Beale Wagon Road
Description:
From 1857-60, Lt. Edward F. Beale and a crew of 100 men completed the first federal highway in the southwest from Fort Smith, Ark. to Los Angeles, Calif. at a cost of $200,000. The wagon road was used extensively by immigrants en route to California and livestock men with large herds of cattle and sheep until 1882.
LocationMem:
On North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, (On the right when traveling north)
Official/Unofficial:
Official (Historical Marker Database)
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