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Hashknife Range

Navajo County · On the south side of U. S. Highway 66 at a convenient turnout in the vicinity of Joseph City, with a view of the rangeland to the south. · location approximate

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THE HASHKNIFE RANGE As far as the eye can see, this was the Hashknife Range in the 1880's and 1890's. Arizona's biggest cattle spread, it was the Aztec Land & Cattle Company, built on railroad land grants reaching forty miles from the railroad. Hashknife cowboys were the scourge of the area and participated in range warfare between big and little cattlemen.

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1958 text, presented as a historical document.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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