sonoran Desert sightseeing destination.
This first few miles traveled here in part 1, are the most common destinations. However, much more to see in parts 2 and 3 of the Apache Trail Series including Canyon Lake, Tortilla Flat, then on to the end where we will walk the 2 miles of road that has been closed by Mother Nature due to fire and subsequent torrential rain. Scheduled for repair in April/May of 24, this beautiful high cliff section of the trail has been closed for more than 3 years.

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