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International Herald Tribune
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May 31, 2004
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Marilyn Berlin Snell
International Herald Tribune
05-31-2004
This town has a tradition of hospitality. For most of the 20th century it drew vacationing Easterners eager to taste the romance of the West. They rode horses into the desert where they cooked and sang and camped beneath star-pierced skies. Wickenburg, about 60 miles northwest of Phoenix and hugging low hills near the Hassayampa River, proudly advertised itself as the dude ranch capital of the world.These days the town's remoteness has a new advantage, and its hospitality has turned discreet. While vacationing city dwellers still stay at a few ranches and tourists buy Western wear in the shops or look over the spurs and lassos at ...
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