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Cave Creek’s Untamed Legacy

by | Oct 15, 2024 | Travel & Preservation, True Western Towns

Miners searched for lucrative gold strikes in the Cave Creek mining district 140 years ago. Soldiers from nearby Fort McDowell fought off marauding Apaches to protect miners in those early days. “Cave Creek started as a rough-an- tumble mining town back around 1880,” said Preston Westmoreland, a local Realtor and broadcaster. He’s sold a few former mining properties in Cave Creek over the past 40 years. Ranchers followed the miners to Cave Creek, staking their land claims and stringing b


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