America’s Historic Roads
Puzzle 39 · Mountain Passes and Wagon Roads · Page 59 in print
Beale Wagon Road
Edward Beale’s 1857 road expedition used camels to carry supplies across the Southwest.
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Basalt
Rock bearing the Laws Spring inscription.
Cattle
Livestock driven over the road.
Edward Beale
Leader of the wagon-road expedition.
Fort Defiance
Eastern starting point of the early Arizona expedition.
Greasewood
Desert shrub eaten by the expedition camels.
Homestead
Settlement remains recorded along the corridor.
Jack Smith
Researcher who retraced Beale’s road.
Juniper
Tree of woodlands crossed by the route.
Kaibab
National forest preserving part of the road.
Laws Spring
Water source beside the historic route.
Ponderosa
Pine of the road’s higher forest country.
Roadbed
Surviving physical trace of the wagon route.
Russel's Tank
Watering place on the historic route.
Sheep
Livestock driven over the road.
Stockmen
Later livestock users of the wagon road.
Sources
- Beale Wagon Trail brochure (Kaibab National Forest)USDA Forest Service
- Historic Trails of Arizona - Beale Wagon RoadArizona State Parks