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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/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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W3E_the-chiricahua-apache-historical_Willcox-AZ.html
This was the homeland of the Chiricahua Apache. From out of the north came these semi nomadic hunters. Separating from other Apache groups in the 1690's, the Chiricahua Apache moved into southeastern Arizona.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5U_first-fort-bowie_Willcox-AZ.html
To your right, a spur trail follows a military road 300 yards to the first Fort Bowie ruins.
On July 28, 1862, a 100-man detachment of the 5th California Volunteer Infantry began construction of the primitive fort, completing it two weeks later…