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Daisy Mountain Area History
Daisy Mountain has a rich history.
It was formed about two million years during a time of
many earthquakes, volcanoes and uplifting. The mountain, is an
extinct volcano and rises about 3190 feet above sea level.
Wildlife (including birds, javeina, deer, pack rats, desert
tortoise, bobcats, skunks, snakes, occasional cougars, and so
much more) have always depended on the mountain. Hohokam Indians settled in the area around 600-800 AD.
There may have been hunter-gathers before that.
The Spaniard explorers were probably in the area by the
1500’s. No one else settled
in the area for a long time.
Sheepherders and others passed through but settlement did
not come until about the mid-1800’s when a few ranchers were in
the area.
By 1881 there was a New River Stage Stop just west of the mountain. In the 1930’s the land around the mountain was opened to homesteading and the area has continued to grow ever since. In the 1940’s there was some mining activity on the mountain – a little magnesium and perhaps copper. The mines have long since been abandoned.
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