A Clash of Cultures: Fort Bowie and the Chiricahua Apaches

A Clash of Cultures: Fort Bowie and the Chiricahua Apaches
ISBN-10
0912627492
ISBN-13
9780912627496
Category
History / United States / State & Local / General
Pages
88
Language
English
Published
1977
Publisher
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Division of Publications
Author
Robert M. Utley

Description

This publication tells the story of the bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military. For more than 30 years Fort Bowie and Apache Pass were the focal point of military operations eventually culminating in the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 and the banishment of the Chiricahuas to Florida and Alabama. Fort Bowie was the site of the Bascom Affair, a wagon train massacre, and the battle of Apache Pass, where a large force of Chiricahua Apaches under Mangus Colorados and Cochise fought the California Volunteers. Fort Bowie is known as the monument to the bravery and endurance of U.S. soldiers in paving the way for westward settlement and the taming of the western frontier.

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