Fort Bowie 2

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Other Names: 

Dates used: 1868 - 1894

Location of Fort: In the Chiricahua Mountains on the east slope of Apache Pass

Use: Military

GPS 

N: 32-08.746

W: 109-26.174

The post was moved from its original site to a larger nearby hill.  It still guarded the Tucson Mesilla Road, Apache Pass, and the near by springs.

For more information see:

American Forts Network (internet)

Encyclopedia of Historic Forts

Forts of the West

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