Tag Archives: Cochise

Council Rock

  Silent sentinels, they guard a place sacred to the history of Southern Arizona. Few go there. There are no signs to lead the way. It’s down a rugged dirt road, several miles from Middlemarch Pass in the Dragoon Mountains.      Once these mountains were the perfect hideout for the fiercely independent Chiricahua Apache. OnContinue reading “Council Rock”

The Bones of Cochise

Somewhere in the Dragoons, in a secret place, lie the bones of Cochise, left without a trace. Beneath a rocky temple, a sepulcher so grand, rests a mighty warrior, his spirit guards the land. A stronghold in the mountains, ramparts made of stone, where the canyon deepens, his resting place unknown. His wikiup was burned,Continue reading “The Bones of Cochise”

Council Rocks

                                Silent sentinels, they guard a place sacred to the history of Southern Arizona. Few go there. There are no signs to lead the way. It’s down a rugged dirt road, several miles from Middlemarch Pass in the Dragoon Mountains.      Once these mountains were the perfect hideout for the fiercely independent Chiricahua Apache.Continue reading “Council Rocks”