Here we have made it to the top and are looking back down the way we came. Go down, through the V, turn right and hike another mile! Fort Bowie ruins as you come up on them from the trail. Here they actually look a lot more impressive than they do once you actually get … Read more
Fort Bowie was established in the mid-1800s to protect Apache Pass. Apache Pass was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail Route and became an important spot to protect due to its year-round water supply, Apache Spring. For over 30 years, it was a sight of major military operations until Geronimo surrendered in 1886 and the … Read more
While it is only a few miles (by Arizona standards) from Faraway Ranch in the Chiricahua National Monument to Fort Bowie National Historic Site, it is arguably some of the prettiest landscape you will see in southeastern Arizona. Looking southeast, In the distance are the Chiricahua Mountains and the Chiricahua National Monument and in the … Read more
