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Why is Arizona’s Zane Grey Highway also called the General Crook Trail?

by | Nov 8, 2011 | Inside History

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Why is Arizona’s Zane Grey Highway also called the General Crook Trail? Angela Young Phoenix, Arizona Rim  County historian Jayne Peace Pyle says that the actual construction of the road started in the spring of 1872. It was named General Crook’s Trail when it was built. By 1873, supplies began moving by pack train from Fort Verde to Fort Apache. During the next 22 years, Crook Road was used by troops patrolling across the Arizona Territory and the northern boundary of the Apache Rese


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