FORT ROCK

NAME: Fort Rock COUNTY: Yavapai ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: 1 CLIMATE: Warm winter, Hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time

COMMENTS: On I-40 west, Exit 91 (Flagstaff to California). REMAINS: Thad Buckman's stone house.

In the year 1866 Hualapai warriors attacked Buckman stage station southeast from Exit 91 on Interstate 40. Holder of stage station J. J. Buckman's son Thad, built a playhouse on the ground, and when more then 50 Hualapai Indians who were on the raid attacked the stage station, Buckman and one another man ran into the playhouse and exchanged fire for many hours with the Indians. After the Indians had lost many warriors, they finely ran away. After the attack, Buckman changed the stage station name to Fort Rock, in honor of young Thad's playhouse. Submitted by: Bobby Krause Zlatevski

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