Picketpost Mountain 

 Photography by Eldred Reaney, Jr.

In November 1870 the first significant settlement by white men was made in what was later to be called Superior. In that month General George Stoneman, commanding officer of troops in Arizona against the Indians, built a small camp at the base of what the Mexicans called "Tordillo" Mountain. The soldiers began calling the butte "Picket Post," because they used it as a sentinel point to guard their settlement. At the foot of Picket Post they began constructing a pack-mule trail towards the Pinal Mountains.

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Photograph of Picketpost Mountain was taken from the northside near US Highway 60.

Photograph of Picketpost Mountain was taken from the Picketpost Trailhead parking lot (southside).

Photograph of Picketpost Mountain taken from atop Pinal Mountains.

Photograph of Arizona Trail taken from the Pickpost Mountain Trailhead parking lot.

Photograph of part of the Picketpost Mountain Trailhead parking lot.

Photograph of outdoor facilities in the Picketpost Mountain Trailhead parking lot. No running water!