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

Arizona was a hotbed of Old West outlaws: In the late 1800s, Arizona was a hotbed of Old West outlaws, including the likes of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clanton Gang. The infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which involved Wyatt Earp and his brothers, took place in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881.