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Historic Mail Trail
Payson, Arizona
· Camp Verde Arizona to Payson Arizona Mail Trail
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Mail riders and other mail carriers delivered mail fifty-two miles from Camp Verde to Payson, Arizona, crossing rough terrain, the Verde River, and difficult weather from 1884 to 1914. Those remembered for this work 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, along with unknown carriers. Their memory is honored through twenty years of collaboration among ranchers, Camp Verde Cavalry, the U.S.D.A Forest Service, Camp Verde Historical Society, the town of Camp Verde, Yavapai Apache Nation, Citizens of Pine, the town Payson, and Tonto Apache Tribe.
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