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Today, the Hualapai tribal capital is located in the town of Peach Springs, 50 miles east of Kingman. The town's recorded history goes all the way back to 1775 when a gray-robed friar named Fransisco Garces visited the spot and called it Saint Basil's Wells. Next came Lieutenant "Ned" Beale's famous camel-mounted expedition in 1858. Following Beale, Mormon missionaries entered the area and, according to legend, sowed the peach trees that the town later adopted as part of its name. By 1883, Peach Springs was 10-saloon Wild West town, having grown up around a water storage tank built for the railroad following Beale's route. Hualapai (pronounced "WAH-lah-pie") means "People of the Tall Pine." In the 1860s, the Hualapai fought a series of fierce battles with troops based at Fort Mohave before being required to settle on reservation lands. Grand Canyon West is the reservation's main attraction. Located about 150 miles west of the South Rim, the area is situated in pristine wilderness and includes some 108 miles of scenic frontage along the Colorado River.Peach Springs is about a 2-hour drive from Flagstaff (113 miles). Grand Canyon West is about 20 miles north of the town.


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