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Tin's old fort, to which brave Capt, Crawford's body was brought by slow, sad marches, bus a history of its own. The story dates as far back as the second rear of the late civilV'war. In July, 1802. Gen. Carleton eamjed bore on Ills way east to the war, with a body of California volunteers. He stopjied here ; because water was struck at this spot. V*'ater was more precious than gold on those j oug desert nmn-hes. It was necessary to j guard the springs from the Ajwtches, in order to keep the route .of travel ojen. So a company of soldiers was left, and the place was named Fort Bowie,There was not a recommendation to tin* spot «*::cept that springs of lresh water wen-there. .It. was down in the heart of a snva e. desolate mountain region.. Tlie mountains slop* to the north. Their sides are covens! with sage brush and cactus, and the ground is wild and broken with rocks.The place is on the military route from Tucson to Santa Fe. The soil is like much o! the rest of the country hereabouts, only bar-r -n from want of irrigation. As that is being accomplished the region of what the old geographivs ’called the Great American I' -sert is gradually t#.*ing transformed into ■ ain fields and gardens. They say the word Arizona mean* arid zone.’’Bowie is the oldest garrisoned fort in AH zona. At the outbreak of the war the otiu,. military stations were abandoned, and w hen Gen. Carleton left the little company of California volunteers at this place in IN):? there was not a United States soldier in the territory. The Apache Indians were as hostile to i he govormncnt then as they are now, and when they saw the other forts abandoned it I* said thev fancied thev bad mannered the I'niteil States. It is to l-e hoped GeroniinoA |
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Logansport Chronicle
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 10, 1886
Page 6
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