Mormon Battalion Crossing / Colorado River Crossing

Historical marker location:

Yuma, Arizona

( Marker can be reached from West 8th Street, ½ mile west of Somerton Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1992

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.