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Point of Mountain

Cochise County · On the west side of U. S. Highway 666 and Arizona Highway 86, a mile or two southwest of Willcox, near the site of the old stage station. · location approximate

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POINT OF MOUNTAIN Old Stage Station Prior to 1882 this was a relay point and transfer station on overland stage lines for travelers to points in eastern Arizona. Construction of the railroad and the nearby town of Willcox ended the need for the station.

Proposed in this 1958 book. We have not found independent confirmation that this one was cast. That 1997 list covers only state highway right of way, so it does not reach markers on city streets, on tribal land, or in state and national parks.

1958 text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people. The book proposed 100 markers for Arizona's highways and records 14 as cast when it went to press.

Arizona still marks its history under the same law: the State Historical Advisory Commission approves a marker, the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records certifies that its text is authentic and historically correct, and the Arizona Department of Transportation erects and maintains the markers on state highway right-of-way. Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Historical Markers in Arizona, Vols. I-II (Arizona Development Board, 1958), text by Bert Fireman

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