The General George Crook Chapter was organized  by Mrs. Nelle Quarles Hoover in June of 1927 and bears the honorable name of a major-general  in the U.S. Army who was sent to Fort Whipple in 1871 to contain the Indians and safeguard the area and state.

 

On the grounds of the Governor's Mansion, now Sharlot Hall Museum, the Chapter led by Regent Mrs. John Russell dedicated a flag, flagpole and bronze marker in a granite boulder on July 4, 1929.

 

In 1940, the Chapter donated monies and solicited a penny from conservation-minded citizens in order to acquire and transport seedling pines.  2,000 trees were planted on 2 acres in the Granite Basin area and a commemorative redwood sign was erected.

 

A marker was dedicated at the site of old Camp Hualapai (formerly Camp Tollgate), a post protecting the road between Fort Whipple and the Colorado River, by Regent Mrs. Ella Quinn and Mrs. Fritsche on April 23, 1953.

 

At Hell's Canyon Bridge on the 35th Parallel, a bronze marker was commemorated on Oct. 3, 1956 to recognize a route traveled by Indians, Missionaries, and Trappers.

 

On Feb. 14, 1964 a pictorial history of Territorial Prescott was written and presented by chapter members to mark Prescott's Centennial, 1864-1964.

 

Over the years members have participated in the Aisle of Honor Wreath Laying Ceremony on Memorial Day at the Prescott National Cemetery and served cookies and coffee in the hospital and nursing home at the VAMC.  

A pine shrub was planted in 1960 at Sharlot Hall Museum in honor of Mrs. Pearl Bethea, Past State Regent and Past Regent of the chapter.  An apple tree was donated in 1993 to the Patient Orchard at the VAMC.  Members wrote and presented a radio program for the bicentennial of Washington's birth.  Mrs. John L. Quinn in 1968 was the Bicentennial State Chairman whose project included sketches of the churches in Arizona.  

Thirteen WWI veterans were located in the area and four were presented medals March 26, 1994, on behalf of the Department of Defense  to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the first battle (Cantigny) involving American troops.  

ROTC medals, certificates, and monetary awards are presented yearly to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University cadets.  Good Citizen's Awards are also given to high school students.  

Books have been donated to the DAR and public libraries.  In 1997 the Chapter adopted a pioneer gravesite (Helm) in the Prescott Citizen's Cemetery.  Two "I Signed the Constitution" events have been held at Prescott Mile High Middle School and Granite Mountain Middle Schools.