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Camp Verde group seeks rename of Zane Grey Highway
The Camp Verde Historical Society plans to rename the Zane Grey Highway Crook s Trail to honor Gen. George C. Crook. Led by Budge Ruffner and Jess Goddard, the effort lists support from the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors and the Arizona Historical Society. Crook and his troops built a military road along Mogollon Rim. a 1960s interstate idea followed a similar path from Camp Verde to Fort Apache. The Zane Grey Tonto Rim Highway Association aided funding and advocacy.
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Camp Verde
Zane Grey Road
S. Crook
Mogollon Rim
Fort Apache
Zane Grey
William A. Hunt
Clay Springs
Henry Hoehn
Walter Surrett
Ralph Fisher
Payson
Hoehn
Milt Frantz
Northland Association
Payson Chamber of Commerce
Willard Taylor
Chamber Board of Directors
Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
Mesa
Crook
Grey
Tonto Rim
Arizona
County Boards of Supervisors
Yavapai
Coconino
Surrett
State Department of Transportation Board
DOT
Beeline Highway
Gen. Crook