Alchesay Flat
Landform in Navajo County, Arizona
Physical feature in Arizona, United States
33°55′56″N 109°56′22″W / 33.93222°N 109.93944°W / 33.93222; -109.93944[1]
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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.
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
- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Alchesay Flat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Sinone Norman Tortice Sr". Arizona Republic. 17 September 1985. p. 17.
- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Chief Alchesay Baha Grave". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ (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–.
- ^ Baeza, Jo (2005-08-01). "Ceremony honors Chief Alchesay". White Mountain Independent. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Alchesay-Williams Creek NFH Complex". US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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