ANGELA SCOTT
This sturdy little woman, Angela Scott, was born
Angela Gonzales, in Yuma on February 22, 1882. All her
life has been spent in the deserts and mountains of
the Colorado River region where, ever since 1898. she
has owned cattle in that poorly nourished land.
Her grandfather opened one of the first stores in the
LaPaz gold Camp in 1863 and in 1870 moved the family
to the new steamboat landing at Ehrenberg.
In 1881 Angela's father moved the cattle to Cibola,
down the river, and early in the present century moved
them to Tyson's Wells (Quartzsite) and later to Wenden.
In the meantime. Angela married William E. Scott, at
the old Tyson stage station, on October 10, 188!), at
which time her father gave her five head of cattle.
Her husband bought the Mike Wells store at Tyson in
1808 and moved it in front of their home on the south
side of the road.
When her father died in 1918. Angela moved the cattle
from Wenden to Quartzsite. There for 36 years they
have ranged over an area approximately 20 by 30 miles
in extent where stock water is provided by seven
windmills.
William Scott died in 1933, the year after the road
was graded through Quartzsite to the Colorado River
and since that time. Angela Scott has been the head of
the family.
She is an alert, active little woman who takes a keen
interest in the store and cattle and also finds time
to spend a few weeks each year at her mining claims at
old La Paz,
Jokingly, she tells that when her father hauled ore
from the La Paz placers the story was told in after
years that he hauled "wagon loads of gold"
from the mines.
Ten children, of the thirteen born to the Scotts, are
still living. They are Dave (managing the store), Joe
(in charge of the cattle), Jessie, Phillip, Bill, Ben,
Tom, Anita, Frances and Angelina.
Pioneer and Well Known Cattlemen of
Arizona by Roscoe Willson
