"Adventure Is Worthwhile in Itself" Why Not Visit Camp Verde?
The American frontier was not developed by cowboys, but rather upon the wit, will and works of courageous solders, farmers and miners with characteristic freedom of spirit and mind of both men and women.
Easterners sometimes fail to understand the mixture of individual and cooperation that underwrites Western culture.
Camp Verde helps us to remember.
Archaeologists believe that the first humans to occupy the Verde Valley arrived more than 11,000 years ago.
To have survived here, they would have been skillful farming people.
The Hohokam Indians drifted into the Valley around 600 A.
D.
The Yavapai Indians occupied the Valley when Captain Antonoio de Espejo and his group of Spanish conquistadors took possession of "great riches" in the Verde Valley in 1583.
This indigenous heritage brings a wonderful richness to the culture of Arizona and it is here the former Arizona Territory's old legacies are preserved at the Fort Verde State Historical Park, which is within the town of Camp Verde.
Fort Verde was established in 1865 to protect the settlers farming along the Verde River.
Their mission was to suppress the Apache Tribe during the turbulent 1870's.
The former cavalry camp is a place very much aware of its past.
Living up to this awareness, Fort Verde grants visitors an important look into the history of this country's southwestern frontier, a history that should not be lost.
The post was abandoned in 1891.
In December, Fort Verde draws the attention of Arizona visitors, offering a superb collection of handmade Victorian Christmas decorations in the officer's quarters.
They give a sense of what life must have been like here in the 1800's.
One must duck to enter some of the dwellings at Camp Verde, preserved buildings that once served as officer's quarters, enlisted quarters and the headquarters office.
You can almost hear the cavalry, but there have been no troops here since.
The peaceful atmosphere today soothes the traveler's spirit.
Now that you know what's tacked away in Arizona's central territory perhaps you'll want to make the town of Camp Verde a secondary stop if you are traveling to the Grand Canyon.
Camp Verde is about 150-miles south from the Grand Canyon.
During your visit in the "Grand Canyon state" the historical town of Prescott, once the Arizona Territorial capitol is another learning destination.
In 1864, Prescott was selected as Arizona's first territorial capital and held this title until 1867.
This mile high town is at the geographical center of the state.
Arizona is a young state, not even a century old.
It became our country's forty-eighth state in 1912.
Exploring America's southwest is a great family experience.
The American southwest is a place with a tremendous amount of western heritage.
As Amelia Earhart once said, "Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
" End
Easterners sometimes fail to understand the mixture of individual and cooperation that underwrites Western culture.
Camp Verde helps us to remember.
Archaeologists believe that the first humans to occupy the Verde Valley arrived more than 11,000 years ago.
To have survived here, they would have been skillful farming people.
The Hohokam Indians drifted into the Valley around 600 A.
D.
The Yavapai Indians occupied the Valley when Captain Antonoio de Espejo and his group of Spanish conquistadors took possession of "great riches" in the Verde Valley in 1583.
This indigenous heritage brings a wonderful richness to the culture of Arizona and it is here the former Arizona Territory's old legacies are preserved at the Fort Verde State Historical Park, which is within the town of Camp Verde.
Fort Verde was established in 1865 to protect the settlers farming along the Verde River.
Their mission was to suppress the Apache Tribe during the turbulent 1870's.
The former cavalry camp is a place very much aware of its past.
Living up to this awareness, Fort Verde grants visitors an important look into the history of this country's southwestern frontier, a history that should not be lost.
The post was abandoned in 1891.
In December, Fort Verde draws the attention of Arizona visitors, offering a superb collection of handmade Victorian Christmas decorations in the officer's quarters.
They give a sense of what life must have been like here in the 1800's.
One must duck to enter some of the dwellings at Camp Verde, preserved buildings that once served as officer's quarters, enlisted quarters and the headquarters office.
You can almost hear the cavalry, but there have been no troops here since.
The peaceful atmosphere today soothes the traveler's spirit.
Now that you know what's tacked away in Arizona's central territory perhaps you'll want to make the town of Camp Verde a secondary stop if you are traveling to the Grand Canyon.
Camp Verde is about 150-miles south from the Grand Canyon.
During your visit in the "Grand Canyon state" the historical town of Prescott, once the Arizona Territorial capitol is another learning destination.
In 1864, Prescott was selected as Arizona's first territorial capital and held this title until 1867.
This mile high town is at the geographical center of the state.
Arizona is a young state, not even a century old.
It became our country's forty-eighth state in 1912.
Exploring America's southwest is a great family experience.
The American southwest is a place with a tremendous amount of western heritage.
As Amelia Earhart once said, "Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
" End
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