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The Fossil Creek system is the fourth largest producer of travertine in the United States. Fossil Creek is one of only two streams in Arizona included in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The creek and its riparian corridor provide habitat for a wide variety of flora and fauna, some listed as endangered or otherwise imperiled.
The Irving plant, along the creek between Childs and Fossil Springs, was constructed in 1915–16. [2] The system of canyons and steep falls from the springs to the Verde River outlet provided an ideal location for a hydroelectric plant.
From the eastern bank of the Verde River northeast to Stehr Lake and along Fossil Creek in the Tonto National Forest 34°20′59″N 111°41′57″W / 34.349722°N 111.699167°W / 34.349722; -111.699167 ( Childs-Irving Hydroelectric Facilities
The Strawberry Schoolhouse was a one-room structure built in 1882 using the wood from the Pine trees in the area. The school is located on 9318 Fossil Creek Road and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2005, reference: #05000422. The structure was later used as a meeting place, social center and church.
Navajo National Monument is a national monument located within the northwest portion of the Navajo Nation territory in northern Arizona, which was established to preserve three well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people: Keet Seel (Broken Pottery) (Kitsʼiil), Betatakin (Ledge House) (Bitátʼahkin), and Inscription House (Tsʼah Biiʼ Kin).
Fossil Creek band (a bilingual mixed Apache-Yavapai band with two names: in Apache: Tú Dotłʼizh Nṉéé – ‘Blue Water People,i.e. Fossil Creek People’ and in Yavapai: Matkitwawipa band – ′People of the Upper Verde River Valley (in Yavapai: Matkʼamvaha)′). Lived along and had a few tiny farms on Fossil Creek, Clear Creek and a ...
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Cibecue Creek is a river situated in Navajo County, Arizona. [1] Cibecue Creek lies entirely within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. [2] The Cibecue Creek Valley region is home to the Cibecue Apache. The settlement of Cibecue lies on the creek, and the Battle of Cibecue Creek took place in the area.