Arizona Forts of the American West

Officers; quarters at Fort Defiance, Arizona, Simeon Schwemberger, 1905.

Officers; quarters at Fort Defiance, Arizona, Simeon Schwemberger, 1905.

Camp Crittenden

Camp Date Creek

Camp Hualapai

Camp Naco

Fort Apache 

Fort Bowie

Fort Breckinridge (old Camp Grant) 

Fort Buchanan

Fort Defiance, Arizona

Fort Defiance, Arizona

Fort Defiance (Fort Canby)

Fort Goodwin

Fort Grant

Fort Lowell

Fort Huachuca

Fort Lowell 

Fort McDowell

Fort Meeks/Lee’s Ferry

Fort Mojave, Arizona

Fort Mojave, Arizona

Fort Mojave

Fort Thomas

Fort Verde

Fort Whipple

Presidio de San Bernardino

Presidio of Santa Cruz

Presidio of San Ignacio de Tubac

Presidio of Tucson

San Xavier del Bac Mission

Camp Naco, Arizona today by Kathy Alexander.

Camp Naco, Arizona, today by Kathy Alexander.

It has been my aim throughout present  operations to afford the greatest amount  of protection  to life and property  interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly.
General George Crook

 

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tuscon, Arizona by Carol Highsmith

San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona, by Carol Highsmith

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated April 2023.

Also See:

American Forts Photo Gallery

Arizona Indian Battles

Arizona – The Grand Canyon State

Forts Across America