Second Lt. George Bascom was "a fine looking fellow" and a gentleman, a white settler of Arizona recalled, "but he was unfortunately a fool." After all, Bascom's decision in 1861 to take hostage ...

A visit to Fort Bowie National Historic Site in southeastern Arizona requires some effort. It’s a long drive into Cochise County, the last mile on a dirt road, and then that’s followed by a 1.5-mile ...

The early years -- Little wars -- Turbulent times -- Galeana avenged -- Chokonen activities 1849-56 -- Double treachery in Mexico -- Apache Pass -- Cut the tent : the Bascom affair at Apache Pass -- ...

The trickle of First Nation blood flowing through my veins, combined with childhood memories of a Hollywood bronze-fleshed Cochise with flowing copper mane, still stokes the embers of my fascination ...

COCHISE STRONGHOLD — Cavalry troops who rode into this place back in the 1860s must have been tortured every hoofbeat of the way by one nagging thought: Ambush. • A wooded canyon hemmed by craggy ...

Some people subscribe to the “great man” theory of history, the belief that a few forceful personalities shape history through their thoughts and actions. Others say the interplay of national, ...

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Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. Naiche loses no ...

Subtitle from p. 1 of cover. 1st Pegasus Books paperback edition printed 2014. In February 1861, the twelve-year-old son of Arizona rancher John Ward was kidnapped by Apaches. Ward followed their ...