Fort Verde State Historic Park in the town of Camp Verde

Camp Verde, Arizona

Camp Verde is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 10,610....

, Arizona

Arizona

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 is a small park that attempts to preserve parts of the Apache Wars

Apache Wars

The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States and Apaches fought in the Southwest from 1849 to 1886, though other minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. The Confederate Army participated in the wars during the early 1860s, for instance in Texas, before being...

-era fort as it appeared in the 1880s. The park was established in 1970 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 a year later.

Settlers in the mid-19th century near the Verde River

Verde River

The Verde River is the north and northwestern watershed of the Salt River–Verde River Watershed that co-join and enter the Gila River at Phoenix, Arizona, located in the U.S. state of Arizona...

 grew corn and other crops with the prospect of getting good prices from nearby Prescott

Prescott, Arizona

Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....

, which was the territorial capital, and from nearby miners.