Camp Verde Apache Reservation

The Camp Verde Apache Reservation was once used to house members of the Apache Nation. John Proudstar grew up here with his younger brother James. When John was a hot-headed young adult, he encountered Professor Charles Xavier, who came out to the reservation and invited him to join the X-Men. Proudstar died on his first mission, and the X-Men had to bring the news to his family. James committed himself to upholding his brother's memory. Later, the area around the reservation was abandoned and it became a veritable ghost town. Years later, the mutant response team known as X-Force utilized a bunker in the Camp Verde desert and operated out of there for some time.