"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 with 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.
Marker can be reached from East Hollamon Street 0.3 miles from North Montezuma Well Road (Arizona Route 260).
Courtesy hmdb.org
