Hiking General Crook Trail: V51-V57

Hiking the 8th segment of the General Crook Trail from FR 137 (V51), in the Coconino National Forest, to FR 115 (V51) in the Sitgreaves National Forest, via Myrtle Lake, East Leonard Canyon and Lake Number Four, with a stop by the G.D. Bantz grave.

P markers represent miles west of Camp Verde. V markers represent miles east of Camp Verde.

In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, Arizona, across the Mogollon Rim to Camp Verde, then on to Fort Whipple in Prescott. The General Crook Road was built in 1872. The Army used the road until 1896, and civilians until 1928, when Rim Road replaced it.

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"Gone Again", Beat Mekanik
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