US 60 History Trail

Historical marker location:

836 West U.S. 60, Superior, Arizona

( Marker is on U.S. 60 at milepost 226.3, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2011

The Apache Trail was built by prison labor: The Apache Trail is a scenic drive through the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix. The road was built in the early 1900s using prison labor from the nearby Yuma Territorial Prison.