Keepers of the Wild
Lions, Tigers, and Monkeys (oh my), have taken up residence in Valentine making it a stop no animal lover should miss. Keepers of the Wild is a sanctuary home to over 150 exotic and indigenous wild animals that were rescued, surrendered by an owner, or placed there by other animal welfare agencies. Animals placed at Keepers of the Wild can depend on a safe and life-long home.
Keepers of the Wild is open to the public six days a week. They are closed Tuesdays. You can independently walk around the park or go on a guided tour starting at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., & 3:30 p.m.
Keepers of the Wild is open to the public six days a week. They are closed Tuesdays. You can independently walk around the park or go on a guided tour starting at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., & 3:30 p.m.
Valentine Indian School
Still standing along Route 66 is the main structure of the Hualapai Indian Day School established by President McKinley in 1898. Students lived at the school September to May, wrestling with disease, culture shock and homesickness. Spanish influenza took the lives of 22 children and adults between October 1918 and January 1919. The school closed in May 1937 and the dorms were demolished in 1960. Its bricks, manufactured on site with Indian labor, were recycled to build the Mohave County Museum of History and Arts in Kingman.
