CategoryApacheria

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. The Hualapai War continued into the winter, with search and destroy sweeps into the mountains of western Arizona. Major combat...

  Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. By April, the conflict had escalated on both sides. Victorio and his band had managed to join forces with the Mescalero...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following story is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. On May 15, Captain Charles Hatfield, commanding elements of Company D of the 4th Cavalry located and attacked an Apache...

  Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria In his book, Indian Wars, Bill Yenne describes the Gila River campaign. Having finished the Navajo War, General James Carleton had drafted plans for a major spring offensive against...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The Fort Wingate Army Depot sits among the red rocks located 7 miles east of Gallup along U.S. Interstate 40, next to the reservations of the Navajo Nation and the Zuni Pueblo Tribe in New...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Late 1800s picture at Fort Yuma First established on November 27, 1850, it was originally located in the bottoms near the Colorado River, less than a mile below the mouth of the Gila. In...