The Massacre & The Battle at Dragoon Springs Station

[Ptah]

DRAGOON SPRINGS STAGECOACH STOP

It was completely unplanned, but somehow we've ended up at the site of an old west massacre two videos in a row. This time we travel to the site of Dragoon Springs Station, which was a station on the Butterfield Overland Mail from 1858 to 1861. While the station's history was short, it was also violent.

Located south of Dragoon, Arizona, about 60 miles from Tucson, are the remains of one of two fortified stage stations that were built in Arizona as part of the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach. Before the station was even opened, it was the site of what became known as the Massacre at Dragoon Springs, where three laborers from Mexico went on a bloody rampage with axes in an effort to rob the station, leading to the deaths of four men, and an incredible tale of survival.

Dragoon Springs Station was built as a fortress, and that was because it was located firmly in Apache territory, at the foot of the Dragoon Mountains, the stronghold of Cochise. In 1862 the Apache would play a part in the history of the station, as a hundred Apache warriors would battle Confederate soldiers in the First Battle of Dragoon Springs, an Apache victory.

The First Battle of Dragoon Springs would lead to four Confederate deaths, the western most Confederate deaths during the American Civil War. The three soldiers and one stock hand were buried just outside the station.

Wikipedia: Dragoon Springs Stage Station Site

[erronis]

1. A good tale. I was just going to watch a few minutes but enjoyed it all to the end. Cheers for the Apache

who defeated the confederates in the first battle.

Also, it's worth watching via youtube to see the good comments.