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FORT McDOWELL
(1865-1890)
Established by the California Volunteers on September 7, 1865 on the west bank of the Rio Verde seven miles above the junction of the Verde with the Salt River in Maricopa County.  Created to combat the local Indians of the surrounding mountains. It was intended to be one of the most solidly built posts in the Territory, but rains washed it away. The Camp was first called Camp Verde and is also erroneously indicated as Fort Badger. It was renamed Camp McDowell after Major General Irwin McDowell. The Fort commanded a number of the more important trails that served the Apache of central Arizona, and it was a place of embarkation for many expeditions to the east against the Tonto Apache. On April 10, 1890, this fort became the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation, serving the Mohaves, Apaches (Yavapai), and some Pimas. 25,000 acres were set aside for the reservation and additional land was given in 1903.

Websites

Fort McDowell Mohave/Apache Indian Reservation
http://www.primenet.com/~itca/Tribes/mcdowell.htm

Community Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/ftmcdowl.pdf

Information Pages
http://www.geocities.com/~zybt/yavapai.htm
http://members.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/yavapai.htm
 

Books/Manuscripts

Commanders and chiefs : a brief history of Fort McDowell, Arizona (1865-1890), its officers and men and the Indians they were ordered to subdue / by Elaine Waterstrat.
 F817.F6 W38x 1993

The last bugle call : a history of Fort McDowell, Arizona Territory, 1865-1890  / by Bill Reed.
E99 .A6 R34

Tribal management procedures study of the Ft. McDowell Yavapai-Apache Reservation / by Carol A. Mudgett
E78 .A7 A6x v.5

The political economy of federal resettlement policies affecting native American communities : the Fort McDowell Yavapai case / by Patricia S. Mariella
LD179.15 1983d .M365

Carlos Montezuma collection, 1887-1980 (bulk 1887-1922)
MS CM MSS 60


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