Originally established on March 3, 1877 on the northeast side of the
Huachuca Mountains at the mouth of Central Canyon, near the town of Sierra
Vista in Cochise County. Originally established as a temporary link in
the chain of forts established to protect the US border, it became permanent
on January 21, 1878. Of more than 70 military posts constructed during
pioneer days in Arizona, only Fort Huachuca remains as an active US Army
installation. The fort has undertaking many operations against the Apaches.
Troops went out to locate Chatto's raiders, and the Apache
Kid in 1887. During the 1880's it was a station in a heliograph network
which used mirrors and sunlight to transmit signals across the entire southwest.
Cavalry and Infantry soldiers, with their Indian scouts, pursued renegade
Indians led by Geronimo during the 1880's. It also saw much action during
the Mexican Revolution of 1910 being a point
of operation for US forces against Mexico. The Cavalry paraded as a unit
for the last time at the fort in 1944. In 1967, the post became headquarters
of the Strategic communications Command and Army Intelligence Center. It
has an excellent museum.
Fort Huachuca : the story of a frontier post / by Cornelius C. Smith,
Jr.
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History of Fort Huachuca, 1877-1913 / by Patricia Louise Lage.
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History of Fort Huachuca, Arizona / [Bruno J. Rolak].
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Thunder Fort : the story of Fort Huachuca / by Ben T. Traywick.
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