Like an oasis in the desert, the Chiricahua Apache Plaza in Akela, east of Deming, is an eye-catcher while traveling along Interstate 10. The state-of-the-art travel center has the amenities ...

CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT — This crown of volcanic rock pinnacles rises above southeastern Arizona grasslands and oak-pine foothills, a largely unknown attraction far from the name-brand ...

The mountains once provided a home for the Chiricahua Apaches. A nomadic people, they hunted game and gathered edible plants. They were fearless warriors and fiercely resisted colonization.

AKELA, N.M. – The Fort Sill Apache Tribe broke ground on Tuesday on its new Chiricahua Plaza, a state-of-the-art full-service truck plaza, convenience store, and retail center. The ground ...

where many of the Chiricahua Apaches have been confined since GERONIMO and his followers surrendered to Gen. MILES. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The descendants of the Gila Apache were not loaded into boxcars and sent east. Some from all four principal bands stayed in the West, particularly the young and elderly, and found refuge on the San ...

Peachy pillars, anointed by sunlight, marched up the opposite ridge. We’d found what the Chiricahua Apache, who explored and moved through the region for centuries, called a land of “standing up rocks ...

In addition, the monument boasts a unique human history—home to the Chiricahua Apache up until and through Spanish, Mexican and American expansion, it has also been historic ranchland and a ...