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Flagstaff in Coconino County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Bushmaster Park

 
 
Bushmaster Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Wyndfire, October 14, 2012
1. Bushmaster Park Marker
Inscription. Bushmaster Park is named in memory of Flagstaff's Company I-158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona National Guard, and their sacrifices for freedom made in New Guinea, the Phillipine Islands and Japan from 1941 to 1945.
"No greater fighting team ever deployed for battle."
General Douglas MacArthur

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: HeroesWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.
 
Location. 35° 13.018′ N, 111° 36.242′ W. Marker is in Flagstaff, Arizona, in Coconino County. It can be reached from Elder Drive. Marker is just to the east of the main parking lot, as you enter the park. The covered ramada area is just behind the marker. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Flagstaff AZ 86004, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Flagstaff & High Country and in Hopi. It is also in the American Southwest, in the Mountain West, in Colorado Plateau, and at the Four Corners. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Museum Club (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Museum Club (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Mother Road (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named The Mother Road (approx. 0.7 miles away); Route 66 Trail (approx. 1½ miles away); Arizonal Trail - A Tribute to Dale Shewalter (approx. 1.6 miles away); Beale Wagon Road
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(approx. 1.6 miles away); Buffalo Park (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Flagstaff.
 
Bushmaster Park Marker - Wide Shot image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Wyndfire, October 14, 2012
2. Bushmaster Park Marker - Wide Shot
Bushmaster Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Wyndfire, October 14, 2012
3. Bushmaster Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2012, by Jennifer W. of Las Cruces, New Mexico. This page has been viewed 1,158 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 7, 2012, by Jennifer W. of Las Cruces, New Mexico. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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