 view gallery |   Wagon-Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ
in Arizona Historical Markers You can tell that this two-horse wagon has traveled many a mile over rough Navajo reservation roads. One of the many styles made around the turn of the century specifically for the Indian trade, and sold at trading posts. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Hogan Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ in Arizona Historical Markers The Navajo Indians resourcefully met the demands of desert dwelling when they came up with this comfortable and sturdy forked-stick hogan — so called because its chief structural support is made up of three poles with their forked ends interlocked. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Sweathouse Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This miniature forked-stick hogan without a smoke hole is actually a highly effective bath — an ancient solution to the problem of keeping clean in a land where water is scarce. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Dinosaur Footprint Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ in Arizona Historical Markers Footprints of a small dinosaur that walked on his hind legs. About 180 million years ago, he left a lasting signature by walking through the mud. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Canyons in Time Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ in Arizona Historical Markers The maze of canyonlands stretching before you is the continuing work of millions of years of powerful and pervasive geological forces. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Upside-down Mountain Navajo National Monument - Shonto AZ in Arizona Historical Markers Hidden away in Tsegi Canyon’s wilderness of bare rock, sand, and sparse vegetation are surprising pockets of luxuriant growth. Betatakin Canyon—home to a village of prehistoric cliff-dwellings farmers—is one of these oases. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Way Up / Construction Sequence - Camp Verde AZ in Arizona Historical Markers How in the world do you build a structure large enough to house 35 people high up on a steep canyon wall? Sound impossible? Here’s how Montezuma Castle’s ingenious Sinagua farmers managed it. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Welcome to The Castle - Camp Verde AZ in Arizona Historical Markers Pause a few moments to enjoy this view of Montezuma Castle. Don't you suppose it must have stopped the settlers and soldiers who first saw the cliff-dwelling over a century ago? posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | This was the Home of the Chiricahua Apache - Willcox AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This was the homeland of the Chiricahua Apache, Chiricahua National Monument. From out of the north came these semi nomadic hunters. Separating from other Apache groups in the 1690’s, the Chiricahua Apache moved into southeastern Arizona. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Stork's Nest in Arizona Historical Markers This adobe building housed The Stork's Nest, Tucson's first maternity ward. posted by:  The Snowdog location: Arizona date approved: 11/4/2020 last visited: 11/21/2020 |
 view gallery | The Pleasant Valley War aka The Graham-Tewksbury Feud in Arizona Historical Markers An historical marker located just off Desert to Tall Pines Hwy in Young, Arizona. posted by: T2D location: Arizona date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Buffalo Park - Flagstaff, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This plaque at the entrance to Buffalo Park gives some history of the land and how it became a park; in Flagstaff, Arizona. posted by: The Snowdog location: Arizona date approved: 9/25/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Poston Memorial - Poston, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers These plaques are at the Poston War Relocation Center in La Paz County in Arizona. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Arizona date approved: 3/6/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Apache Pass (Fort Bowie National Historic Site)-Bowie, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers The route of historic Apache Pass – long abandoned and faint – is marked with posts. As you drive over the next 3 downward miles, contemplate what is must have been like over 100 years ago. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Arizona date approved: 11/28/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Grand Canyon Hotel, Williams, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers The Grand Canyon Hotel dates back to 1892 and a marker outside the building tells some of its story. posted by: wildernessmama location: Arizona date approved: 11/3/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Rittenhouse Elementary School - Queen Creek, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers The Rittenhouse school replaced a mule skinners shack as an educational center in 1924. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 9/27/2019 last visited: 5/5/2020 |
 view gallery | Allen English Home - Tombstone, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers The Allen English Home is an example of adobe housing in 1880's Tombstone. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 7/8/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Schieffelin Hall - Tombstone, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This marker commemorates the Schieffelin Hall Opera House. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 7/8/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallery | "0" Mile Post General Crook Trail - Camp Verde AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This marker is inlaid into a large rock at the main entrance to the Fort Verde State Historic Park in Camp Verde, AZ. posted by: Where's George location: Arizona date approved: 6/4/2019 last visited: 9/9/2019 |
 view gallery | Fort Verde State Historic Park - Camp Verde AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This marker is inlaid into a large rock at the main entrance to the Fort Verde State Historic Park in Camp Verde, AZ. posted by: Where's George location: Arizona date approved: 6/4/2019 last visited: 9/9/2019 |
 view gallery | Gallows - Peach Springs, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers A gallow in Peach Spring, AZ. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Arizona date approved: 5/18/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Arizona's Railroad Legacy - Wickenburg, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This plaque, describing Arizona's railroad development, is outside the historic Wickenburg Santa Fe Railroad station. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 1/15/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The RailRoad Comes To Wickenburg - Wickenburg, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This marker stands in front of a restored steam engine at the Wickenburg train station. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 1/14/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Ajo Mining District - Ajo, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This plaque, describing the Ajo Mining District, is attached to the base of the flag pole in front of the courthouse. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 12/30/2018 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The City of Ajo - Ajo, AZ in Arizona Historical Markers This historical maker is located on the base of the courthouse flag pole in Ajo, Arizona. posted by: rjmcdonough1 location: Arizona date approved: 12/30/2018 last visited: never |
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