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On the Hunt for Geronimo

by | Jul 14, 2016 | Departments, Shooting from the Hip

Five thousand against 140! With Geronimo’s breakout from the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona on May 17, 1885, the U.S. Army conducted the most lopsided campaign in American history. Fully one-fourth of the entire army was either put on alert or ordered to the field. For 16 months, the troops trailed the escapees, patrolled both sides of the Mexican-American border, and guarded mountain passes and water holes, denying the fleeing Apaches from using them. The Apaches continually raided in both


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