 Soon hostilities began between the Mohaves and the settlers, triggering the Mohave War.From the time of the Mohave War the Mohave Road came under the purview of the U.S. government.Army posts were established at Fort Mojave, at Beale's Crossing in 1859, and, after the Bitter Spring Expedition at Camp Cady, east of Fork of the Road at its junction with the Mormon Road, in 1860.