Colter Ranch Historic District
a.k.a. Cross Bar (brand) Ranch
Jct. of 4th St. and School Bus Rd., Eagar, AZThe Colter Ranch Historic District is the best-known extant property associated with prominent early twentieth-century Arizona rancher and politician Fred T. Colter. The district was the headquarters of his Cross Bar ranch, where Colter lived during his productive years in ranching and politics. Colter's ranch was one of the largest in northeastern Arizona before its lands were broken up in the 1930s. In politics, Colter was influential in the fields of water conservation and development, soil and forest conservation, and proper use of Arizona's natural resources. The district is significant under Criterion B for its association with Fred T. Colter. His importance relates to the contexts of Ranching in Northeastern Arizona, 1900-1930 and Arizona Water Resource Politics, 1904-1944.
Local significance of the district:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.