Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park

This facility is located on lands of the old U.S. Army QMD established in 1864, at the famous Yuma Crossing of the Colorado River. Supplies were brought from California by ocean going vessels traveling around the tip of the Baja Peninsula and then north as far as the mouth of the Colorado River. They were then transferred to river steamboats and brought up river to the QMD. This served as a supply center for military posts in AZ, NM,NV, southern UT and west TX. The depot quartered up to 900 mules and a crew of teamsters to do the job.
When the Southern Pacific Railroad reached Yuma in 1877 this supply depot was terminated in 1883. Theres an old train coach, wagons and many artifacts from the era.
It is mind boggling to me to imagine their lifestyle.