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Fort Mohave
Fort Mohave
was originally named
Camp Colorado
when it was established on April 19, 1859 by
Lieutenant Colonel
William Hoffman
during the
Mohave War
. It was located on the east bank of the
Colorado River
, at Beale's Crossing, near the head of the
Mohave Valley
in
Mohave County
,
Arizona
by the recommendation of
Lieutenant
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
. After the end of the Indian Wars, the fort was transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1890. In 1935 it was transferred to the
Fort Mojave Indian Reservation
; the fort is administered by the state of Arizona.
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