"0" Mile Post General Crook Trail - Camp Verde AZ
N 34° 33.850 W 111° 51.119
12S E 421844 N 3825043
This marker is inlaid into a large rock at the main entrance to the Fort Verde State Historic Park in Camp Verde, AZ.
Waymark Code: WM10NWT
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2019
Views: 7
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Historic Site
"0" Mile Post
General Crook Trail
The Crook Road Begins At This Point
With The First In A Series Of Mile
Markers Across The Mogollon Rim
Segment Of The Military Supply Trail
Connecting Forts Whipple, Verde And
Apache. Reconnoitered In 1871 By
General George Crook And A Small
Detachment Of Cavalry, The Route
Was 100 Miles Shorter Than Earlier
Trails And Opened The Rugged Rim
Country To Tactical Operations. The
Boy Scouts Of America, Grand Canyon
Council, Re-marked The Road In 1975-76
As A Bicentennial Project. In 1978 It
Was Designated Arizona's First
Historic Trail.
By
Arizona State Parks Board
And
Arizona Historical Society
1981
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Marker Name: "0" Mile Post General Crook Trail
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Yavapai
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
- Arizona State Parks Board
- Arizona Historical Society
Year placed: 1981
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