Fort Bowie Part 01

Arizona had many old forts and encampments dating back to the civil and Indian wars. Most of these camps and/or their remains are on private property, Fort Bowie being one of the exceptions.

This wasn't a planned trip, we did the fort, but did not get to the cemetery, stage station etc; we will do a future video about those.

In 1886, after the Apache were subdued, the fort was used as a travelers' stop until it was abandoned in 1894. In 1911 the property was sold at auction and in 1964 it was turned into a National Historic site.

This is part 01 of a two part series. A third part will be done later to get the spots we missed in these two.

Here is a link to some information about Fort Bowie and some of it's history.

https://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-fortbowie/

Music:
www.tunetank.com
Song: Western Drive
By: Vislevski

00:00 Intro
00:44 Drive in
01:32 Walk in from the parking area and archaeology
02:34 Corrals
03:40 Ranger station
05:16 Guard house
05:29 Storehouse
06:37 Laundry, bathhouse, butcher and ice machine
07:13 Mess hall, kitchen, barracks and tailor
09:42 Officer's quarters
10:19 Commanding officer's quarters
11:00 Hospital and steward's quarters