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Funeral Homes in Fort Defiance, AZ
Places
Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Fort Defiance.
Suburbs of Fort Defiance: White Clay.
Zip codes in the city: 86504.
Apache County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Nearby Funeral Homes for Fort Defiance
Facts about the city
Fort Defiance (Navajo: Tséhootsooí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,624 at the 2010 census.
Fort Defiance Obituaries
It was reported on June 13th, 2007 that Charles Robinett died in Lubbock, Texas. Robinett was 60 years old and was born in Fort Defiance, AZ. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Charles's life.
History
The next year, at the onset of the American Civil War War, the army abandoned Fort Defiance. The population was 4,061 at the United States Census, 2000 census.
Fort Defiance was established in 1851 to create a military presence in Navajo Nation bikéyah (Navajo territory). The Navajo Treaty of 1868 allowed those interned to return to a portion of their land, and Fort Defiance was reestablished as an Indian agency that year. It was built on valuable grazing land that the federal government then prohibited the Navajo people from using. Continued Navajo raids in the area led Brigadier General James H.
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