Alchesay_Flat

Alchesay Flat

Alchesay Flat

Landform in Navajo County, Arizona

Alchesay Flat is a physical feature, named flat, located approximately 7 mi (11 km) north of Whiteriver along Arizona State Route 73 in Navajo County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 5,774 feet (1,760 m) above sea level.

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It is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation,[2] and is named for Chief Alchesay of the White Mountain Apache tribe, who is buried there.[3][4][5]

The area is sparsely populated with the primary activity in the area being corn cultivation. [6][7]

From 1959 to 1972 the Alchesay National Fish Hatchery operated there, before it combined with the nearby Williams hatchery.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Feature Detail Report for: Alchesay Flat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    "Sinone Norman Tortice Sr". Arizona Republic. 17 September 1985. p. 17.
  3. [3]
    "Feature Detail Report for: Chief Alchesay Baha Grave". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. [4]
    (U.S.), Geological Survey; Names, United States Board on Geographic (1987). The National gazetteer of the United States of America: Arizona 1986. U.S. G.P.O. pp. 1438–.
  5. [5]
    Baeza, Jo (2005-08-01). "Ceremony honors Chief Alchesay". White Mountain Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  6. [6]
    Marley, Tennille (2013). Indigenous Knowledge, Land, History, and Health: the Construction of Diabetes on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation (PhD thesis). University of New Mexico. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  7. [7]
    Resolution of the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation (PDF) (Report). White Mountain Apache Tribe. 2002-04-23. 04-2002-88. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  8. [8]
    "Alchesay-Williams Creek NFH Complex". US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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