East Fork of the Black River flows through a Carpet of Fountain Grass. White MountainsThe Black River is a 114-mile-long (183 km)[3] river in the White Mountains of the U.S. state of Arizona. It forms southwest of Alpine and flows southwest then northwest to meet the White River west of Fort Apache. The merged streams form the Salt River, a major tributary of the Gila River.[6]

James Ohio Pattie named the river in 1826 as he explored the area