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| Above, a vintage post card of Fort Courage from the 1970s. |
Drivers on Interstate 40 in eastern Arizona would see the ruins of Fort Courage, a one-time tourist trading post in Houck. It was built in 1967 and closed around 2014. It was sort of a salute to the television comedy, F Troop.
I imagine it was a popular stop during the 1960s and 1970s, but it went out of business.
As I mentioned at the start, I would pass by Fort Courage whenever I was heading on Interstate 40 in Arizona. This time, while en route to the clamp-out in Prescott, I saw that Fort Courage was bulldozed into oblivion. The only remaining structures are the lookout tower and sign. It looks like the tower may be saved and incorporated into whatever is going to be built there.
While on my way home today, I stopped and took some photos of the site.
Here's some photos I took today:
To read more about Fort Courage, go here.
I read that Speedy's will be building a truck stop at the site.
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