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The tribe operates its own gas station, a large sand and gravel operation, a farm, and the Fort McDowell Casino. [2] Other operations on the reservation include the Wekopa Resort and Conference Center, the Poco Diablo hotel, the Wekopa Golf Course, and Fort McDowell Adventures. [8]
The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation is located within Maricopa County approximately 20 miles northeast of Phoenix. The reservation came into existence when Theodore Roosevelt had Fort McDowell declared a 40 square miles (100 km 2) reservation in 1903, [41] but by 1910, the Office of Indian Affairs was attempting to relocate the residents, to open ...
The Yavapai reservation is approximately 1,413 acres (5.72 km 2) in central Yavapai County in west-central Arizona.In the early 1930s, Sam Jimulla and his wife Viola Jimulla, with community support, pushed the government to provide reservation lands for the tribe, as they had been unable to secure federal funds for a housing project.
McDowell's Mill, often referred to as McDowell's Fort, or Fort McDowell, was a privately-built and garrisoned stockaded blockhouse, built in 1755 in Pennsylvania and fortified in early 1756 during the French and Indian War. Although it was, by all accounts, a small, poorly-built structure, it was the center of several notable events during the war.
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Fort McDowell is an unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Fort McDowell is 23 miles northeast of Phoenix. Fort McDowell has a post ...
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Stoneman was a trailblazer and sought a way to Prescott that would avoid the southern route. He found his route by following an old Indian trail that covered part of the distance. The trail was widened into a rocky road that led northwest from Fort McDowell through what is now McDowell Mountain Regional Park, and passed to the north of Pinnacle ...