May 27, 2024
Willcox Playa
Here a westbound train of the current-day Union Pacific crosses over the Willcox Playa, just east of Cochise, Arizona.
Willcox is visible in the distance toward the east; the Dos Cabezas Mountains are over that way as well, just right of frame.
The Southern Pacific built the second transcontinental railroad through here in 1880. The playa was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1966. The Union Pacific absorbed that railroad in 1998.
Land acknowledgement: Hohokam, O'odham Jewed, Chiricahua Apache.
One image by Richard Koenig; taken May 4th 2024.
