Date of Award
1971
Document Type
Thesis: Open Access
Degree Name
MA History
Department
History
Committee Chair
Ray Brandes, Chairman, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Joseph E. Ruane, Professor of History, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Carl L. Gilbert, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D.
Abstract
Arizona State Route 82 winds through the high country of southern Arizona. Approximately 9½ miles north of the present town of Patagonia, the road makes a sharp 90° turn toward the northeast. At this unmarked turn of the road, today’s casual driver sees the surrounding countryside covered with low-growing oak trees. Intermixed with these are several groves of large trees, some over 100 years in age.
The area is also cut by several canyons that lead into the valley through which the highway passes. These arroyos have been given such names as Hog and Monkey Canyons by early settlers to this region. Less than a mile farther up the highway, the scenery changes to that of open grassland. Sonoita Valley is now cattle country, quiet and serene, with little evidence of its turbulent past.
All the land is privately owned under such names as the Crown “C” Ranch, the Rail “K” Ranch, and the Kellogg Ranch.
Copyright
Copyright held by the author
Digital USD Citation
Parent, Theodore R., "Fort on the Apache Plunder Trail: A History of Fort Buchanan (1856-1861)" (1971). Theses. 90.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/90