Coming Soon!
Find us at 3600 E Apache Trail when you visit Lost Dutchman State Park,
Goldfield Ghost Town & Superstition Mountain Museum
Find us at 3600 E Apache Trail when you visit Lost Dutchman State Park,
Goldfield Ghost Town & Superstition Mountain Museum
"In the mid 1890's Fred Weekes and George Allison bought the Macdonald range in the Superstition foothills...
'...Fred Weekes' early days in the Mesa and Superstition country was a period of lively activity. Preliminary construction had been completed for Roosevelt Dam, and traffic between what became Apache Junction and the dam site became comparatively heavy. So, during a severe drought in 1902, when the Salt River was down to a trickle and cattle had died by the thousands, Fred Weekes started up a stage line.
'He cared for the needs of the freighters and their teams as they hauled supplies to the Roosevelt Dam site. The stage line for passengers and express was headquartered and centered around a well at Weekes Station north of what is now Apache Junction. To water horses and mules, he charged five cents a head. Small items of freight such as cigars, bedrolls and other things the workmen on the road and the dam site would need, were two-bits an item. Fred would take orders from the workmen along the line. On his next stage run with passengers and mail, he would drop off the orders at the end of the road as it progressed toward the dam.
'Mrs. Weekes served meals to travelers at Weekes Station and had a few tent houses for lodging, a store, and saloon. Later, several wooden structures replaced the tent houses.
'Fred continued to provide water for the travel and touring companies going to and from Roosevelt Dam through the 1920's. In 1922, a new road was constructed between Mesa and Superior. This road took a more direct route to Superior thus bypassing Weekes Station by four miles to the south. Also, at this time, the Apache Trail was being rebuilt for construction on the new Mormon Flat Dam Project. Another road was being constructed between Weekes Station directly south to connect with the new Superior Highway...This road junction would soon be called Apache Junction."
Historian Gregory E. Davis
The original Weekes Station cistern and cattle troughs can still be seen on this site today, along with the original Apache Trail, running through the center of the property.
