![]() | This article needs to be updated.(June 2020) |
Camp Beale Springs | |
Nearest city | Kingman, Arizona |
---|---|
Built | 1857 |
NRHP reference No. | 74000459 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 18, 1974 |
Camp Beale Springs, near Kingman, Arizona, also known as Fort Beale, was a historic military facility that dates from 1857. Camp Beale Springs was established and became official in 1871. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It was a military outpost during the Hualapai War. [3] Its location is not disclosed by the National Register, as is done for many archeological sites which have importance for their potential to yield information in the future. [1]
It was a campsite on the Beale Wagon Road developed by Captain Edward Beale. For centuries previous it had been used already. [4]