From 1884 to 1914, mail riders and other unknown mail carriers braved weather, rough terrain, and the Verde River to deliver mail fifty-two miles between Camp Verde and Payson, Arizona. Those remembered for this service are Ashton Nebecker, Newton Tipton, Clarence Hann, William Johnson, William Lowthian, Mick Wright, Juan Portillo, Doc Lay, Richard Hopkins, James Farrell, Abner Heath, Will Heath, Gene Holder, Abner Greer, Henry Hunter, Wiley Nebecker, Walter Cox, Ora Hann, William Goswick, Wyllys D. Fuller, Burl Wright, Robert Gaddis, Hyrum Williams, Norman Palmer, Milton Farrell, John Heath, Thomas Hunt, Alfred Fuller, Ben Nail, Charles Chilson, Preston Gillispie, Peter Davis, Charles Morris, Martin Sullivan, Hunter Wright, Peter Lazar, Richard Woods, Nott Hopkins, Garfield Farrell, Arthur Heath, Frank Heath, Hank Wingfield, Jessie Earl, James Cash, Tavis Hough, Len Hough, Richard Clark, Ross Fuller, Hugh Fuller, Hal Fuller, Jim Lowthian, David Johnson, Charles Ryall, Joe Leavitt, George Blodgett, Bud Miller, Lee Patterson, John Chilson, Frank Fuller, Howard Peach, and Clinton "Tuffy" Peach.