← All Arizona markers

Fort Verde

Yavapai County · On Arizona Highway 79 in the community of Camp Verde, at the corner of the street leading to the remaining buildings of the old military post. · location approximate

Directions to the area ↗

FORT VERDE Originally Camp Lincoln This old military post was first established in 1866 five miles south of Camp Verde to protect settlers. It was moved to this location in 1870. The garrison was maintained until 1890. It controlled the northern Apache tribes after their surrender to General Crook in 1873.

Named in the Arizona Department of Transportation's 1997 list of markers standing in its right of way. 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1958 text, presented as a historical document.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

More markers nearby

See your own family's places through time.

Start with your family tree