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==History== | == History == | ||
The Beale Wagon Road is named after the surveyor and superintendent of construction Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale, {{wikipedia | Edward Fitzgerald Beale | Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale}} (4 February 1822 - 22 April 1893) who was commissioned to build a wagon road from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Los Angeles, California. The route of the Beale Wagon Road became U.S. Highway 66 and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. The route generally follows modern-day Interstate 40 although the wagon road is usually slightly north and closser to the mountains and hills. | The Beale Wagon Road is named after the surveyor and superintendent of construction Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale, {{wikipedia | Edward Fitzgerald Beale | Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale}} (4 February 1822 - 22 April 1893) who was commissioned to build a wagon road from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Los Angeles, California. The route of the Beale Wagon Road became U.S. Highway 66 and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. The route generally follows modern-day Interstate 40 although the wagon road is usually slightly north and closser to the mountains and hills. | ||
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The Beale Wagon Road is also significant as the rounte of early immigration to Arizona from Utah by the pioneers of [http://lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. <br> | The Beale Wagon Road is also significant as the rounte of early immigration to Arizona from Utah by the pioneers of [http://lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. <br> | ||
==References==<br> | ===References===<br> | ||
Smith, Jack. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-the-beale-wagon-road-through-flagstaff-arizona/oclc/11163392&referer=brief_results A Guide to the Beale Wagon Road Through Flagstaff, Arizona]. Tales of the Beale Road, no. 1. Flagstaff, Ariz: Tales of the Beale Road Pub. Co, 1984. <br> | Smith, Jack. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-the-beale-wagon-road-through-flagstaff-arizona/oclc/11163392&referer=brief_results A Guide to the Beale Wagon Road Through Flagstaff, Arizona]. Tales of the Beale Road, no. 1. Flagstaff, Ariz: Tales of the Beale Road Pub. Co, 1984. <br> | ||