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.
Fort Huachuca History
Established to protect settlers and travel routes and to block hostile Apache Indian escape routes into Mexico. The site was selected because of the strategic location, sheltering hills and good water.
The Apache threat was ended with the surrender of Geronimo in 1886. Fort Huachuca was kept open because of its strategic border position. The base was home to the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th U.S. Cavalry for twenty years.
World War II
The fort expanded to an area of 71,253 Acres during World War II, and had quarters for 1,251 Officers and 24,437 Enlisted personnel. After the war ended the post was had no significant mission until the arrival of the Signal Corps and the Electronics Proving Ground (EPG). In 1967, Fort Huachuca became the home of the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command which has evolved into the is now known as the United States Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Army Signal Command.
Current Status
Active U.S. Army post. Fort Huachuca was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976
|
{"selectable":false,"width":"500"} |
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
- Wikipedia - Fort Huachuca
Links:
Visited: No
Fort Huachuca Picture Gallery
|
Click on the picture to see a larger version. Contribute additional pictures - the more the better! |