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Lieutenant John Anthony Rucker

by | Jul 13, 2018 | True West Blog

On December 2nd, 1876 a group of Bedonkohe Apache, probably led by Geronimo stole some horses near Camp Crittenden on Sonita Creek in southern Arizona a few miles north of the Mexican Border. A report was sent to Fort Bowie, the base of operations for 2nd Lt. John Rucker and his Company C Apache Scouts. Rucker with ten soldiers and thirty-four scouts left Bowie o


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