Fort Bowie, founded with the dual purpose of guarding the invaluable water source at the Apache Spring and controlling the local Indians, went down in history as the locus for one of the longest and most famous Indian Wars of the American West. This book includes the topographical survey work done by LT John G. Parke, used for both the railroad and the Butterfield Stage / Overland Mail, that pointed out the Apache Pass / Puerto del Dado. The volume also covers the disastrous Bascom Affair and Fort Bowie 2.

Includes maps of: Central and Southeastern Overland Mail Routes; Military Posts in Arizona Territory, 1849-1864; Military Posts in Arizona Territory, 1865-1920; Diagram of Camp Bowie, 1869; Fort Bowie Vicinity, 1893; Plat of Camp Bowie, 1871; Geronimo Campaign Area of Operations, 1881-1886; Fort Bowie, Arizona [Territory], May 20, 1889.