Superstition Mountain Historical Society

This entrance marker is built from history. The hand-hewn blocks stacked here once formed the façade of Roosevelt Dam, the great masonry dam completed in 1911 that first stored the Salt River's water for Phoenix, and they were given to the historical society by the Bureau of Reclamation when the dam was modernized. Some weigh more than two tons. Set at the mouth of the Apache Trail, the road built to haul materials to that dam, the marker honors the workers who wrestled both the dam and the trail out of the Superstition country.

What the plaque says

This entrance marker is constructed of hand-hewn blocks that once made up the façade of Roosevelt Dam. They were given to the Superstition Mountain Historical Society by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The larger blocks weigh upwards of two tons each and were transported from Roosevelt Dam to this site courtesy of the Salt River Project. The marker honors the early Arizona workers who built Roosevelt Dam and the Apache Trail.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Superstition Mountains — 5.0 mi
  The volcanic range that holds the Lost Dutchman legend — and outlasts it
• The Apache Trail — 8.5 mi
  The 1904 road built to raise Roosevelt Dam, still barely tamed
• Taliesin West — 23 mi
  Frank Lloyd Wright's desert masterwork, grown from the ground it stands on
• Oak Flat — 28 mi
  Chi'chil Bildagoteel — the Apache sacred ground a copper mine is set to swallow

More markers nearby

• Goldfield Mining District — 1.1 mi
• Taliesin West — 23 mi
• Charles Miller — 24 mi
• Herb Drinkwater — 24 mi