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  2. Colorado River State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    It is an Arizona state park in the city of Yuma, Arizona, US. The Yuma Quartermaster Depot was an important quartermaster depot during the 1870s. Goods were shipped up the Colorado River from the Gulf of California and stored at Yuma for distribution to the desert frontier forts in the Southwestern United States territories.

  3. List of historic properties in Yuma, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Up to 900 mules were kept in stables at Yuma Quartermaster Depot. [21] [9] Pictured are the following images related to the Yuma Crossing and the Yuma Quartermaster Depot in the Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park. [22] The Yuma Crossing Marker located on the Banks of the Colorado River. Listed in the National Register of Historic ...

  4. Fort Yuma - Wikipedia

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    Supplies were unloaded at the depot and hauled up a track running from the dock to a storehouse. The depot quartered up to 900 mules and crews of teamsters to handle them. The Southern Pacific Railroad reached Yuma in 1877. There was little need for the Quartermaster Depot and Fort Yuma, and they were abandoned on May 16, 1883.

  5. Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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  6. List of Arizona state parks - Wikipedia

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    Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park: Yuma: 120 37: 1997: Interprets an 1864 U.S. Army facility that supplied 14 military posts around the Southwest: Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park: Yuma: 120 37: 1960: Interprets the famous Arizona Territory prison that operated from 1876 to 1909

  7. List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona.There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam that spans from Nevada and is listed in Nevada by the National Park Service (NPS), and Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites, which is listed by the NPS in Arizona, and overlaps into California.

  8. Old Plank Road - Wikipedia

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    Remnants from Old Plank Road displayed at Yuma Quartermaster Depot Historic Park. A second, more sophisticated Plank Road was commissioned in 1916. The new roadway consisted of prefabricated wooden sections laid to a width of 8 feet/2.4 m with double-width turnouts every 1000 feet/305 m.

  9. Business routes of Interstate 8 - Wikipedia

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    Passing to the west of Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park, I-8 BL goes through downtown Yuma as Fourth Avenue, intersecting US 95 after several blocks. The business loop curves to the east as 32nd Street, passing along the north side of Yuma International Airport and the south side of the Yuma Conservation Garden. East of the airport ...