Tag: Butterfield Stage Line

  • Fort Bowie National Historic Site And the Butterfield Stage Line

    Fort Bowie National Historic Site And the Butterfield Stage Line

    Fort Bowie was established by the California Volunteers in 1862, after a series of engagements between the California Column  and the Chiricahua. The most violent of these conflicts was the Battle of Apache Pass  in July 1862. The fort was named in honor of Colonel  George Washington Bowie, commander of the 5th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry  who first established the…

  • Lordsburg, New Mexico

    Lordsburg, New Mexico

    Lordsburg goes as far back to the 1880s, when the Southern Pacific Railroad was building a new line. Lordsburg started off as a Railroad camp, the original camp grew with an influx of railroad workers, freighters, miners, cowboys, ranchers, gamblers, and merchants.  As Lordsburg changed from a Railroad camp to a small town, businesses like…