Photos: Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Fort Bowie was an Army outpost the served as the staging point for the hunt for Apache Indian leader Geronimo. It had a short and bloody history. It was founded in 1862 and abandoned in 1894. It became a national historic site in 1964. Go to tucson.com/parks for more on Arizona's National Parks and Monuments.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Ruins of cavalry barracks Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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The setting sun warms the vista where ruins of cavalry barracks remain at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
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Ft. Bowie, ca. 1880
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Fort Bowie National Historic Site as it appears looking southeast on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
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The setting sun warms the vista where ruins of cavalry barracks remain at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Gregg Kleppinger, a masonry worker with the U.S. Park Service, uses soil cement to stabilize the decaying cap the rock mortar foundation that was a guard house at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Michael Dozier, a National Park Service park guide, helps Jordan Downey, 8, right, and her sister Rylan, 6, with a visitor center scavenger hunt at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Michael Dozier, a National Park Service park guide, left, presents Jordan Downey, middle right, 8 and her sister Rylan, 6, who traveled from Simi Valley, Cailf., with their dad John, right,†with materials for a "Junior Ranger" program at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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An American flag flies over the fort's parade grounds, seen through the ruins of cavalry barracks at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Michael Dozier, a National Park Service park guide, raises the American flag over the parade grounds in the morning at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie,†Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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The post cemetery at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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A visitor examines the ruins of officers quarters at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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The sun sets over the ruins of officers quarters, front, and cavalry barracks, right, at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Fort Bowie seasonal park ranger Janet Hoppe battles the wind as she takes down a large 11x17 foot flag in the middle of what was once the parade grounds of Fort Bowie in 2011.
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Riders near Ft. Bowie, ca. 1880s.
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Ft. Bowie in 1894.
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Fort Bowie (Ruins), looking East, Bowie, Cochise County, AZ, 1937. Historic American Buildings Survey, Frederick D. Nichols, photographer
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Fort Bowie (Ruins), , looking south, Bowie, Cochise County, AZ, 1937. Historic American Buildings Survey, Frederick D. Nichols, photographer
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Fort Bowie (Ruins), looking West, Bowie, Cochise County, AZ, 1937. Historic American Buildings Survey, Frederick D. Nichols, photographer
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Park Ranger Wilton Hoy looks out from a parapet on Ft. Bowie, which was dedicated as a national historic site on July 29, 1972. The flag in the background, with 38 stars, is a replica of the one that flew over the post in 1886 when Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. Calvary.
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Dignitaries at the dedication of the visitor's center at Ft. Bowie National Historic Site on July 29, 1972, included Arizona Gov. Jack Williams, left, and U.S. Rep. Mo Udall, right.
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the new visitor's center at Ft. Bowle National Historic Site in July, 1972.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
Ruins of cavalry barracks Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
The setting sun warms the vista where ruins of cavalry barracks remain at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
Fort Bowie National Historic Site as it appears looking southeast on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
The setting sun warms the vista where ruins of cavalry barracks remain at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
Gregg Kleppinger, a masonry worker with the U.S. Park Service, uses soil cement to stabilize the decaying cap the rock mortar foundation that was a guard house at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
Michael Dozier, a National Park Service park guide, helps Jordan Downey, 8, right, and her sister Rylan, 6, with a visitor center scavenger hunt at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
Michael Dozier, a National Park Service park guide, left, presents Jordan Downey, middle right, 8 and her sister Rylan, 6, who traveled from Simi Valley, Cailf., with their dad John, right,†with materials for a "Junior Ranger" program at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
An American flag flies over the fort's parade grounds, seen through the ruins of cavalry barracks at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
Michael Dozier, a National Park Service park guide, raises the American flag over the parade grounds in the morning at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 8, 2016, south of Bowie,†Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
The post cemetery at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
A visitor examines the ruins of officers quarters at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
- Mike Chrsity / Arizona Daily Star
The sun sets over the ruins of officers quarters, front, and cavalry barracks, right, at Fort Bowie National Historic Site on July 7, 2016, south of Bowie, Ariz. in the Chiricachua Mountains. The fort was the U.S. Army's focus of operations against the Chiricahua Apache tribe in the 1800s, serving as home to nearly 400 soldiers, officers, workers and their family in the 1800s. It was abandoned in 1894.
Ft. Bowie National Historic Site
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Park Ranger Wilton Hoy looks out from a parapet on Ft. Bowie, which was dedicated as a national historic site on July 29, 1972. The flag in the background, with 38 stars, is a replica of the one that flew over the post in 1886 when Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. Calvary.
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