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Established to protect settlers and travel routes and to block hostile Apache Indian escape routes into Mexico. | Established to protect settlers and travel routes and to block hostile Apache Indian escape routes into Mexico. | ||
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Revision as of 13:21, 4 October 2009
Fort Huachuca (1877-Active) - First established as Camp Huachuca 3 Mar 1877 by Capt. Samuel M. Whitsides Company B, 6th U.S. Cavalry, under the orders of Col. August V. Kautz. Named Fort Huachuca after the Huachuca mountains in 1882. Active U.S. Army Post.
Fort Huachuca History
Established to protect settlers and travel routes and to block hostile Apache Indian escape routes into Mexico.
Current Status
Active U.S. Army post.
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Location: Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Maps & Images Lat: 31.559813 Long: -110.3407789 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 39-40
- Fort Huachuca
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