Council Rocks - Dragoon, AZ
Posted by: 
linkys
N 32° 03.528 W 110° 04.564
12S E 587216 N 3547327
Marker near the Cochise Peace Treaty site.
Waymark Code: WM7ZAB
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2009
Views: 23
Marker reads:
Four Miles Southeast at
COUNCIL ROCKS
Apache Peace Treaty with Cochise
was ratified in 1872
Near Dragoon Springs on October 12,
1872, General O.O. Howard and
Cochise, Chief of the Chirichua
Apache Indians, ratified a peace treaty
ending years of warfare
between that tribe and the white
settlers. Cochise's stronghold
was hidden deep in the Dragoon
Mountains beyond.
Arizona Development Board
A.H.D.
1962
Marker Name: Council Rocks
Type of history commemorated: Event
County: Cochise
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Arizona Development Board
A.H.D. (Arizona Highway Department)
Year placed: 1962
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