Salome Arizona
Salome is located on the far eastern side of La Paz County, Arizona. It is situated on State Highway 60 around 55 miles west of Wickenburg, 50 miles east of the Colorado River and about 103 miles west of Phoenix.
Salome was established in the late 1904 by Charles Pratt with the help of Ernest and Dick Wick Hall. The creation of the story on how the town was named was capitalized by Dick Wick Hall on the heat of the desert. Mrs. Salome Pratt, according to Hall, took off her shoes and danced on the hot sand then burned her feet. Thus, “Salome” was the “town where she danced.”
Salome sits at an elevation of 1,890 feet with a population of 2,246 based on the 2000 U.S. Census. Tourism and retail trade plays a major role in its economic activities with agriculture playing the secondary role. Many designated wilderness areas are within the town limits of Salome. These include the Harquahala Mountains, Hummingbird Springs, Big Horn Mountains and Eagletail Mountains. It is also the gateway to the Alamo Lake State Park.
