TOLCHICO

NAME: Tolchico COUNTY: Coconino ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: T24N R11E CLIMATE: Hot summer, cool winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Fall, Spring, Winter

COMMENTS: Post Office 1903 to 1922 REMAINS: There are two stone-walled ruins, one of a substantial building, and the foundations of the community's well are still visible.

Located on the banks of the Little Colorado River, it was the site of a relatively important ford of the river; it was first opened by Hermann Wolf, who also established a trading post some two miles north along the Little Colorado. PO established in 1903, disc. 1922. Submitted by: Kurt Wenner

Tolchico Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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