General Crook Trail in the Arizona Mountains

General Crook Trail in the Arizona Mountains Captured with a Nikon 300, preprocessing in Lightroom, the digital Darkroom, and post processing in... more

by Bob and Nadine Johnston

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General Crook Trail in the Arizona Mountains

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General Crook Trail in the Arizona Mountains Captured with a Nikon 300, preprocessing in Lightroom, the digital Darkroom, and post processing in Photoshop. Forest Road 300 in the Coconino National Forest is named the "General Crook Trail." It is a section of the trail which his troops blazed from Fort Verde to Fort Whipple, and on to Fort Apache through central Arizona.

George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 to March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook Nantan Lupan, which means "Grey Wolf."

President Ulysses S. Grant next placed Crook in command of the Arizona Territory. Crook's use of Apache scouts during the Yavapai War brought him much success in forcing the Yavapai and Tonto Apache onto reservations. In 1873 Crook was appointed brigadier general in the regular army...

By 1882, Crook had returned to command in Arizona.
The Apache had taken up arms against the U.S. army under the leadership of Geronimo. Crook repeatedly forced the surrender of the Apache but saw Geronimo escape. As a mark of respect, the Apache nicknamed Crook Nantan Lupan, which means "Grey Wolf". Nelson A. Miles replaced Crook in command of the Arizona Territory and brought an end to the Apache Wars. He had Geronimo, the Chiricahua Apache band, and the Chiricahua scouts, who had served the U.S. Army, transported as prisoners of war to Florida. Crook was reportedly furious that the scouts, who had faithfully served the Army, were imprisoned as well and telegrammed numerous protests to Washington. They, along with most of Geronimo's band, were forced to spend the next 26 years in captivity before they were finally released.

After years of campaigning in the Indian Wars, Crook won steady promotion back up the ranks to the permanent grade of Major General, and President Grover Cleveland placed him in command of the "Military Division of the Missouri" in 1888.

He spent his last years speaking out against the unjust treatment of his former Indian adversaries. Crook was originally buried in Oakland, Maryland. Red Cloud, a war chief of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux), said of Crook, "He, at least, never lied to us. His words gave us hope." In 1898, Crook's remains were transported to Arlington National Cemetery where he was reinterred on November 11.

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division is nicknamed "Greywolf" in his honor, in a variation of his Apache nickname meaning "Grey Wolf".

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September 27th, 2014