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Fort Grant is a state prison and a former United States Army fortification in the U.S. state of Arizona. Fort Grant is located on the southwestern slope of Mount Graham in what is now Graham County. The post is named for Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. [1]
The Camp Grant massacre, on April 30, 1871, was an attack on Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches who surrendered to the United States Army at Camp Grant, Arizona, along the San Pedro River. The massacre led to a series of battles and campaigns fought between the Americans, the Apache, and their Yavapai allies, which continued into 1875, the most notable ...
Camp Grant, photographed by John Karl Hillers in 1870.. Camp Grant was the name used from 1866 to 1872 for the United States military post at the confluence of the San Pedro River and Aravaipa Creek in the Arizona Territory.
Fort Amador (Spanish: Fuerte Amador) and Fort Grant were former United States Army bases built to protect the Pacific (southern) end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay. Amador was the primary on-land site, lying below the Bridge of the Americas. Grant consisted of a series of islands lying just offshore, some connected to Amador via a causeway.
In 1968, the Arizona State Legislature passed a bill making the Fort Grant State Industrial School a part of the State's Department of Corrections. In 1973, Fort Grant became an adult male prison. In December 1997, the Arizona State Prison at Fort Grant became the Fort Grant Unit of ASPC-Safford.
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Catered to Fort Grant: Boyles: Carpenter Greenlee: 1904: 1908: Barren site: Farming and ranching community at the mouth of the Blue River (Arizona) [9] Bradshaw City: Yavapai: c. 1860: c. 1880: Barren site: Town supported the Tiger Mine. Namesake of its founder, William D. Bradshaw. Brigham City [10] Navajo: 1876: 1881: Historic site
SR 266 was designated in 1957 as a state route from US 666 (now US 191) to Fort Grant. [4] In 1961 the road was a gravel road providing access to the Coronado National Forest and Fort Grant, [5] but it has been completely paved since that time. [1] The highway has had several realignments since the highway was originally designated. [6]