Apache Spring

Apache Spring was used by prehistoric Mogollon Indians before the Apache arrived, as suggested by pottery fragments found around it. Early Spanish explorers recorded Apache trails radiating from the spring. The Butterfield Trail was built through Apache Pass to take advantage of its precious water, and disputes over that water caused a raging conflict between Cochise and California Volunteers over a century ago. Apache Spring also provided water for the first Fort Bowie, located on the nearby hill, and without it there might not have been a stage station or a Fort Bowie.

Bowie, Arizona · United States