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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLZ_commanding-officers-quarters-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
The fort's most elaborate structure, a two story, Victorian-style mansion, was built in 1884-1885 for about $4,000.00. An expensive home at that time! Among its thirteen rooms (originally designed as a duplex) were a drawing room, a sewing room wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLX_infantry-barracks-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
Enlisted infantrymen found that privacy was not a feature of barracks life. Privates and corporals bunked together in the main room; sergeants occupied small adjoining rooms.
Each soldier stored his military gear and personal belongings on a wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLW_post-trader-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
The equivalent of the modern army post exchange, the post trader offered for sale items not supplied by the army - toilet articles, sewing supplies, tobacco, medicinal cure-alls, fresh vegetables, canned fruits, and a wide variety of knick-knacks.…
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/HM1WLT_cavalry-barracks-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
This massive adobe structure was among the earliest built at the new fort. By the mid-1880s, it had a shingled and pitched roof, attractive porches, kerosene lamps, and landscaping. The kitchen was behind the barracks; the mess hall adjacent.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WKS_second-fort-bowie-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
Two years after the 1872 peace agreement with Cochise, the great Apache chief died. Several hundred Chiricahuas were relocated on the San Carlos Indian Reservation. However, Geronimo and over a hundred of his followers escaped the roundup, to begi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WKR_quartermaster-storehouse-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
This frame building with a shingled roof was constructed in 1883 to enlarge the storage space available to the quartermaster. The original adobe storehouse, built in 1868, is immediately to the south.
The post quartermaster and his staff - a se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WKQ_cavalry-mess-hall-and-kitchen-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
Palatable food during the fort's early days was a constant problem; the soil was poor quality, lacking nutrients, and other sources of fresh food were distant. Though neighboring ranches supplied some vegetables and meats, they were still a day's …
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/HM1WHP_apache-spring-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
Pottery fragments found around Apache Spring suggest it was used by prehistoric Mogollon Indians before the Apache arrived. Journals of early Spanish explorers described Apache trails radiating from the spring. The Butterfield Trail was constructe…