In 1857 the San Antonio and San Diego stagecoaches, better-known as the “Jackass Mail” because in the desert a few miles west of Yuma the passengers were required to ride mules across the hot desert sands.
At Maricopa Wells the eastbound stages met the westbound and exchanged passengers and mail. At the time there was no shelter from the heat but in 1858 the Butterfield Overland Stage Line constructed
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