Hackberry, Arizona

Hackberry is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

[7] Mining of various metals developed the town, sending it from boom to bust based on fluctuating commodity prices.

'"[citation needed] Based on an article taken from the July 24, 1909, edition of the Mohave County Miner out of Kingman, Arizona, J.J. Watts was an old prospector.

"Some time ago the report was current in Kingman that Indians had killed an old prospector, in the Wallapai mountains, first burying the body and later burning up everything of an incriminating nature.

In 1992, itinerant artist Bob Waldmire re-opened the Hackberry General Store as a Route 66 tourism information post and souvenir shop on the former Northside Grocery site.

[13] The store remains in operation with a collection of vintage cars from the heyday of U.S. Route 66 in Arizona; in 2008, its owners donated land for a new fire hall to be built for the community.

Truxton Wash flows northwest into the endorheic Hualapai Valley, ending at Red Lake 27 miles (43 km) from Hackberry.

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