ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

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HCM2016: Chief Barboncito Highway; Route 191

Sponsor: Representative Tsosie, LD 6

Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Urges the State Board on Geographic and Historical Names to rename United States Route 191 as the Chief Barboncito Highway.

History

Established in 1982, the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names (ASBGHN) has statutory responsibility to determine the most appropriate names for geographic features and places of historical significance in Arizona. The Board also has statutory responsibility to establish or designate a highway or area as a parkway, historic road, or scenic road that is of geographic or historical significance in Arizona. 

Chief Barboncito was a Navajo Ware Chief from 1833 to 1866 and the Head Chief of the Navajo tribe during the signing of the Treaty of 1868. On June 1, 1868, the United States and the Navajo people signed the Treaty of 1868 which would establish the Navajo Nation and end the Navajo Wars.

Provisions

1.   Urges the State Board on Geographic and Historical Names to rename United States Route 191 as the Chief Barboncito Highway.

2.   Urges the Secretary of State to transmit a copy of this Memorial to the Chairperson of the Senate Board of Geographic and Historic Names.

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6.   Initials LM/IC                 HCM 2016

7.   2/12/2026  Page 0 Transportation & Infrastructure

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