CategoryApacheria

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. 5 June 1870, Globe, Arizona: Lt. Howard B. Cushing received orders to track down the Pinal Apaches...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria San Xavier Mission Mission San Xavier del Bac is situated in the Santa Cruz Valley nine miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Framed in the warm browns of the surrounding hills and the violet...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. Major Albert P. Morrow would continue to pursue Victorio for the next month, crossing south into Mexico, and finally catching...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following story of the October, 1880 Quitman Canyon fight is from the National Park Service web site. The military authorities knew that Victorio would soon enter the United States...

  Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, Bill Yenne. October 1869 found Cochise and his Chiricahua Apache band terrorizing the southeast corner of Arizona Territory in the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. Percha Creek 12 January 1880, Hillsboro, New Mexico: Maj. Albert P. Morrow had chased Victorio's Apaches...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria 28 October, 1880; Southwestern Texas: Renegade Mimbres Apache leader Victorio finally met his destruction at the hands of Mexican soldiers at Tres Castillos in Chihuahua on 14 October 1880...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria 1858 portrait of Olive Oatman from the book, Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, by Jerry Keenan. The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. In March, 1851, a small...