Fort Huachuca

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.

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Fort Huachuca Historic Commanding Officer's Residence.jpg

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 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: '

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
• Wikipedia - Fort Huachuca

Links:

• Official Site

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