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Arizona State Route 266
State Route 266 (SR 266) is a highway in Graham County, Arizona that runs from its junction with US 191 south of Safford to Fort Grant. It is an east–west route. Route description The eastern terminus of SR 266 is located on US 191 south of Safford.The highway heads southwest from this intersection before curving towards the west. It briefly curves towards the northwest before curving back towards the west and arriving in Fort Grant. The highway continues towards the west to its western terminus in Bonita. SR 266 has a spur route that heads north from the highway to the prison at Fort Grant just prior to the highway's western terminus. SR 266 travels through sparsely populated areas and does not pass through any cities or towns. It serves primarily as an access road to Fort Grant. History SR 266 was designated in 1957 as a state route from US 666 (now US 191) to Fort Grant. In 1961 the road was a gravel road providing access to the Coronado National Forest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Department Of Transportation
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT, ) is an Arizona state government agency charged with facilitating mobility within the state. In addition to managing the state's state highways, highway system, the agency is also involved with public transportation and airport, municipal airports. The department was created in 1974 when the state merged the Arizona Highway Department with the Arizona Department of Aeronautics. Jennifer Toth was appointed by Governor Katie Hobbs as the ADOT Director in January 2023. Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters (politician), Mary Peters had previously been a Director of ADOT. The past Federal Highway Administrator, Victor Mendez, was also previously a Director of ADOT. ADOT's publications division publishes ''Arizona Highways (magazine), Arizona Highways'' magazine. ADOT Divisions Aeronautics Division The Aeronautics Division, now a part of the Multimodal Planning Division, promotes aviation in the state, license aircraft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Grant, Arizona
Fort Grant is a Arizona State Prison, state prison and a former United States US Army, 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, Arizona, Graham County. The post is named for Ulysses S. Grant, the List of United States Presidents, 18th President of the United States. History Fort Grant began its life in August 1860 in the Arizona Territory as an Old West outpost named Fort Breckinridge, Arizona, Fort Breckinridge, at the junction of Aravaipa Creek and the San Pedro River (Arizona), San Pedro River. Fort Breckinridge was destroyed and the site was abandoned in 1861, following removal of the Union Army, Union garrison at the start of the American Civil War. The site of Fort Breckinridge was reoccupied as Fort Stanford, or Camp Stanford, from 1862 to 1865 by troops of the California Column. When the U.S. Army proper finally reoccupied the site, it was renamed Camp Grant, Arizona, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safford, Arizona
Safford (Western Apache language, Western Apache: Ichʼįʼ Nahiłtį́į́) is a city in Graham County, Arizona, Graham County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the population of the city is 10,129. The city is the county seat of Graham County. Safford is the principal city of the Safford Safford micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Graham County. History Safford was founded by Joshua Eaton Bailey, Hiram Kennedy, and Edward Tuttle, who came from Gila Bend, in southwestern Arizona. They left Gila Bend in the winter of 1873-74 because their work on canals and dams had been destroyed by high water the previous summer. Upon arrival early in 1874, the villagers laid out the town site, including a few crude buildings. The town is named after Arizona Territorial Governor Anson P. K. Safford. Geography The Pinaleño Mountains sit prominently to the southwest of town. The Pinaleños have the greatest v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham County, Arizona
Graham County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,533, making it the third-least populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Safford. Graham County composes the Safford, Arizona Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to several organizations including Eastern Arizona College and the Mount Graham International Observatory, which includes one of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes. Graham County is also home to the Arizona Salsa Trail and the annual Salsa Fest. Graham County contains part of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. History Joseph Knight Rogers, an early settler in the area, and a member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature, is known as the father of Graham County: he introduced the bill in the territorial legislature creating it. The new county was created from southern Apache County and eastern Pima County on March 10, 1881. Initially, the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rand McNally
Rand McNally is an American technology and publishing company that provides mapping software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation, and education markets. The company is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois with a distribution center in Richmond, Kentucky. History Early history In 1856, William H. Rand opened a printing shop in Chicago and two years later hired a newly arrived Irish immigrant, Andrew McNally, to work in his shop. The shop did big business with the forerunner of the ''Chicago Tribune'', and in 1859 Rand and McNally were hired to run the ''Tribune''s entire printing operation. In 1868, the two men, along with Rand's nephew George Amos Poole, established Rand McNally & Co. and bought the Tribune's printing business. The company initially focused on printing tickets and timetables for Chicago's booming railroad industry, and the following year supplemented that business by publishing complete railroad guides. In 1870, the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonita, Arizona
Bonita is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona, Graham County, Arizona, United States. Bonita is located on Arizona State Route 266, south-southwest of Fort Grant, Arizona, Fort Grant and southwest of Safford, Arizona, Safford. References {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Graham County, Arizona Unincorporated communities in Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highways In Arizona
The U.S. state of Arizona's State Routes are usually abbreviated as SR. History The Arizona State Highway system was introduced on September 9, 1927, by the State Highway Commission (formed on August 11 of the same year). It incorporated the new federal aid system and also the U.S. Highway system. The 1927 plan included 27 state routes, most of which were simply dirt roads. Until 1942, the state route marker signs contained a Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century, Native American swastika that were used by Navajo Nation, Navajos, but were removed after the U.S.'s entry into World War II against Nazi Germany which had a reversed swastika as its emblem and became strongly negatively associated with the Nazis. The modern system was introduced and adopted in the 1950s. Designations and nomenclatures The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) internally recognizes List of Interstate Highways in Arizona, Interstate Highways, List of U.S. Highways in Arizona, U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
