A visit to Fort Bowie National Historic Site in southeastern Arizona requires some effort. It’s a long drive into Cochise County, the last mile on a dirt road, and then that’s followed by a 1.5-mile ...

An easy walk through scrub land and woods leads to the weathered remains of Fort Bowie, which operated from 1862-1894. The peaceful location belies the fort's pivotal role in the Apache wars of the ...

Throughout history, natural features such as mountain ranges, broad rivers and even desert lands have not only been barriers to human movement but have been contributing factors to human cultural ...

Douglas Kreutz Nov 19, 2016 Nov 19, 2016 Updated Nov 3, 2017 FORT BOWIE — A a critical U.S. military outpost during the bloody Apache Wars from the early 1860s to 1886 is now a ghost post of crumbling ...

The Bascom Affair might sound like the title of a spy movie - but history buffs know it as a run-in 150 years ago that helped ignite prolonged bloodshed between Apaches and the military. Saturday - in ...

An enthusiastic crowd greets troops from the 132nd Field Artillery (formerly the First Texas Cavalry) as they arrive at Camp Bowie on April 7, 1919, for demobilization. Courtesy Ruth Dearmin Cooke ...

A staff favorite dessert is the Hummingbird cake made with layers of pineapple-banana nut cake. It's one of the upscale Southern dishes at Bricks and Horses, the restaurant inside Bowie House hotel.

Walking the trail to Fort Bowie is a journey through the history of the American West. Visitors will pass by the ruins of the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage Station, the first Fort Bowie site, the ...