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Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park

Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
Arizona State Park
Warehouse yumaquartermasterdepot.jpg
The warehouse at Yuma Quartermasters Depot State Historic Park
Country United States
State Arizona
County Yuma
Location Yuma
 - elevation 120 ft (37 m)
 - coordinates 32°43′36″N 114°37′36″W / 32.72667°N 114.62667°W / 32.72667; -114.62667Coordinates: 32°43′36″N 114°37′36″W / 32.72667°N 114.62667°W / 32.72667; -114.62667
Founded 1997
Management Arizona State Parks
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park is located in Arizona
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
Location of Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park in Arizona

Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park, formerly Yuma Crossing State Historic Park, and now one of the Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites on the National Register of Historic Places in the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area. It is an Arizona state park in the city of Yuma, Arizona, USA.

The Yuma Quartermaster Depot was an important quartermaster depot during the 1870s. Goods were shipped up the Colorado River from the Gulf of California and stored at Yuma for distribution to the desert frontier forts in the Southwestern United States territories.

Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park is on the grounds of the former Yuma Quartermaster Depot. The depot was established by the U.S. Army in 1864 to store and distribute supplies to frontier army posts in what is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. One purpose of the depot was to ensure that a six-month supply of much needed goods such as ammunition, food and clothing was on hand at all times. The goods and supplies were brought to Yuma from California aboard ships that traveled around the Baja California peninsula and up the Gulf of California to Port Isabel, Sonora at the mouth of the Colorado River. Supplies were shipped up the Colorado on river boats to Yuma and stored at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot.


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