Fort Bowie National Historic Site

National Historic Site · AZ · nps.gov page

Ruins of the fort with mountains and valley in the background. — Like so many forts and settlements in the West, little remains of the outpost that once housed hundreds of soldiers.Photo: NPS Photo

For nearly 25 years, Fort Bowie stood at the crossroads of the Chiricahua Apache's fight to defend their ancestral homeland and the U.S. Army's westward expansion. Today, visitors embark on a 3-mile scenic loop trail traversing the ground where this profound cultural collision forever altered the course of both American and Indigenous history.

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Close up of a canon barrel — The mountain howitzer is a symbolic relic from the active days of Fort BowiePhoto: NPS Photo

Ruins of adobe building under a blue sky with white clouds. — The Post Trader's store on a spring day.Photo: NPS Photo

Ruined walls of the old buildings and mountains in the background — Fort Bowie was once a bustling frontier military fort. Today, the ruins offer a place of reflection.Photo: NPS Photo

Black and white photo of white tombstones in a cemetery, mountains in the background — Hike the trail to see the cemetery where multiple eras of history and peoples converge.Photo: NPS Photo

Park information and photos come from the National Park Service. This is not an official NPS site.