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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/HM1WG8_airmen-memorial-bridge-historical_Tucson-AZ.html
On November 30, 1944, at 7:40 A.M. 18 airmen from Davis-Monthan Army Air Field died following a mid-air collision between two B-24 Liberator Bombers over the Pantano Wash. This bridge is dedicated to those brave men who lost their lives while on a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WF9_uss-arizona-mall-memorial-historical_Tucson-AZ.html
This memorial honors the sacrifice made by the USS Arizona crew when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. We remember the 1,177 who lost their lives, their 337 surviving shipmates, and all of their families. The plaza's flagpole represen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WF1_the-fort-lowell-flagstaff-historical_Tucson-AZ.html
The flagstaff has been the one constant feature of all military establishments since the creation of the U.S. Army in 1784.No matter what era or architectural style, the flagstaff has remained at the center of the parade ground and at the center o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WF0_officers-quarters-historical_Tucson-AZ.html
The officers of Fort Lowell and their families lived in 7 adobe homes-officers' row. During peak periods of military activity, up to three families lived in each building. After 1889, two smaller houses for married non-commissioned officers were a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WET_the-chief-trumpeter-historical_Tucson-AZ.html
This statue was erected in February 1991 to honor the enlisted men who served in the Southwest during the Apache Wars in the 1870s and 1880s. It was cast in bronze by Desert Crucible, Inc., of Tucson. One and one-half times life-size, it stands fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WES_cavalry-barracks-and-band-barracks-historical_Tucson-AZ.html
From here west to the intersection of Craycroft and Fort Lowell Roads stood 2 cavalry barracks, 20 by 145 feet, and 1 band barracks, 20 by 92 feet. The 21 troops of the 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th cavalry regiments lived here. The band barracks housed …