I have love this place since I was a Kid. When my GrandFather would take me up there usually by Horse. Telling me how when he was a young boy he would drive cattle from his Dad"s Ranch near Winkelmen to their place in Klondike. It used to be a Great view of the Valley. My Mother's Family being the first to settle here after the Civil War where they they staked a Claim before anyone under the Homestead Act.. What now is San Jose and beyond . The town of Sanchez which has the first school in AZ and the First Post Office. The Mormons and The Mining Company have been trying to take it from them since they have arrived. You once could look at the Valley and the Beautiful Black Hills at one time from here. Now all you can Look at is the destruction and wiping out of the Black Hills from the New Mine as well as the once Great Gila River reduced to a very small river because of how much water the Mine Uses. It's Very Sad to See and Realizes how much has been destroyed here. Wonder when the Towns of Pima,Thatcher and Safford will be engulf by this Mine like the Town of Morenci as been time and time again so that Mine can become bigger. Soon very soon I think.

It wasn’t a scary ride at all, it was beautiful seeing the towns around in the distance. Mount Graham and Frye Mesa, absolutely beautiful! Well worth the drive up the mountain.