used it as a campsite since the terrain was flat and had fresh water supply and grass for the horses. The trail they created was known as the Yavapai, or Tonto Trail, and is said to have been a difficult one to traverse.Įventually the Natives, along with prospectors, cattle ranchers, etc.
Before its official establishment, the area is said to have been used by the early Natives traveling between the central Arizona mountains and Salt River Valley. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.The history of this resilient Western town is quite remarkable. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it.
View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap (Description source: Sign on site.) The interior walls of the saloon are covered in dollar bills. The Tortilla Flat Superstition Saloon was supposedly founded by Jakob Waltz, the "Old Dutchman" of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. It is now owned and operated by Alvin Ross, a farmer from Indiana who purchased the town – which consists primarily of a bar/restaurant, a country store and a mercantile/gift shop – in 1998. With an unofficial population of 6, it originated as a campground for prospectors, and later was a freight camp for the building of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. English: Tortilla Flat, Arizona is an unincorporated community in the Superstition Mountains in eastern Maricopa County, Arizona, located along the Apache Trail (Arizona State Route 88).
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