INFORMATION ABOUT THE WICKENBURG AREA
THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER
Everything is right about Wickenburg but the
Hassayampa River
which has, by old legend, been called "the river that flows
upside down." The water is hidden. The river's flow is almost entirely
concealed in the sand and gravel of its bed that lies up to a hundred
feet deep upon solid bedrock, with only a small stream visible here and
there on the surface.
The Hassayampa Legend
-Andrew Downing
There's a legend centuries old
By the early Spaniards told
Of a sparkling stream that "lies"
Under the Arizona skies
Hassayampa is its name
And the title of its fame
Is a wondrous quality
Known today from sea to sea
Those who drink it's waters bright
Red man, white man, boor or Knight
Girls, or women, boys or men
Never tell the truth again!
