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{{short description|Town in Arizona, US}}
{{short description|Town in La Paz County, Arizona, US}}
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'''Quartzsite''' is a town in [[La Paz County, Arizona|La Paz County]], [[Arizona]], United States. According to the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population was 3,677.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>
'''Quartzsite''' is a town in [[La Paz County, Arizona]], United States. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 2,413.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref>


[[Interstate 10 in Arizona|Interstate 10]] runs directly through Quartzsite which is at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 95 (Arizona)|U.S. Route 95]] and [[Arizona State Route 95]] with I-10.
[[Interstate 10 in Arizona|Interstate 10]] runs directly through Quartzsite which is at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 95 (Arizona)|U.S. Route 95]] and [[Arizona State Route 95]] with I-10.


==History==
==History==
Where Quartzsite is now located, was from 1863 to the 1880s the site of a waterhole and later a stage station, called [[Tyson's Wells]], along the [[La Paz - Wikenburg Road]] on [[Tyson Wash]], in what was then [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma County]], in the newly created [[Arizona Territory]]. It was about 20 miles from the [[Colorado River]] steamboat landing of [[La Paz, Arizona|La Paz]] and 25 miles from the landing of [[Ehrenberg, Arizona|Erhenburg]] from 1866. The next stop was 25 miles to the east at [[Desert Wells, La Paz County, Arizona|Desert Station]].<ref name=Handbook>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ewINAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR27&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false Richard Josiah Hinton, The Handbook to Arizona: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins, and Scenery, Payot, Upham & Company, San Francisco, 1878]</ref>{{rp|xxvii}} <ref name=OffMapAZTerr1865>[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1751~180038:Official-Map-Of-The-Territory-Of-Ar?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:Official%2BMap%2BOf%2BThe%2BTerritory%2BOf%2BArizona;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=4&trs=6 Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona, With All The Recent Explorations. Compiled by Richard Gird C.E. Commissioner. Approved By John N. Goodwin, Governor. In Accordance With An Act Of The Legislature, Approved Oct. 23d. 1864. We hereby certify that this is the Official Map of the Territory of Arizona, and approve the same. Prescott October 12th 1865. (with signed seal dated 1863). Published By A. Gensoul, Pacific Map Depot. No. 511 Montgomery St. San Francisco. Lith. Britton & Co. San Francisco. From davidrumsey.com, accessed on 6/21/2016]</ref><ref>[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~222539~5505585?qvq=q%3AMap%2BOf%2BThe%2BTerritory%2BOf%2BArizona%3Bsort%3APub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No%3Blc%3ARUMSEY~8~1&mi=5&trs=25 Sheet No. 1 & 3, Department of Arizona. Revised, 1875. Compiled under the authority of Maj. Gen. J.M. Schofield Commanding Mil. Div. of the Pacific by 1st Lieut. J.C. Mallery Corps of Engrs. Published by authority of The Hon. The Secretary of War in the Office of the Chief Of Engineers U.S. Army Washington D.C. 1876. Drawn by J.W. Ward. From davidrumsey.com, accessed on 6/15/2018]</ref>
Where Quartzsite is now located, was from 1863 to the 1880s the site of a waterhole and later a stage station, called [[Tyson's Wells]], along the [[La Paz - Wikenburg Road]] on [[Tyson Wash]], in what was then [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma County]], in the newly created [[Arizona Territory]]. It was about 20 miles from the [[Colorado River]] steamboat landing of [[La Paz, Arizona|La Paz]] and 25 miles from the landing of [[Ehrenberg, Arizona|Erhenburg]] from 1866. The next stop was 25 miles to the east at [[Desert Wells, La Paz County, Arizona|Desert Station]].<ref name=Handbook>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ewINAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR27 Richard Josiah Hinton, The Handbook to Arizona: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins, and Scenery, Payot, Upham & Company, San Francisco, 1878]</ref>{{rp|xxvii}} <ref name=OffMapAZTerr1865>[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1751~180038:Official-Map-Of-The-Territory-Of-Ar?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:Official%2BMap%2BOf%2BThe%2BTerritory%2BOf%2BArizona;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=4&trs=6 Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona, With All The Recent Explorations. Compiled by Richard Gird C.E. Commissioner. Approved By John N. Goodwin, Governor. In Accordance With An Act Of The Legislature, Approved Oct. 23d. 1864. We hereby certify that this is the Official Map of the Territory of Arizona, and approve the same. Prescott October 12th 1865. (with signed seal dated 1863). Published By A. Gensoul, Pacific Map Depot. No. 511 Montgomery St. San Francisco. Lith. Britton & Co. San Francisco. From davidrumsey.com, accessed on 6/21/2016]</ref><ref>[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~222539~5505585?qvq=q%3AMap%2BOf%2BThe%2BTerritory%2BOf%2BArizona%3Bsort%3APub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No%3Blc%3ARUMSEY~8~1&mi=5&trs=25 Sheet No. 1 & 3, Department of Arizona. Revised, 1875. Compiled under the authority of Maj. Gen. J.M. Schofield Commanding Mil. Div. of the Pacific by 1st Lieut. J.C. Mallery Corps of Engrs. Published by authority of The Hon. The Secretary of War in the Office of the Chief Of Engineers U.S. Army Washington D.C. 1876. Drawn by J.W. Ward. From davidrumsey.com, accessed on 6/15/2018]</ref>
<ref name=OffMapAZTerr1880>[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1807~170060:Official-Map-Of-The-Territory-Of-Ar Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources. By E.A. Eckhoff And P. Riecker, Civil Engineers, 1880. Drawn by Eckhoff & Riecker. The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. 39 & 41 Park Place, N.Y. Entered ... 1879, by Emil Eckhoff and Paul Riecker ... Washington, D.C., 1880] “Official Map of the Territory of Arizona” showing La Paz - Wikenburg Road and Hardyville - Prescott Road with mileage between locations along the roads, from davidrumsey.com, accessed on 6/21/2016</ref>
<ref name=OffMapAZTerr1880>[http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1807~170060:Official-Map-Of-The-Territory-Of-Ar Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources. By E.A. Eckhoff And P. Riecker, Civil Engineers, 1880. Drawn by Eckhoff & Riecker. The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. 39 & 41 Park Place, N.Y. Entered ... 1879, by Emil Eckhoff and Paul Riecker ... Washington, D.C., 1880] “Official Map of the Territory of Arizona” showing La Paz – Wikenburg Road and Hardyville – Prescott Road with mileage between locations along the roads, from davidrumsey.com, accessed on June 21, 2016</ref>


Tyson's Wells in 1875 was described by [[Martha Summerhayes]], in her book ''Vanished Arizona'':
Tyson's Wells in 1875 was described by [[Martha Summerhayes]], in her book ''Vanished Arizona'':
{{Cquote|At all events, whatever Messrs. Hunt and Dudley were doing down there, their ranch (Desert Station) was clean and attractive, which was more than could be said of the place where we stopped the next night, a place called Tysons Wells. We slept in our tent that night, for of all places on the earth a poorly kept ranch in Arizona is the most melancholy and uninviting. It reeks of everything unclean, morally and physically.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/vanishedarizonar00summ/page/n9 Martha Summerhayes, ''Vanished Arizona Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman'', The Salem Press Co., Salem. Mass., 1908.]</ref>{{rp|144–145}}}}
{{Cquote|At all events, whatever Messrs. Hunt and Dudley were doing down there, their ranch (Desert Station) was clean and attractive, which was more than could be said of the place where we stopped the next night, a place called Tysons Wells. We slept in our tent that night, for of all places on the earth a poorly kept ranch in Arizona is the most melancholy and uninviting. It reeks of everything unclean, morally and physically.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/vanishedarizonar00summ/page/n9 Martha Summerhayes, ''Vanished Arizona Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman'', The Salem Press Co., Salem. Mass., 1908.]</ref>{{rp|144–145}}}}


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Quartzsite lies on the western portion of the [[La Posa Plain]] along [[Tyson Wash]]. The [[Dome Rock Mountains]] overlook the town on the west with Granite Mountain on the southwest edge of the town and Oldman Mountain on the northwest. The [[Plomosa Mountains]] lie across the La Posa Plain to the east.<ref>''Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer,'' plate 54, DeLorme, 2001, {{ISBN|0-89933-325-7}}</ref>
Quartzsite lies on the western portion of the [[La Posa Plain]] along [[Tyson Wash]]. The [[Dome Rock Mountains]] overlook the town on the west with Granite Mountain on the southwest edge of the town and Oldman Mountain on the northwest. The [[Plomosa Mountains]] lie across the La Posa Plain to the east.<ref>''Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer,'' plate 54, DeLorme, 2001, {{ISBN|0-89933-325-7}}</ref>


The town has a [[desert climate|hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BWh'') with mild to warm winters from November to March and hot to extreme summers for the remainder of the year. In the middle of summer, Quartzsite is one of the hottest places in the United States and has recorded temperatures as high as {{convert|122|F|C|1|disp=or}} on 28 July 1995.
The town has a [[desert climate|hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BWh'') with mild to warm winters from November to March and hot to extreme summers for the remainder of the year. In the middle of summer, Quartzsite is one of the hottest places in the United States and has recorded temperatures as high as {{convert|122|F|C|1|disp=or}} on July 28, 1995.


There is very little precipitation with only {{convert|3.51|in|mm|1}} falling during an average year, while in May and June more than 80 percent of years do not have measurable rainfall. Since records began in 1928 the wettest month has been September 1939 with {{convert|6.16|in|mm|1}} which was part of the wettest year with {{convert|11.05|in|mm|1}} and featuring on September 5 the wettest day with {{convert|3.00|in|mm|1}}. This moisture was due to the remnants of a rare [[tropical cyclone|Gulf of California hurricane]].<ref>[http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStP.pl?az6865 Quartzsite (026865) General Climate Summary – Precipitation]</ref> The driest calendar year was 1928 with {{convert|0.92|in|mm|1}}. However, between July 2001 and August 2002 as little as {{convert|0.45|in|mm|1}} fell over thirteen months.
There is very little precipitation with only {{convert|4.58|in|mm|1}} falling during an average year, while in May and June more than 80 percent of years do not have measurable rainfall. Since records began in 1928 the wettest month has been September 1939 with {{convert|6.16|in|mm|1}} which was part of the wettest year with {{convert|11.05|in|mm|1}} and featuring on September 5 the wettest day with {{convert|3.00|in|mm|1}}. This moisture was due to the remnants of a rare [[List of Baja California Peninsula hurricanes|Gulf of California hurricane]].<ref>[http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStP.pl?az6865 Quartzsite (026865) General Climate Summary – Precipitation]</ref> The driest calendar year was 1928 with {{convert|0.92|in|mm|1}}. However, between July 2001 and August 2002 as little as {{convert|0.45|in|mm|1}} fell over thirteen months.


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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,354 people, 1,850 households, and 1,176 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 92.4 people per square mile (35.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 3,186 housing units at an average density of 87.8 per square mile (33.9/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 94.5% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.2% from two or more races. 5.0% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,354 people, 1,850 households, and 1,176 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|92.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,186 housing units at an average density of {{convert|87.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 94.5% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.2% from two or more races. 5.0% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.


There were 1,850 households, out of which 5.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.81 and the average family size was 2.18.
There were 1,850 households, out of which 5.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.81 and the average family size was 2.18.
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==Tourism==
==Tourism==
[[Image:HadjiAliMonument20080707.JPG|right|thumb|125px|Hadji Ali grave in Quartzsite, Arizona.]]
[[Image:HadjiAliMonument20080707.JPG|right|thumb|125px|Hi Jolly (Hadji Ali) grave in Quartzsite, Arizona.]]
Quartzsite is a popular [[recreational vehicle]] camping area for winter visitors with [[tourism]] being the major contributor to Quartzsite's economy. The [[Rubber Tramp Rendezvous]], an annual gathering of [[Vandwelling|vandwellers]], takes place in January.<ref>Green, Penelope (January 31, 2018) [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/style/rubber-tramp-rendezvous-rv-trucks-vanlife.html "The Real Burning Man"], ''The New York Times''. Retrieved January 3, 2021.</ref> Nine major gem and mineral shows, and 15 general [[swap meet]] shows are very popular tourist attractions, attracting about 1.5 million people annually,<ref>[http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us/community_profile.htm Community<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214163208/http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us/community_profile.htm |date=December 14, 2007 }}</ref> mostly during January and February.
Quartzsite is a popular [[recreational vehicle]] camping area for winter visitors with [[tourism]] being the major contributor to Quartzsite's economy. The [[Rubber Tramp Rendezvous]], an annual gathering of [[Vandwelling|vandwellers]], takes place in January.<ref>Green, Penelope (January 31, 2018) [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/style/rubber-tramp-rendezvous-rv-trucks-vanlife.html "The Real Burning Man"], ''The New York Times''. Retrieved January 3, 2021.</ref> Nine major gem and mineral shows, and 15 general [[swap meet]] shows are very popular tourist attractions, attracting about 1.5 million people annually,<ref>[http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us/community_profile.htm Community<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214163208/http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us/community_profile.htm |date=December 14, 2007 }}</ref> mostly during January and February.


Quartzsite is the burial place of [[Hi Jolly]] (Hadji Ali), an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] citizen of [[Greek people|Greek]]-[[Demographics of Syria|Syrian]] parentage, who took part in the experimental [[US Camel Corps]] as a camel driver.<ref>[http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/camels.html U.S. Camel Corps remembered in Quartzsite, Arizona, Out West Newspaper #18]</ref>
Quartzsite is the burial place of [[Hi Jolly]] (Hadji Ali), an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] citizen of [[Greek people|Greek]]-[[Demographics of Syria|Syrian]] parentage, who took part in the experimental [[US Camel Corps]] as a camel driver.<ref>[http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/camels.html U.S. Camel Corps remembered in Quartzsite, Arizona, Out West Newspaper #18]</ref> The [[Hi Jolly Monument]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hi Jolly Monument now on National Register of Historic Places |url=https://www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article_b1142279-9fd2-54fb-b647-da0d99611c5b.html |publisher=Parker Pioneer |access-date=February 21, 2022 |date=December 20, 2011}}</ref>


Quartzsite is also the site of Joanne's Gum Museum, which is open to the public and features a large collection of [[Chewing gum|gum]] wrappers from around the world.<ref>http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/32154</ref>
Quartzsite is also the site of Joanne's Gum Museum, which is open to the public and features a large collection of [[Chewing gum|gum]] wrappers from around the world.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/32154| title = Quartzsite, AZ - Joanne's Gum Gallery Museum}} </ref>


The [[Arizona Peace Trail]] goes through Quartzsite.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Avendano|first1=Uriel|title=Park & Rec. considers RC airfield expansion, Peace Trail staging area|url=http://www.pvvt.com/quartzsite_news/park-rec-considers-rc-airfield-expansion-peace-trail-staging-area/article_ce11a0f2-dcef-11e6-9a8c-0bcce29895c2.html|access-date=2017-01-22|work=Palo Verde Valley Times|date=2017-01-18}}</ref>
The [[Arizona Peace Trail]] goes through Quartzsite.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Avendano|first1=Uriel|title=Park & Rec. considers RC airfield expansion, Peace Trail staging area|url=http://www.pvvt.com/quartzsite_news/park-rec-considers-rc-airfield-expansion-peace-trail-staging-area/article_ce11a0f2-dcef-11e6-9a8c-0bcce29895c2.html|access-date=January 22, 2017|work=Palo Verde Valley Times|date=January 18, 2017}}</ref>


==Transportation==
==Transportation==
The Town of Quartzsite operates demand response buses under the name Camel Express that provide weekday service to Quartzsite and [[La Paz Valley, Arizona|La Paz Valley]], weekly service to [[Parker, Arizona|Parker]], twice monthly service to [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]] and [[Blythe, California|Blythe]], and monthly service to [[Lake Havasu City, Arizona|Lake Havasu City]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Public Transportation| access-date = 2016-10-10| url = http://ci.quartzsite.az.us/index.php/departments/public-transportation}}</ref> [[Greyhound Lines]] serves Quartzsite on its route from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Dallas]].<ref>Location List—Greyhound BusTracker. (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://bustracker.greyhound.com/stop-finder/
The Town of Quartzsite operates demand response buses under the name Camel Express that provide weekday service to Quartzsite and [[La Paz Valley, Arizona|La Paz Valley]], weekly service to [[Parker, Arizona|Parker]], twice monthly service to [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]] and [[Blythe, California|Blythe]], and monthly service to [[Lake Havasu City, Arizona|Lake Havasu City]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Public Transportation| access-date = October 10, 2016| url = http://ci.quartzsite.az.us/index.php/departments/public-transportation}}</ref> [[Greyhound Lines]] serves Quartzsite on its route from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Dallas]].<ref>Location List—Greyhound BusTracker. (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://bustracker.greyhound.com/stop-finder/
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Freeways and state highways in Quartzsite include:
Freeways and state highways in Quartzsite include:
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{{Main| List of historic properties in Quartzsite, Arizona}}
{{Main| List of historic properties in Quartzsite, Arizona}}
The following gallery includes the images of:
The following gallery includes the images of:
*Ruins of Fort Tyson, which was built in 1856 and is located on the corner of Main St. and Moon Mountain Road.
* Ruins of the Hagely store, which was built in 1890s and is located on the corner of Main St. and Moon Mountain Road.
*Tyson's Well Stage Station, built in 1866 and located in 161 West Main Street. The stage station served the travelers who went back and forth from the towns of Ehrenberg and Wickenburg. The building now houses the Quartzite Museum and Historical Society.<ref>[http://www.pvvt.com/quartzsite-museum/collection_6b94379e-1186-11e6-b377-e33d0c6b9c24.html Quartzsite Museum]</ref>
* Tyson's Well Stage Station, traditionally called “Fort Tyson” (though was never a military station) was built beginning in 1866 and is located at 161 West Main Street. The stage station served the travelers who went back and forth from the towns of Ehrenberg and Wickenburg. The building now houses the Quartzsite Museum and Historical Society.<ref>[http://www.pvvt.com/quartzsite-museum/collection_6b94379e-1186-11e6-b377-e33d0c6b9c24.html Quartzsite Museum]</ref>
*The restored Oasis Hotel, which was originally built in 1900 and located in Main Street.
* The restored Oasis Hotel, which was originally built in 1900 and is located adjacent to the Stage Station Museum.
*The grave of Hadji Ali (1828–1902), a.k.a. [[Hi Jolly]]. The grave, located in the Hi Jolly Cemetery, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 2011, reference #11000054.
* The grave of Hi Jolly (1828–1902), a.k.a. Haji Ali, a.k.a. Phillip Tedro. The grave, located in the Hi Jolly Cemetery, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 2011, reference #11000054.


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==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
* One of the primary locations in the 1988 [[Role-playing_video_game|computer role-playing game]], ''[[Wasteland_(video_game)|Wasteland]]'', is a town named Quartz. Wasteland Scenario Designer [[Ken St. Andre]] and life-long resident of [[Phoenix, Arizona]], confirmed the town of Quartz in the game, is indeed the real life city of Quartzsite.<ref>{{cite web |last1=St. Andre |first1=Ken |title=For reasons beyond my understanding, people are asking me if places mentioned in Wasteland are real Yes they are. Ajo = Ajo. Quartz = Quartzite. Las Vegas = Las Vegas. Sheesh! |url=https://twitter.com/Trollgodfather/status/1341129268848300032?s=20 |website=Twitter |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref>
One of the primary locations in the 1988 [[Role-playing video game|computer role-playing game]] ''[[Wasteland (video game)|Wasteland]]'' is the town of Quartz. Wasteland Scenario Designer [[Ken St. Andre]], a lifelong resident of [[Phoenix, Arizona]], confirmed that Quartz is fictionalized version of the real town of "Quartzite"{{sic}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=St. Andre |first1=Ken |title=For reasons beyond my understanding, people are asking me if places mentioned in Wasteland are real Yes they are. Ajo = Ajo. Quartz = Quartzite. Las Vegas = Las Vegas. Sheesh! |url=https://twitter.com/Trollgodfather/status/1341129268848300032 |website=Twitter |access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref>

* Quartzsite is featured in the Golden Globe nominated movie ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]''
Quartzsite is featured in the Oscar-winning movie ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]''.

[[William Hogan (author)|William Hogan]]'s 1981 [[bildungsroman|coming-of-age novel]] ''The Quartzsite Trip'' is set largely in the town of Quartzsite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/william-hogan/the-quartzsite-trip/ |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Arizona}}
{{Portal|Arizona}}
*[[Fort Tyson]]
* [[Fort Tyson]]
*[[List of historic properties in Quartzsite, Arizona]]
* [[List of historic properties in Quartzsite, Arizona]]
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==External links==
==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Quartzsite}}
{{wikivoyage|Quartzsite}}
*[http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us Town website]
* [http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us Town website]
*[http://paloverdevalleytimes.com ''Quartzsite Times'']
* [http://paloverdevalleytimes.com ''Quartzsite Times'']
*[http://www.desertmessenger.com/ ''Desert Messenger'']
* [http://www.desertmessenger.com/ ''Desert Messenger'']
*[http://www.desertusa.com/Cities/az/quartzsite.html Quartzsite information] at Desert USA
* [http://www.desertusa.com/Cities/az/quartzsite.html Quartzsite information] at Desert USA
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090509041417/http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/recreation/camping.html BLM camping information]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090509041417/http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/recreation/camping.html BLM camping information]
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[[Category:Towns in La Paz County, Arizona]]
[[Category:Towns in La Paz County, Arizona]]
[[Category:Towns in Arizona]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Sonoran Desert]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Sonoran Desert]]
[[Category:La Paz–Wikenburg Road]]
[[Category:La Paz–Wikenburg Road]]

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Quartzsite
Town
Quartzsite, Arizona
Abandoned mine near Quartzsite
Abandoned mine near Quartzsite
Motto: 
"The Rock Capital of the World"
Location of Quartzsite in La Paz County, Arizona
Location of Quartzsite in La Paz County, Arizona
Quartzsite is located in Arizona
Quartzsite
Quartzsite
Location in Arizona
Quartzsite is located in the United States
Quartzsite
Quartzsite
Location in The United States
Coordinates: 33°39′50″N 114°13′48″W / 33.66389°N 114.23000°W / 33.66389; -114.23000[1]
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyLa Paz
Incorporated1989
Government
 • MayorNorm Simpson
Area
[2]
 • Total
36.30 sq mi (94.01 km2)
 • Land36.30 sq mi (94.01 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[1]
879 ft (268 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
2,413
 • Density66.48/sq mi (25.67/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))
ZIP codes
85346, 85359
Area code928
FIPS code04-58010
GNIS feature ID0009866[1]
WebsiteTown of Quartzsite

Quartzsite is a town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 2,413.[3]

Interstate 10 runs directly through Quartzsite which is at the intersection of U.S. Route 95 and Arizona State Route 95 with I-10.

History

[edit]

Where Quartzsite is now located, was from 1863 to the 1880s the site of a waterhole and later a stage station, called Tyson's Wells, along the La Paz - Wikenburg Road on Tyson Wash, in what was then Yuma County, in the newly created Arizona Territory. It was about 20 miles from the Colorado River steamboat landing of La Paz and 25 miles from the landing of Erhenburg from 1866. The next stop was 25 miles to the east at Desert Station.[4]: xxvii  [5][6] [7]

Tyson's Wells in 1875 was described by Martha Summerhayes, in her book Vanished Arizona:

At all events, whatever Messrs. Hunt and Dudley were doing down there, their ranch (Desert Station) was clean and attractive, which was more than could be said of the place where we stopped the next night, a place called Tysons Wells. We slept in our tent that night, for of all places on the earth a poorly kept ranch in Arizona is the most melancholy and uninviting. It reeks of everything unclean, morally and physically.[8]: 144–145 

In the valley around Tyson's Wells were places known to have been successfully worked by individual prospectors since the beginning of the Colorado River Gold Rush of the 1860s up until the 1950s. Some large scale operations in the early 20th century were failures.[9]

Geography and climate

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According to the United States Census Bureau Quartzsite is all land and has a total area of 36.3 sq mi (94.0 km2).

Quartzsite lies on the western portion of the La Posa Plain along Tyson Wash. The Dome Rock Mountains overlook the town on the west with Granite Mountain on the southwest edge of the town and Oldman Mountain on the northwest. The Plomosa Mountains lie across the La Posa Plain to the east.[10]

The town has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) with mild to warm winters from November to March and hot to extreme summers for the remainder of the year. In the middle of summer, Quartzsite is one of the hottest places in the United States and has recorded temperatures as high as 122 °F or 50.0 °C on July 28, 1995.

There is very little precipitation with only 4.58 inches (116.3 mm) falling during an average year, while in May and June more than 80 percent of years do not have measurable rainfall. Since records began in 1928 the wettest month has been September 1939 with 6.16 inches (156.5 mm) which was part of the wettest year with 11.05 inches (280.7 mm) and featuring on September 5 the wettest day with 3.00 inches (76.2 mm). This moisture was due to the remnants of a rare Gulf of California hurricane.[11] The driest calendar year was 1928 with 0.92 inches (23.4 mm). However, between July 2001 and August 2002 as little as 0.45 inches (11.4 mm) fell over thirteen months.

Climate data for Quartzsite, Arizona, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1908–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 87
(31) 		90
(32) 		100
(38) 		111
(44) 		121
(49) 		123
(51) 		124
(51) 		124
(51) 		120
(49) 		108
(42) 		97
(36) 		84
(29) 		124
(51)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 76.3
(24.6) 		82.1
(27.8) 		91.3
(32.9) 		100.6
(38.1) 		107.1
(41.7) 		114.2
(45.7) 		116.7
(47.1) 		115.1
(46.2) 		110.7
(43.7) 		101.4
(38.6) 		88.8
(31.6) 		76.0
(24.4) 		118.0
(47.8)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 66.6
(19.2) 		71.2
(21.8) 		78.9
(26.1) 		86.6
(30.3) 		95.3
(35.2) 		105.0
(40.6) 		108.7
(42.6) 		107.9
(42.2) 		101.8
(38.8) 		89.5
(31.9) 		75.7
(24.3) 		64.9
(18.3) 		87.7
(30.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 53.4
(11.9) 		57.7
(14.3) 		64.7
(18.2) 		71.7
(22.1) 		80.6
(27.0) 		90.1
(32.3) 		95.5
(35.3) 		94.8
(34.9) 		87.8
(31.0) 		74.6
(23.7) 		61.2
(16.2) 		51.8
(11.0) 		73.7
(23.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 40.2
(4.6) 		44.3
(6.8) 		50.5
(10.3) 		56.8
(13.8) 		65.9
(18.8) 		75.1
(23.9) 		82.3
(27.9) 		81.7
(27.6) 		73.9
(23.3) 		59.7
(15.4) 		46.8
(8.2) 		38.8
(3.8) 		59.7
(15.4)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 28.4
(−2.0) 		33.3
(0.7) 		38.6
(3.7) 		44.7
(7.1) 		53.3
(11.8) 		63.0
(17.2) 		72.4
(22.4) 		72.0
(22.2) 		60.2
(15.7) 		46.0
(7.8) 		33.6
(0.9) 		27.2
(−2.7) 		25.7
(−3.5)
Record low °F (°C) 9
(−13) 		17
(−8) 		24
(−4) 		27
(−3) 		40
(4) 		43
(6) 		52
(11) 		54
(12) 		42
(6) 		30
(−1) 		17
(−8) 		16
(−9) 		9
(−13)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.66
(17) 		0.65
(17) 		0.45
(11) 		0.13
(3.3) 		0.13
(3.3) 		0.05
(1.3) 		0.47
(12) 		0.51
(13) 		0.46
(12) 		0.23
(5.8) 		0.28
(7.1) 		0.56
(14) 		4.58
(116.8)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 0.2
(0.51) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.2
(0.51)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 2.2 2.6 1.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 2.1 2.3 1.7 1.1 1.1 2.3 18.6
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Source 1: NOAA[12]
Source 2: National Weather Service[13]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19801,193—
19901,87657.3%
20003,35478.8%
20103,6779.6%
20202,413−34.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[14]

As of the census[15] of 2000, there were 3,354 people, 1,850 households, and 1,176 families residing in the town. The population density was 92.4 inhabitants per square mile (35.7/km2). There were 3,186 housing units at an average density of 87.8 per square mile (33.9/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 94.5% White, 0.2% Black or African American, 1.2% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.6% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. 5.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,850 households, out of which 5.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.81 and the average family size was 2.18.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 5.7% under the age of 18, 1.8% from 18 to 24, 7.7% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 54.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 66 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $23,053, and the median income for a family was $26,382. Males had a median income of $20,313 versus $16,080 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,889. About 7.8% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

Tourism

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Hi Jolly (Hadji Ali) grave in Quartzsite, Arizona.

Quartzsite is a popular recreational vehicle camping area for winter visitors with tourism being the major contributor to Quartzsite's economy. The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, an annual gathering of vandwellers, takes place in January.[16] Nine major gem and mineral shows, and 15 general swap meet shows are very popular tourist attractions, attracting about 1.5 million people annually,[17] mostly during January and February.

Quartzsite is the burial place of Hi Jolly (Hadji Ali), an Ottoman citizen of Greek-Syrian parentage, who took part in the experimental US Camel Corps as a camel driver.[18] The Hi Jolly Monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[19]

Quartzsite is also the site of Joanne's Gum Museum, which is open to the public and features a large collection of gum wrappers from around the world.[20]

The Arizona Peace Trail goes through Quartzsite.[21]

Transportation

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The Town of Quartzsite operates demand response buses under the name Camel Express that provide weekday service to Quartzsite and La Paz Valley, weekly service to Parker, twice monthly service to Yuma and Blythe, and monthly service to Lake Havasu City.[22] Greyhound Lines serves Quartzsite on its route from Los Angeles to Dallas.[23] Freeways and state highways in Quartzsite include:

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Main article: List of historic properties in Quartzsite, Arizona

The following gallery includes the images of:

  • Ruins of the Hagely store, which was built in 1890s and is located on the corner of Main St. and Moon Mountain Road.
  • Tyson's Well Stage Station, traditionally called “Fort Tyson” (though was never a military station) was built beginning in 1866 and is located at 161 West Main Street. The stage station served the travelers who went back and forth from the towns of Ehrenberg and Wickenburg. The building now houses the Quartzsite Museum and Historical Society.[24]
  • The restored Oasis Hotel, which was originally built in 1900 and is located adjacent to the Stage Station Museum.
  • The grave of Hi Jolly (1828–1902), a.k.a. Haji Ali, a.k.a. Phillip Tedro. The grave, located in the Hi Jolly Cemetery, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 2011, reference #11000054.
Name Image Year Name Image Year
1 Hagely Store Ruins (Camelot) 1890 2 Tyson’s Well Site 1864
3 Tyson's Well Stage Station 1866 4 Oasis Hotel Replica 1900
5 Hi Jolly Monument 1903
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One of the primary locations in the 1988 computer role-playing game Wasteland is the town of Quartz. Wasteland Scenario Designer Ken St. Andre, a lifelong resident of Phoenix, Arizona, confirmed that Quartz is fictionalized version of the real town of "Quartzite" [sic].[25]

Quartzsite is featured in the Oscar-winning movie Nomadland.

William Hogan's 1981 coming-of-age novel The Quartzsite Trip is set largely in the town of Quartzsite.[26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Quartzsite". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  4. ^ Richard Josiah Hinton, The Handbook to Arizona: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins, and Scenery, Payot, Upham & Company, San Francisco, 1878
  5. ^ Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona, With All The Recent Explorations. Compiled by Richard Gird C.E. Commissioner. Approved By John N. Goodwin, Governor. In Accordance With An Act Of The Legislature, Approved Oct. 23d. 1864. We hereby certify that this is the Official Map of the Territory of Arizona, and approve the same. Prescott October 12th 1865. (with signed seal dated 1863). Published By A. Gensoul, Pacific Map Depot. No. 511 Montgomery St. San Francisco. Lith. Britton & Co. San Francisco. From davidrumsey.com, accessed on 6/21/2016
  6. ^ Sheet No. 1 & 3, Department of Arizona. Revised, 1875. Compiled under the authority of Maj. Gen. J.M. Schofield Commanding Mil. Div. of the Pacific by 1st Lieut. J.C. Mallery Corps of Engrs. Published by authority of The Hon. The Secretary of War in the Office of the Chief Of Engineers U.S. Army Washington D.C. 1876. Drawn by J.W. Ward. From davidrumsey.com, accessed on 6/15/2018
  7. ^ Official Map Of The Territory Of Arizona Compiled from Surveys, Reconnaissances and other Sources. By E.A. Eckhoff And P. Riecker, Civil Engineers, 1880. Drawn by Eckhoff & Riecker. The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith. 39 & 41 Park Place, N.Y. Entered ... 1879, by Emil Eckhoff and Paul Riecker ... Washington, D.C., 1880 “Official Map of the Territory of Arizona” showing La Paz – Wikenburg Road and Hardyville – Prescott Road with mileage between locations along the roads, from davidrumsey.com, accessed on June 21, 2016
  8. ^ Martha Summerhayes, Vanished Arizona Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman, The Salem Press Co., Salem. Mass., 1908.
  9. ^ Quartzsite Mining History from minerdiggins.com accessed September 29, 2018.
  10. ^ Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer, plate 54, DeLorme, 2001, ISBN 0-89933-325-7
  11. ^ Quartzsite (026865) General Climate Summary – Precipitation
  12. ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Quartzsite, AZ". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  13. ^ "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Phoenix". National Weather Service. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  14. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  15. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  16. ^ Green, Penelope (January 31, 2018) "The Real Burning Man", The New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  17. ^ Community Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ U.S. Camel Corps remembered in Quartzsite, Arizona, Out West Newspaper #18
  19. ^ "Hi Jolly Monument now on National Register of Historic Places". Parker Pioneer. December 20, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  20. ^ "Quartzsite, AZ - Joanne's Gum Gallery Museum".
  21. ^ Avendano, Uriel (January 18, 2017). "Park & Rec. considers RC airfield expansion, Peace Trail staging area". Palo Verde Valley Times. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  22. ^ "Public Transportation". Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  23. ^ Location List—Greyhound BusTracker. (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://bustracker.greyhound.com/stop-finder/
  24. ^ Quartzsite Museum
  25. ^ St. Andre, Ken. "For reasons beyond my understanding, people are asking me if places mentioned in Wasteland are real Yes they are. Ajo = Ajo. Quartz = Quartzite. Las Vegas = Las Vegas. Sheesh!". Twitter. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  26. ^ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Quartzsite.
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