We spent a couple days at Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon
Mountains. Cochise had complied with the
U.S. Army until 1860 when a young Lieutenant handled an incident poorly causing
Cochise and the Chircahua Clan of Apache Indians to flee into this area using
the natural layout of the land as a hideout until 1872.
Cochise died June 8, 1874 buried somewhere in the Dragoon
Mountains. The only white man to witness
his burial was the only white man Cochise trusted, blood brother and Indian
Agent, Thomas J. Jeffords.
The second day here we hiked the Cochise trail back to the
pass. A very nice hike only six miles
round trip with the first three mostly uphill but never strenuous.
A couple
pictures of our hike you can almost imagine how easy it would be for the Apache
to hide in these mountains.
Next blog will be about the Silverado Ranch...
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