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| no partners | | I finally visited the site of historic Camp Rucker (1878-1880), which had been part of a working cattle ranch in its post military days. I never really knew where it was until I started doing some research. There is very little left of the original Army camp, with the exception of the crumbling wall of the commissary, the bakery building, and maybe what is known as the officer's quarters building (though that can't be verified and may have been built later). Almost all that you see when touring the site dates to the ranching days. That includes the water system and old water tank. The name stamped on the water tank is "W J Corbett, Tucson, Arizona." Corbett, part of a pioneer family first came to Arizona in 1877, and later returned to open the hardware store in downtown Tucson in 1890. After 80 plus years as mostly a ranching operation, the land was returned to the Forest Service in 1970.
Another bit of history about this area, is that it was another of Cochise's strongholds, before he ended up at the more well known one in the Dragoon Mountains during his last days. A battle between the First and Eighth Cavalry and Cochise and his men took place here on October 20, 1869. It is known as the Campaign of the Rocky Mesa. An online search for "the battle of rocky mesa" will yield some very fascinating reading.  |
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