Fort Verde State Historic Parkis in Camp Verde, on I-17 and is the best preserved example of an Indian Wars period fort in Arizona. Fort Verde was home to officers, doctors, families, enlisted men, and scouts and the primary base for General George Crook’s U.S. Army scouts and soldiers.
Today visitors can see three historic house museums, Commanding Officer’s Quarters, Bachelors' Quarters and Doctor’s Quarters on Officer's row, all furnished in the 1880s period.
In the former Administration building there are interpretive exhibits with period artifacts on military life, Indian Scouts and Indian Wars history. Approximately 92 miles north of Phoenix.
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historical Park is in Yuma, off Interstate 8. From 1876 to 1909 this historic prison was home to some of the West’s most notorious criminals. A total of 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women, lived within these walls during the prison's thirty-three years of operation.
Their crimes ranged from murder to polygamy, with grand larceny being the most common. No executions took place at the prison because capital punishment was administered by the county government. The park is approximately 181 miles southwest of Phoenix.
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Parkis in the notorious town of Tombstone off US 80. Built in 1882, during the wild west days of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday the courthouse is now a museum exhibiting artifacts of Tombstone’s lively past and is the place where the famous murder trial of the Earp’s took place. While there visit Big Nose Kate’s Saloon, the O.K. Corral, the historic Birdcage Saloon and Boot Hill. Tombstone is approximately 185 miles southeast of Phoenix.
Jerome State Historical Parkis off US 89A in Jerome, a one-time copper mining town. Built on the side of a mountain Jerome is now a thriving art community. The park museum was designed to house visiting mine officials and now displays antique mining equipment and minerals as well as the home itself. Nestled in the mountains approximately 145 miles north of Phoenix.
Riordan Mansion State Historic Parkis in Flagstaff. Riordan Mansion State Historic Park includes two almost identical homes built in 1904 by Michael and Timothy Riordan. The homes are connected by a rendezvous room and altogether contain 13,000 square feet of floor space and sit atop Kinlichi Knoll in Flagstaff. The Riordan brothers were members of a prominent Arizona family who played a significant role in the development of Flagstaff and northern Arizona and were involved in lumber, railroads, cattle, banking, and politics. Original furnishings, antiques and personal family items are on display. Approximately 145 miles north of Phoenix.
McFarland Historical State Parkis in Florence, off US 89. Named after the former U.S. Senator, Arizona Governor and State Supreme Court Justice Ernest W. McFarland, the park features the first Pinal County Courthouse.
The history of the park's building provides visitors with a look into the past. The building represents a transition between Sonoran and Anglo-American architecture with its wood-shingled pitched roof surmounting traditional adobe brick walls. Like most buildings in Territorial Arizona, the original 1878 structure was constructed by hand using native materials.
Soil from the area was used to make adobe bricks which were laid on a trench foundation filled with river rocks. All lumber for the floors and roof was hauled by wagon from northern Arizona.
Tubac Presidio State Historic Parkis in Tubac, off I-19. In 1752 the Spanish established a presidio (fort) and Mission in this area.
The church and the military were the vanguards of Spanish frontier expansion throughout New Spain. The Jesuit, Eusebio Francisco Kino, established missions from 1687 to 1711 to Christianize and control Native Americans in the area.
Kino established nearby Tumacacori in 1691, and Tubac, then a small Piman village, became a mission farm and ranch. Spanish Colonists began to settle here during the 1730s, irrigating and farming the lands along the river and raising cattle, sheep and goats on the northern frontier of Spain's New World empire.
The park encompasses the old presidio site and features a restored 1880 schoolhouse, Indian and Spanish artifacts and an underground exhibit of the presidio’s foundation. Approximately 156 miles southeast of Phoenix.