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Fort Bowie National Historic Site

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Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Phone:
+1 520-847-2500 ext. 25

Hours:
Sunday8am - 4pm
Monday8am - 4pm
Tuesday8am - 4pm
Wednesday8am - 4pm
Thursday8am - 4pm
Friday8am - 4pm
Saturday8am - 4pm


Fort Bowie was a 19th-century outpost of the United States Army located in southeastern Arizona near the present day town of Willcox, Arizona. The remaining buildings and site are now protected as Fort Bowie National Historic Site. Fort Bowie was established by the California Volunteers in 1862 after a series of engagements between the California Column and the Chiricahua Apaches. The most violent of which was the Battle of Apache Pass in July 1862. The fort was named in honor of Colonel George Washington Bowie commander of the 5th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry who first established the fort. The first Fort Bowie resembled a temporary camp rather than a permanent army post. In 1868, a second, more substantial Fort Bowie was built which included adobe barracks, houses, corrals, a trading post, and a hospital. The second Fort Bowie was built on a plateau about 500 yards to the east of the first site. For more than 30 years Fort Bowie and Apache Pass were the focal point of military operations eventually culminating in the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 and the banishment of the Chiricahuas to Florida and Alabama. The fort was abandoned in 1894.
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