This is the newly-erected replacement for the “Welcome to Historic Wickenburg” sign at the west end of the south traffic circle just before entering the old historic section of town. It was knocked down several months ago by a dump truck with faulty hydraulics. The dump bed deployed suddenly just before the truck went under the sign. Nobody was hurt but it messed up traffic on US 93 and US 60 until crews cleaned up the mess.
We found out after the fact that the same dump truck that delivered the rocks for our landscape project was the one involved in the sign mishap. The contractor described to us how the driver was unaware of the problem until the sign came crashing down after a great thud.
Damsel took this photo as we exited the traffic circle after our trip to the range today. Click on the image to enlarge.