On May 5, 1871, Sgt. John Mott and three others followed Apache footprints, tracking what they thought were the incautio…
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An Apache Named Fun Was he? One can only hope.
On the San Carlos Apache Reservation in the 1870s the U.S. Army was charged with writing down the names of each tribal m…
Return to Fort Apache A new life at a frontier fort once despised by Apaches.
One could argue there is enough negative about the history of Fort Apache that people might not want to come,” Karl Hoer…
Land of the Apache Review of W. Michael Farmer's Apacheria.
Apacheria: True Stories of Apache Culture 1860-1920 is an insightful introduction to the history of the Apache people. F…
A Hero One Day, A Victim Another Emanuel Stance lived a checkered life.
Sgt. Emanuel Stance was a hero, the first Buffalo Soldier to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor. He led a patrol aga…
Studio Props? Geronimo-Chatto photos spark controversy.
Our February issue sharing how history should view Chatto, in John Sandifer’s “Apache Traitor or Hero?” article, has spa…
Geronimo Finds Jesus? The Apache leader converted…maybe.
It was 1903, and Apache leader Geronimo staggered into a Dutch Reform Church at Ft. Sill, OK, where he was being held as…
The Brothers Grime Part II The Grime Brothers target another stage.
Frank Porter and his pack mule were waiting for the Wells Fargo wagon to arrive when he saw Cicero approaching. He plann…
Lost Pick Mine
Arizona’s rugged central mountains, with their brawny mountains and twisting, boulder-choked canyons were a perfect plac…
Apache Traitor or Hero? How history should view Chatto.
In 1886, when Geronimo ended the Apache Wars by surrendering his Bowie knife, his Winchester rifle and his scraggly band…