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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLV_apache-pass-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
The Road Below
We started through Apache Pass, over awful roads, up hill and down. We had to tie the wagon wheels with ropes and then in some places, the men had to stand on the wheels to keep them from turning over. Every man who could leave the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHQ_the-battle-of-apache-pass-july-15-16-1862-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
An advance guard of 96 California Volunteers, marching toward the San Simon River to establish a supplu depot for the California Column, followed the Butterfield Road through Apache Pass. As they approached the abandoned stage station, Cochise and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHO_the-chiricahua-apache-indian-agency-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
The Story: U.S. Indian Agent Thomas Jeffords governed some 900 Chiricahua Apaches here in 1875-76, under the vigilance of the U.S. Army at Fort Bowie.
Cochise, Chiricahua chieftain and friend of Jeffords, died in 1874, leaving the band divided…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHN_the-stage-station-ruin-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
The Apache Pass Stage Station was built of stone in July 1858. Within its 6-8 foot-high walls were a kitchen-dining room, sleeping rooms, a storage room for feed and weapons, and a mule corral with portholes in every stall. The stage stopped here …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHM_bascom-cochise-meeting-site-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
After the events on the afternoon of February 4th, Bascom ordered the command to move toward, and fortify, the stage station. According to Sergeant Daniel Robinson:
"Our wagons were placed end to end, forming a semicircle, covering one s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHL_the-butterfield-overland-mail-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
In 1857, the government awarded John Butterfield a contract to carry mail by stagecoach between St. Louis and San Francisco. The 2,800-mile route was to be traversed within 25 days. A year later, as the stagecoaches prepared to roll, Butterfiled c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHK_parke-camp-site-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
In March 1854, Lt. John Parke of the Topographical Engineer Corps led a survey party in search of an all-weather route for the transcontinental railroad. After a march of 55 waterless miles through Sulphur Springs Valley, the party entered Apache …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHG_apache-pass-a-corridor-through-time-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
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Apache Pass is a low divide separating the massive Chiricahua Mountains from the Dos Cabezas Mountains. This landscape formed a rugged corridor through which people and goods were moved. The Pass and its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHF_mining-cabin-historical_Bowie-AZ.html
Mining activity in Apache Pass started when members of the California Volunteers discovered a, "...gold and quartz bearing ledge..." in 1864. The "Harris Lode" as it became to be known, was later developed by the Apache Pass Mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AYI_post-cemetery_Bowie-AZ.html
The Post Cemetery predated the establishment of Fort Bowie, when soldiers of the California Column were interred here in 1862. The area was unfenced until 1878, when a four-foot adobe wall was erected to protect the graves from desecration by post…