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The Town on the Hassayampa: A History of Wickenburg, Arizona

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I enjoyed this book mostly for how easy it was to read. It flowed very well, and wasn't difficult to understand. It was not only educational, but also interesting. There were some dry spots, but that's history for you. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic.

This book is designed to be a textbook as well as a general information book. Each chapter addresses a different issue that is important to Arizona such as water, mining, railroads, ranching and others. I like the way the book is laid out for that purpose. It covers the growth and development for Wickenburg, but will mirror many other towns in Arizona. I especially like the way Mark Pry personalizes the town. He has a good way of presenting history not only as fact, but as living history. A good example is the way he writes of the town's spirit after it had been devastated by the Walnut Grove Dam flood. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in the history of Arizona.

This book did a good job of describing the typical Arizona town. I found particularly interesting the way that the book showed an informative amount of backgroung on the progression of this small town without boring the reader. The pictures were a particularly nice touch, especially for me, and other visually-oriented readers like me. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Wickenburg's history, and even for those interested in Arizona history, or the history of the West in general for that matter.

I thought that as far as history books go, it was a good book. It is a fairly easy book to read. The only relatively hard part would be the namses of the Native American tribes in the area of Wickenburg. This however should not impede on anyone that is remotely familiar with Arizona history however. There were some points that seemed to drag in the book however, but the histories of all the towns in America can't be action packed I guess. Mr. Pry included some very intersting pictures in his book that were worth taking another look at.

First settled in 1863, this western community is one of the oldest in Arizona. The Town On The Hassayampa, A History of Wickenburg, Arizona, a book by Mark E. Pry, is one of the best written on this western town. It's a story well written about small-town Arizona, and it's historical roots and development. It was a pleasure reading about my hometown, and to be part of the team at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, who worked with the author.