Fort Bowie National Historic Site

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Welcome to Fort Bowie

Fort Bowie commemorates the story of the bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military and stands as a lasting monument to the bravery and endurance of U.S. soldiers in paving the way for westward settlement and the taming of the western frontier. It also serves to provide insight into understanding a "clash of cultures," one side a young emerging nation in pursuit of its "manifest destiny," the other a valiant hunter/gatherer society fighting to preserve its existence.

		Fort Bowie 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. It was the site of the Bascom Affair, a wagon train massacre, and the battle of Apache Pass, where a large force of Chiricahua Apaches under Mangus Colorados and Cochise fought the California Volunteers.

Write to

Fort Bowie National Historic Site, 3203 South Old Fort Bowie Road
Bowie, AZ 85605

Phone

Headquarters
(520) 847-2500

Fax

(520) 847-2221

Climate

The hot and dry Sonoran Desert meets the milder Chihuahuan Desert, and the southern Rocky Mountains abut the northern Sierra Madres. Elevations at Fort Bowie range from 4,550 to 5,250 feet

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Fort Bowie National Historic Site Information