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By Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2010
Beale Wagon Road Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Chino Street (Arizona Route 66) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Chino Street. |
| | From 1857 to 1860 Lt. Edward F. Beale and a crew of 100 men built the first federal highway in the southwest. The 1857 Beale Expedition used 22 camels and dromedaries for pack animals. This road went from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Los Angeles, . . . — — Map (db m32206) HM |
| On North Gemini Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m33346) HM |
| Near Andy Devine Road (Business Interstate 40) near Grandview Avenue. |
| | Pioneer in the path of empire hero of the War with Mexico, lieutenant in United States Navy. Appointed general by the Governor of California. Commanded exploration of wagon route to the Colorado River, with the only camel train in American History . . . — — Map (db m32208) HM |
| Near Andy Devine Road (Business Interstate 40) near Grandview Avenue. |
| | Surveyed by Lt. Edward F. Beale 1857 - 1858. Followed by railroad survey, 1858 – 1859. Route of Atlantic and Pacific Railroad built across Arizona 1882 – 1883. Tracks reached Kingman, spring, 1883. U. S. Highway 66 closely follows . . . — — Map (db m29357) HM |
May. 29, 2024