Historic Military Posts of Southern Arizona
August 20, 2026
The Army played a central role in opening southern Arizona to settlement after the Gadsden Purchase, when the United States acquired the strip of land south of the Gila River to facilitate a transcontinental railroad route. As homesteaders, prospectors, and adventurers moved into the region…
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