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| Poston hill |
It’s difficult
to see from Highway 79 just outside of Florence, Arizona, but that pointy thing
atop Poston Hill is a 15-foot high pyramid. It’s also a burial site.
Beneath it
lies the remains of Charles D. Poston, known as the “father of Arizona,”
because of his lobbying efforts before Congress and President Lincoln to get
Arizona elevated to territorial status in 1863. Before his
death in 1902, he served in several federal posts, including Arizona
superintendent of Indian Affairs, land register in nearly Florence, and Arizona’s
first Congressional delegate.
Poston
always wanted to build a temple to the sun atop the hill now named for him, but
ran out of money. When he died, he was buried at a Phoenix cemetery. In 1925, his friends had him dug up and
re-interred facing the sun inside this pyramid. The reburial was attended by 1,500 people,
including the governor.
The
pyramid is accessible on foot by a half-mile trail. Go north on Highway 79 out
of Florence, turn left at milepost 136 and follow the signs to Poston Butte
Monument Park.
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