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arizona, usa --- the superstition mountains as seen from the apache trail drive. the Apache Trail in Arizona was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains. It was named the Apache Trail after the Apache Indians who originally used this trail to move through the Superstition Mountains. the road is a very scenic, mostly unpaved route between Apache Junction and Theodore Roosevelt Lake. it is a 40 mile trek known for its beautiful canyon views and its dizzying, narrow road, with drops in some areas of more than 1,000 feet. With such drops, the path can turn deadly. Development of the Salt River Valley began after the Civil War, when the United States federal government desired to settle territories in the West. Accordingly, surveying in the Salt River Valley in the Arizona Territory revealed the potential for irrigation-based frontier settlements. The initial settlement, Phoenix, grew slowly, but as the irrigation system along the Salt River expanded, new settlements developed in the valley, which included Tempe and Mesa in the east and the towns of Alhambra, Peoria, and Glendale in the northwest.

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