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The monument was established on April 18, 1924, to protect its extensive hoodoos and balancing rocks. The Faraway Ranch, which was owned at one time by Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson, is also preserved within the monument. [3] Just over 85% of the monument is protected as the Chiricahua National Monument Wilderness. [4]
The Faraway Ranch Historic District is part of the Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona, and preserves an area associated with the final conflicts with the local Apache, one of the last frontier settlements, and in particular, its association with the people who promoted the establishment of the Chiricahua National Monument.
The Chiricahua Mountains and other associated ranges, along with Sulphur Springs Valley on the west and the San Simon Valley on the east, form the eastern half of Cochise County in southeast Arizona. The Pedregosa Mountains are found at the southern end of the Chiricahua Mountains, while the Swisshelm Mountains are located to the southwest.
Cochise County was named after the Chiricahua Apache Chief and the land where he is buried is now the Chiricahua National Monument. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1878, General Orlando Bolivar Willcox assumed command of the Department of Arizona during the last years of the Apache Wars .
The mill at Fittsburg, c.1900. This is a list of historic properties in Pearce, Arizona a former mining town which is now a census-designated area located between the Cochise Stronghold [1] and the Chiricahua National Monument,. [2]
Location of Cochise County in Arizona. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cochise County, Arizona. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Chiricahua Peak is a 9,773 feet (2,979 m) peak located in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, located about 35 miles (56 km) north of the United States–Mexico border. It is the highest summit in the Chiricahua Mountains and the highest point in Cochise County .
Bonita Canyon is a box canyon on the western slope of the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona, which lies at 5,360 feet (1,630 m) in elevation and opens in a southwesterly direction into the Sulphur Springs Valley. [2] The canyon walls are capped with outcroppings of volcanic tuff and separated by a narrow valley about a quarter of a ...