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July 2019 Newsletter MESA 4 WHEELERS HORN NEWSLETTER Ju ly 201 9 Mesa 4 Wheelers, PO Box 107, Mesa AZ 85201 http://mesa4wheelers.com MESA 4 WHEELERS STAF F President Dan Smith 641 - 521 - 7 766 Than k you all for helping and thank you all for enjoying it. Vice President Bob Nyberg 480 - 390 - 5241 Secretary Pat Jenkins 480 - 834 - 0517 All in all , I think everyone had a super - relaxing and fun - fill ed Treasurer Ray Jenkins 480 - 834 - 0517 weekend. We should make this an annual event when the Corres.Secretary Hazel Hart 480 - 994 - 1260 temperatures in the Valley get up around 110 degrees, what Membership Lori Moore 602 - 647 - 1685 da - ya say!? Editor Mike Drawsky 480 - 502 - 9507 Remembrance Gert Leible 623 - 869 - 8434 We ca n call it the HAGLER CREEK COOL - OFF!! Trophies Clete Hruska 602 - 568 - 1140 Safety Chairman John Hart 480 - 994 - 1260 Written by Randy Ring “Double Gnarley” Publicity OPEN Next Meeting Edite d by Ray Jenkins Ju ly 19 , 201 9 Third Friday of every month, 7:00 PM. Bass Pro 1133 North D obson, Mesa, AZ 85201 (602) 606 - 5600 REMEMBER WHEN? 30 years ag o? July 14th - 16th, 1989 Haigler Creek Camp - Out Adventure Friday the 14 th , Esther and I arrived at about 11:00 A.M. to find CLUB TRIP REPORTS a pair of nature lovers.... They got dressed and split in about Horsethief Basin f ive minutes. We had the whole place to ourselves until around June 29 , 2019 3:00 P.M. when Sandee, Brett and Hallee arrived. We all Trip Leader: Mike Drawsky relaxed, had dinner a nd played Pictionary until Jack, Mike and Linda Dreckman and Steve and Lil Koehler rolled in around 10:30 P.M.. We bedded down just in time to welcome Kirk, Viv, Members in attendance : John & Hazel Hart, Walt & Gert Levy and Stephen who rolled in around 12:45 A.M … b ut they Leible, Keith Fliegel, Dave & Paula Brown, Jim Hopper , Jim were Very Quiet. Kawa, Clete & Randi Hurska, Rob & Adeline Hay ton , Sean & Lucie Mahoney and Mike Butler. Guests in attendance : Norm Clark, Marty Hunt, Lee Flogueras Saturday morning the rest of the gang started dribbling in, and Ralph & Cindy Koepk e sometimes they came in spurts. We had the Horseshoe pit set up and breakfast wasn’t far behind. A hike/4 - wheel drive back to the waterfall to find five beautiful riderless horses was part of Sat urday’s activities. The swimming hole was delightfully refreshing at 61 degrees, but a dip about every two hours was ju st about right! The air temp only got up to 85 degrees on Saturday and it was beautiful! We relaxed, talked and really enjoyed the opp ortunity to get to know fellow members and their families. We had a wild game of Pictionary till about 11:00 P.M. Satur day. The BUGS won --- right Sandee?? You had to be there!! Sunday morning got off to a fun start with camp - stove coffee and a hot g ame of “before breakfast Horseshoes”. Myself with the help of Sandee, Linda & Mike Dreckman and several other volunteer s and contributors, made egg burritos for all!! Mike Jerger prepared his famous “Crepes Oh La La! to top off our breakfast. Trip leader, Mike, received a good turnout for his Horsethief Basin Run, with a total of 1 4 vehicles. Horsethief Basin (Contin ued) Wh ile driving the switchbacks up to Crown King, Mike t ook a quick photo of the line of Jeeps following behind. Some of the participants had never stopped at Cleator , so Mike made sure to give everyone the opportunity to step into Cleator’s rustic b ar that drips with atmosphere! In a little under 2 hours , from when we aired down , we arrived at the historic g old m ining town of Crown King . After a short stop for a restroo m break and some delicious fudge from the This was Cindy and Hazel’s first time seeing the inside of the town store, we were off again for the remaining 9 mile run up to old bar. Horsethief Basin. Ro b & Sean, along with Mike could not resist a cold beer! Marty could not resist some homemade fudge! Horsethief Basin ( Continued) From the top of Lane Mountain, the group look ed south towards Half way between Crown King and Horsethief Basin, Mike Lake Pleasant. While down in the Valley temperatures were pull ed the group over to point out the names of the mines and hover ing around 10 5, up at Horsethief Basin the temperatures roads below. were in the upper 80’s! Mike & Ray walk ed out to this rock outcropping for a better Jim Kawa perched on the edge, removing a stone from his look. One of the roads off in the distance was FR192, the shoe. backway up to Crown King from Lake Pleasant. Mike Butler and Jim pos ed ontop of Lane Mountain, elevation Jim & Mike pre - ran this trail 2 weeks earlier and were glad to be around 7500 ft. back at this same spot! Horsethief B asin (Continued) Horsethief Basin was the perfect spot for such nefarious activities. The lake there provided plenty of free grass and water for the livestock “to condition them for top prices.” Additi onally, the seclusion of the spot was guaranteed by lookouts. Soon, ru stling operations extended down to Mexico and north to Utah. When the horses were rebranded and ready, they “would drive them north to Utah and Colorado where they’d sell them. Then, j ust to show no favoritism, they’d steal horses up there, drive them to H orsethief Basin and re - brand (them) before herding them down south to sell.” However, the syndicate’s infrastructure did not end there. “Extending from (Horsethief Basin) in a westerl y direction were several strategically placed corrals forming a loose ch ain — perhaps all the way west to California, certainly (at least) to Mike was a little concerned i f there would be enough room at Burro Creek, not far from the mining town of Baghdad.” the top to accommodate today’s turnout, but with a little planning we were able to find a spot for every Jeep. “There were at least three of these hidden stations between Horsethief Basin and Wagoner,” Cooper wrote. “These were maintained for a twofold purpose — first, if the horses were to bring top prices, they must be in good shape…Second, and most importantly, it gave the thieves the opportunity of sending scouts to lear n if they were being trailed by officers of the law or the rightful owne rs.” In 1924, plans began to make Horsethief Basin a highly developed summer resort. A committee “made a survey of the (Bradshaw) mountains and returned a report quite favorable to th e establishment of a resort in the Horsethief Basin area…(which was only ) 62 miles by motor road from the center of the city of Phoenix." “The scenic values of the region are unsurpassed,” the newspaper reported. “The basin is surrounded by high peaks fro m which magnificent views of the Gila, Salt, Aqua Fria, and Hassayampa v alleys may be had.” They planned to build a resort capable of hosting 3000 people. “It (was) proposed that A bit of History The first use of the name “Horsethief Basin” i n an auto camp be established in addition to the summer an Arizona newspaper was November 1st, 1911, but its history cottages.” as the heart of a criminal syndicate stretched back 30 years prior. In February , 1925, a motion picture “showing the possibilities of the development o f a vast summer resort area” at Horsethief In the end, the illegal activities there would continue for Basin were presented at a dinner where “members of the state decades until a road to the site was finally built. legislature were guests.” “The pine - c ircled basin which lies a few miles south east of the town of Crown King…gets its name from the thieves who stole A great deal of planning and effort went into the ide a. However, horses from the ranchers, not only in (the immediate) region, progress was slow and by the time the Great Depression but from all over the state.” struc k, only a road to the area had been completed and the grandiose resort plans were all but forgotten. As to be expected, documented primary sources for this criminal enterprise are scarce. For tunately, Wagoner area At the time, many thought Horsethief Basin was ruined by the rancher Nel Cooper published some of the area's oral history in coming of the Depres sion. Today, many believe the Great 1966. Depression saved it. It was early in the 1880s when the operation became well - Although resor t plans were quickly scrapped, the area now had organized. “Rustlers used to steal horses in Mexico, central and a road leading to it. So , five years after the CCC (Civilian southern Arizona, drive them up to the f orested basin to holding Conservation Corps) was formed in 1933, it was tasked with corrals and alter their brands,” a second author wrote. developing the f oundations of the Prescott National Forest’s recreational area that we s ee and love today. “The first white man to build a cabin in the area was a rustler named Horse Thief Davis. He was later joined by Horse Thief Thompson. Their cabin, known as Horse Thief Cabin, was not removed until 1938.” Horsethief Basin (Continued) Looking south from the lookout tower, Lake Pleasant c ame into view.
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