Fort Verde State Historic Park | Camp Verde, Arizona
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2024
- Fort Verde is a historic park dating back to the mid to late 1800s showcasing life of US Army soldiers stationed during the Indian Wars of Central Arizona. Visitors can tour the grounds and explore relics from the past.
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Fort Verde was established in response to fighting Central Arizona saw during the Apache and Yavapai Wars in the mid-1800s. As civilization continued to move further west due to mining, farming, and ranching, settlements were established in areas near various Native American tribes.
With food being scarce, the Verde River provided much-needed irrigation for farming and made the area a very desirable area to settle. As a result, a community was established thanks to the growth of corn and other crops. However, as the population grew, it disrupted the area natives were hunting in. To retaliate, the tribes would raid the crops of settlers. The conflict led to dissatisfaction amongst the community and they turned to the US Army for protection.
Fort Verde evolved from varying camps around the area until finally built between 1871 and 1873. By the time the fort’s construction was completed, much of the tribes lived on reservations, and not much protecting of crops and citizens was needed.
Fort Verde had 22 buildings at its height and spanned 55 acres; one side housed officers and the other side served as the barracks. By 1891 the fort was abandoned. Eventually, the historic park would open to the public on October 10, 1970.
Today, the park has four original buildings: the Commanding Officer Quarters, Bachelor Officer Quarters, Surgeon Quarters, and the museum. Numerous artifacts are on display in the museum as well as within other buildings. Rooms have been decorated to appear as they would have in the day.
Several times a year, the park holds weekends with re-enactments and living history presentations of soldiers and life during these times. There is usually the History of the Soldier in spring and Fort Verde Days in the fall.
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00:00 Intro & History of Fort Verde
01:18 Museum Tour
02:32 Commanding Officer Quarters
07:04 Bachelor Officer Quarters
08:48 Married Officer Quarters
09:15 Surgeon Quarters
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thanks for producing these very informative AND interesting videos about Arizona!
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Great video! Thank you for sharing! I love learning about history!
Our pleasure! Glad you found it enjoyable. 😄
Just found your channel today.
Watching your videos, is like going on a trip with a good friend.
Looking forward for more. :)
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Another great trip, as always thanks for the tour!
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Very cool. I was just reading about this the other day when researching the geographic center of Arizona. Definitely going to check this out.
Thanks! Funny timing about that. I'm guessing the center must be somewhere close by?
Very nice history. I love this tour. The relics are very well-preserved. For me, the Old west has always fascinated, as depicted in many movies. Musical instruments are so unique. This video gives an option to how life was in the 1800s, simple and stress-free :P
Thanks! I'm sure life was tough but it would be interesting to see how people then would feel about traffic, social media and all the rest of today's life. 😅
Very cool 😎 great tour 😁
Thank you! 😄
Great video man enjoyed it 👌 all the best Chris 👍 🇬🇧
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed our video. 😄
This area looks very cool. Nice vlog man
Glad you enjoyed our video.
Some great history at these old forts. If you ever come back to west Texas, Fort Davis is the most well preserved military outpost of all in the south, and is not to be missed. Nearby , Fort McKavett is almost as extensive. Both are in such picturesque settings. The parade grounds re-enactments are quite stirring.
We were quite close to Fort Davis... just didn't have the time. That drive out to Texas is quite a long one! 😅 Hopefully we can make it back out one day.
Ouch that chair! 😀 I love those historic destinations. It always fascinates me that it wasn’t that long ago and so vastly different from what we experience now
You and me both! Here these people were trying to defend crops and we're trying to defend mini-computers from 4-5 foot falls from our hands. 🤣
@@CactusAtlas 😂😂
Very interesting buildings on the inside and out. I always assumed that the soldiers lived in much more rustic housing but it was fairly nice. The commanders house was almost elegant for the time. I guess the old westerns portrayed it much differently. Love seeing the historic places you take us to see.
It's likely that because it was a permanent fort that led to the buildings being more comfortable than those one would have seen at a camp. But yeah... movies aren't always accurate. 😄
Great vidio sharing my friend👍🏻
Thank you
Another nice video. We are going to Dead Horse Ranch State Park tomorrow. Will have to add this to the list next time we are up this way again.
Awesome! We actually haven't hit that park up yet.
Thanks for the vid...I've passed by it twice and wondered...just last Sunday I went to Montezuma's castle for the first time, nearby and saw that sign again...wondered if there was something worth my time...now I know.
Happy to assist! 😄
At 7:48 that looks like part of a lathe! Maybe a wood lathe? I also see some blacksmithing stuff. Neat!
It very well could be. There was a lot of little details in those rooms. 😀
Interesting.
Uniforms are various time periods, the white one is the non regulation cotton patrol uniform
Only the toughest survived during the 19th century in the western frontier! Could our society adapt to the conditions?
It was definitely a different time for sure. I often wonder what it would be like if today's society were suddenly forced to live that way as well. I'd like to say I'm optimistic about it but... 😂
That floor is far from rickety
FYI: It's 'vair-day" NOT "ver-dee".
In terms of the Spanish language, yes. I actually had a hell of a time not pronouncing it "vair-day" on the voiceovers. HOWEVER, locals actually pronounced it "ver-dee". You can hear how they pronounce it on their official website - azstateparks.com/fort-verde/fort-verde/about-the-fort/park-history
@@CactusAtlas it’s like tomato/tomahto. I used to work on a street called grosvenor, I think it’s Dutch and the s is silent, but I don’t care, I still pronounce the s because everyone else does.
Horrible about the Indians. what a rip off!
Not the happiest story sadly but seems a lot from that era go the same way. Thanks so much for watching!