Fort Grant, Arizona

Fort Grant
Aravaipa Canyon, Arizona
Fort Grant, c. 1885
Coordinates32°37′26.1″N 109°56′41.7″W / 32.623917°N 109.944917°W / 32.623917; -109.944917
TypeArmy fortification
Site information
Controlled by Arizona
ConditionRepurposed as a state prison
Site history
Built1872
Built by United States
In use1860–1905
Battles/warsApache Wars
Garrison information
OccupantsUnited States United States Army

Fort Grant is a state prison and a former United States Army fortification in the U.S. state of Arizona. Fort Grant is located on the southwestern slope of Mount Graham in what is now Graham County. The post is named for Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.[1]

  1. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 141.