16-659: Rich Hill may refer to: Places [ edit ] Rich Hill, Arizona , an early gold mine near Weaver, Arizona Rich Hill (Bel Alton, Maryland) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places Rich Hill, Missouri , a city in Missouri Rich Hill (Sassafras, Maryland) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places Rich Hill, Ohio , an unincorporated community in Knox County Rich Hill (Ohio) ,
32-401: A friend named Jack Swilling found another pile of gold on top of nearby Antelope Hill. Weaver said that gold was so plentiful in the area that he could pop nuggets out of the ground with a knife, and that one acre yielded nearly $ 500,000 in gold. The 1863 strike transformed Antelope Station into a boomtown overnight. Originally just a small stage stop, by 1868 Antelope Station supported
48-418: A group of pioneers who discovered gold in the area in 1863. Led by the frontiersman Pauline Weaver , the explorers were camped along Antelope Creek when one of the men – a tracker named Alvaro – decided to go chasing after a runaway burro . After climbing to the top of what would become known as Rich Hill, Alvaro tripped over a pile of gold nuggets that were "as big as potatoes." Soon after, Pauline Weaver and
64-447: A population of 3,500 people. Chuck Stanton first arrived in town a few years later. He wasted no time in recruiting the help of some Mexican bandits so he could wipe out his competition and take control of the town. His first two victims were his neighbors, George "Yaqui" Wilson and William Partridge, both of whom owned a store and a stage stop. In August 1877, Stanton tricked Partridge into killing Wilson over some pigs, and so Partridge
80-677: A summit in Knox County Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio People [ edit ] Rich Hill (baseball coach) (born c. 1962 ), American head baseball coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Rich Hill (pitcher) (born 1980), American baseball player Media [ edit ] Rich Hill (film) , a 2014 American documentary film See also [ edit ] Richhill (disambiguation) Richard Hill (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Rich Hill Topics referred to by
96-455: Is along an unimproved road on the east side of Weaver Creek, at the southeast base of Rich Hill at 34°09′18″N 112°42′25″W / 34.15500°N 112.70694°W / 34.15500; -112.70694 , at an altitude of 3430 ft. Stanton, Arizona Stanton is a populated place in Yavapai County , Arizona , United States that is now used as an RV park. The town
112-406: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rich Hill, Arizona Weaver , or Weaverville , is a former gold mining town, now a deserted ghost town , in Yavapai County , Arizona , United States. All that remains are some rusting mining machinery, a partially restored cemetery, and the ruins of a stone house. The town of Weaverville
128-478: The desert. The bandits also killed Barney's wife and his two little boys in what has since become known as the "Martin Family Massacre." Stanton was arrested for the murders, but due to the testimony of several false witnesses, the charges against him were dropped. Later on that year, however, Stanton was killed by a Mexican gunman named Lucero, and buried about a mile outside of town. Following Stanton's death,
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160-409: The source of the placer gold. Weaverville, soon shortened to Weaver, came under the control of Francisco Vega and his band of outlaws. Travelers and businesses avoided Weaver and its outlaw element in favor of the nearby towns of Stanton and Octave . A post office was established at Weaver on May 26, 1899, but remained less than a year before it moved to nearby Octave on April 19, 1900. Weaver
176-484: The town continued to thrive for several years, but it was still considered to be a dangerous place. In 1892, for example, a Prescott newspaper reported that the residents of Stanton liked to "drink blood, eat fried rattlesnakes and fight mountain lions". Nevertheless, by the 1890s, Stanton was a legitimate community filled with miners, their families, a general store, a stamp mill, a hotel, a boarding house, and several other associated buildings. For some inexplicable reason,
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#1732897986460192-481: The town's name was officially changed back to Stanton in 1896. It didn't survive for much longer, though. By 1905 the gold in the area was just about gone. That same year the Stanton Post Office was closed for good, and the town was abandoned. In the late 1950s, The Saturday Evening Post purchased the ten acre town and then gave it away during a "jingle contest." The new owners didn't know what to do with
208-543: The town, and they later sold it. It remained uninhabited until the late 1960s, when hippies moved in and started burning the wooden buildings for firewood. In 1976, the Lost Dutchman's Mining Association (LDMA) acquired the property and has since used the town as a members-only recreational vehicle park, which is open for six months out of the year. The LDMA has restored a few of the town's original buildings, including Chuck Stanton's store, an old saloon and dance hall , and
224-497: Was arrested and sent to the Yuma Territorial Prison . Once Wilson and Partridge were out of the way, Stanton focused on Wilson's business partner, John Timmerman, who arrived in town from Smith's Mill and formed a new partnership with a family-man named Barney Martin. Stanton's plan for dealing with Timmerman and Martin wasn't nearly as clever as Wilson's murder had been planned. He simply had his bandits ambush them out in
240-446: Was established shortly after the discovery of placer gold deposits on nearby Rich Hill in May 1863. The town was named after mountain man Pauline Weaver , who worked as a guide for the group of prospectors who made the discovery. The gold was discovered by a member of the party while chasing a stray donkey. After the placer deposits were exhausted, mining turned to the lode deposits that were
256-409: Was originally a stagecoach stop known as Antelope Station , and was later renamed "Stanton" after the businessman and crook Chuck Stanton , who took over the town in the 1870s. Stanton is located approximately twenty miles north of Wickenburg , at the base of Rich Hill, near the ghost towns of Octave and Weaver . The town of Stanton, like the towns of Octave and Weaver, owe their existence to
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