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In Memory of Eight Ball Moral Officer
in E Clampus Vitus Historical Markers
Eight Ball was a male burro about three years old. He came into Camp Bouse during WWII and soon became the mascot of the camp and soldiers. He was very tame and friendly and the troops were very fond of him.
posted by: leadhiker
location: Arizona
date approved: 5/19/2010
last visited: never
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Camp Bouse
in Arizona Historical Markers
Monument Row in Bouse Arizona is dedicated to the various battalions that trained at Camp Bouse. Camp Bouse was established in 1942 by Gen George Patton as one of the eleven bases of his "Desert Training Center". 9000 GI's were housed there.
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The 526th Armored Infantry Battalion
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738th Medium Tank Battalion, Special
Monument Row
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739th Tank Battalion (SP) (ME)
date approved: 5/18/2010
Camp Bouse - The 554th Ordnance
Camp Bouse - The 701st Tank Battalion
George L Wendt - Headquarters Company
Camp Bouse The 526th A. I. B. - Canal Defense Light Project
736th Tank Battalion (M) SP
Monument Row in Bouse Arizona is dedicated to the various battalions that trained at Camp Bouse.
740th Tank Battalion
Camp Bouse was established in 1942 by Gen George Patton as one of the eleven bases of his "Desert Training Center". 9000 GI's were housed there. Dismantled and abandoned in 1945.
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A & C Mercantile Company
Marker is on Broadway Avenue (Arizona Route 72 at milepost 27), on the left when traveling west.
date approved: 6/23/2011
W1 km
Bouse Homesite
Bouse was founded in 1908 as a mining camp. The population was 615 at the 2000 census.
SW15.4 km
Quinn Pass
Thomas Quinn prospected in the Plomosa Range and lived north of the pass, in a cabin, that bears his name.
SW35.6 km
Tyson's Well - Old Stage Station
The original adobe stage station was built in 1866 by Charley Tyson at its present location.
date approved: 5/21/2010
last visited: 3/11/2015
Tyson's Well
This marker has nothing whatsoever to do with the former World Heavyweight boxing Champion.
date approved: 6/25/2011
SW36.7 km
The Last Camp of Hi Jolly
The camel atop the Pyramid symbolizes the legend of The Red Ghost that roamed the desert, terrorizing man and beast with what amounted to a corpse tied to his back.
NW37.8 km
Wyatt Earp - 92242
A post office near Wyatt's California Desert mining claims along the Colorado River bears his name.
location: California
date approved: 12/7/2010
last visited: 10/13/2013
SE39.6 km
Salome
According to Dick Wick Hall ~ Mrs. Salome Pratt took off her shoes and danced across the hot sand that burned her feet. Thus, the town became "Salome ~ where she danced ~ Arizona."
date approved: 6/15/2010
N42.3 km
Parker Dam Road National Back Country Byway
in National Scenic Byways
The northern end of Parker Dam Road National Back Country Byway begins at Parker Dam , the river barrier that creates Lake Havasu that straddles the California/Arizona border.
posted by: brwhiz
date approved: 8/31/2013
last visited: 4/15/2014
SE47.8 km
Harrisburg
Harrisburg may have been referred to as Orville and or Centennial.
SE48.1 km
Harrisburg Cemetery
In 1849, a group of pioneers heading for California were slaughtered by Indians. Several months later a party of gold seekers found their bones and buried them on the Harrisburg Cemetery knoll.
date approved: 10/24/2011
W50.4 km
Giant Desert Figures
in California Historical Markers
One of several historical geological features in the region.
posted by: ChapterhouseInc
date approved: 5/20/2012
last visited: 2/11/2013
NW51 km
Earp Cottage - Vidal, California
It is very interesting to note that this house is now owned by Ike Clanton.
date approved: 6/16/2010
last visited: 2/2/2011