Sherod Hunter’s Arizona Rangers, at the four graves of the only Confederate soldiers killed in action in Arizona "Confronted with Arizona's secessionist history, they felt the need to memorialize and commemorate the Confederacy's attempted extension into the Southwest."
John Halikowski acknowledges that the Arizona Highway Commission voted in 1961 to designate US 80 going through Arizona as the Jefferson Davis National Highway. The Arizona Department of Transportation has officially determined that there is no “Jefferson Davis Highway” in Arizona.
That covered the road from east of Douglas through Tombstone, Benson, Tucson, Florence, Mesa, Phoenix and then out to Yuma through Gila Bend. The Confederate …
Rose Mofford. Then in 1961 the Highway Commission approved the request by UDC to designate all U.S. 80 through Arizona as the Jefferson Davis National Highway.
Memorial Highway was evidently one of several "Borderland" highways, along with auto trails such as the Old Spanish Trail and the Dixie Overland Highway. That covered the road from east of Douglas through Tombstone, Benson, Tucson, Florence, Mesa, Phoenix and then out to Yuma through Gila Bend. The mystery of Arizona's Jefferson Davis Highway that wasn't. Davis … Attachments of Proposal for Removal of Name “Jefferson Davis Highway” to Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names ... Arizona and New Mexico was proclaimed a Confederate Territory by Jefferson Davis on February 14, 1862. John Halikowski acknowledges that the Arizona Highway Commission voted in 1961 to designate US 80 going through Arizona as the Jefferson Davis National Highway. The J.D. ADOT Director John Halikowski acknowledges that the Arizona Highway Commission voted in 1961 to designate U.S. 80 through Arizona as the Jefferson Davis National Highway.
Although it may not be possible to view the entire length of the highway on a map today, many parts of it still exist, scattered across the country. Jefferson Davis was the only president of this break-away nation. A Davis Highway …
US 80 in southeastern Arizona is marked as the "Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway" on topographic maps. Confederate monuments in Arizona: — Memorial to Arizona Confederate troops, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix — Arizona Confederate veterans memorial, Greenwood Cemetery, Phoenix — Jefferson Davis Highway, monument along …
ADOT found that the name, which was given to portions of U.S. Highway 80 in the early 1960s, was made obsolete when U.S. Highway 80 was decommissioned and turned into a state highway in 1989. ADOT found that the name, which was given to portions of U.S. Highway 80 in the early 1960s, was made obsolete when U.S. Highway 80 was decommissioned and turned into a state highway in 1989. I wanted to see if Arizona would rename the Jefferson Davis Highway for former Gov. At the time, he was specifically talking about the Jefferson Davis Highway, which is a short stretch of Highway 80 between Bisbee and Tombstone. Euan Hague and Edward H. Sebesta, “The Jefferson Davis Highway: Contesting the Confederacy in the Pacific Northwest,” Journal of American Studies 45 (May 2011), 281–301. Then in 1961 the Highway Commission approved the request by UDC to designate all U.S. 80 through Arizona as the Jefferson Davis National Highway. This is an incomplete listing (from East to West) of some of the places today where one can see pieces of the Jefferson Davis highway. Efforts stall to eliminate 'Jefferson Davis Highway' in Arizona Sep 25, 2017 The state Board on Geographic and Historic Names said Monday it could not consider two … Jefferson Davis Highway doesn't really exist in Arizona, no matter what an old highway marker says.
We saw on a map that there was a monument to the Superstition Mountains at this location. Kevin Waite, “Jefferson Davis and Proslavery Visions of Empire in the Far West,” Journal of the Civil War Era 6 (December 2016), 536
On Thursday, the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway Monument in Gold Canyon, Arizona, was found tarred and feathered off Route 60. The Arizona Department of Transportation has officially determined that there is no “Jefferson Davis Highway” in Arizona.
Sierra Vista – Southern Arizona Veterans’ Cemetery Confederate Memorial Apache Junction – Jefferson Davis Highway, U.S. Highway 60 Dragoon Springs – Battle of Picacho Peak Marker dedicated to Capt. Arizona was briefly considered a confederate, or "rebel" territory, but their small military garrison was forced out by federal forces marched in from California at the Battle of Picacho Peak.