Apache Creek, New Mexico
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Apache Creek is an unincorporated community
in eastern Catron County
, New Mexico
, United States
. Located three miles northeast of Cruzville
, it is located at the convergence of Apache Creek and the Tularosa River. The Apache Creek Pueblo, also called the Apache Creek Ruin, is near the town. It was listed by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission in 1969.
leaders Mangas Coloradas
, Victorio
, Geronimo
, Chato and Cochise
carried on guerrilla warfare
against United States settlers in this area. Cochise's infamous Alma Massacre
was carried out from this area, as well. Originally it is the Apache were friendly to the explorers and colonists, but when their land and water was taken over by the pioneers they fought back. The warfare was finally came to an end after the surrender of Geronimo in 1886.
An early fight
in the Lincoln County War
occurred near the creek at a sawmill on 5 April 1878. Several men, including Dick Brewer and Billy the Kid
, attempted to arrest Buckshot Roberts
. Roberts and Brewer were killed, and two others wounded in the battle that followed.
From 1928 to 1958 Apache Creek had its own post office
, and since then mail has gone to Aragon
.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in eastern Catron County
Catron County, New Mexico
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*89.8% White*0.4% Black*2.7% Native American*0.2% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.1% Two or more races*3.7% Other races*19.0% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Located three miles northeast of Cruzville
Cruzville, New Mexico
Cruzville is an unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, nine miles northeast of Reserve. It is located in the Apache National Forest.-External links:* built by the Works Progress Administration in 1938....
, it is located at the convergence of Apache Creek and the Tularosa River. The Apache Creek Pueblo, also called the Apache Creek Ruin, is near the town. It was listed by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission in 1969.
History
ApacheApache
Apache is the collective term for several culturally related groups of Native Americans in the United States originally from the Southwest United States. These indigenous peoples of North America speak a Southern Athabaskan language, which is related linguistically to the languages of Athabaskan...
leaders Mangas Coloradas
Mangas Coloradas
Mangas Coloradas, or Dasoda-hae , was an Apache tribal chief and a member of the Eastern Chiricahua nation, whose homeland stretched west from the Rio Grande to include most of what is present-day southwestern New Mexico...
, Victorio
Victorio
Victorio was a warrior and chief of the Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apaches in what is now the American states of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua....
, Geronimo
Geronimo
Geronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a Mexican incident...
, Chato and Cochise
Cochise
Cochise was a chief of the Chokonen band of the Chiricahua Apache and the leader of an uprising that began in 1861. Cochise County, Arizona is named after him.-Biography:...
carried on guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare and refers to conflicts in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to, armed civilians use military tactics, such as ambushes, sabotage, raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary mobility to harass a larger and...
against United States settlers in this area. Cochise's infamous Alma Massacre
Alma Massacre
The Alma Massacre involved a raid on United States settlers' homes around Alma, New Mexico on April 28, 1880. At least 41 people were killed during or immediately after the raid.- Details :...
was carried out from this area, as well. Originally it is the Apache were friendly to the explorers and colonists, but when their land and water was taken over by the pioneers they fought back. The warfare was finally came to an end after the surrender of Geronimo in 1886.
An early fight
Gunfight of Blazer's Mills
The Gunfight of Blazer's Mills was a shootout between what were known as the Lincoln County Regulators and buffalo hunter Buckshot Roberts.-The gunfight:...
in the Lincoln County War
Lincoln County War
The Lincoln County War was a 19th-century range war between two factions during the Old West period. Numerous notable figures of the American West were involved, including Billy the Kid, aka William Henry McCarty; sheriffs William Brady and Pat Garrett; cattle rancher John Chisum, lawyer and...
occurred near the creek at a sawmill on 5 April 1878. Several men, including Dick Brewer and Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
William H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier...
, attempted to arrest Buckshot Roberts
Buckshot Roberts
Andrew L. "Buckshot" Roberts was an American buffalo hunter and cowboy whose last stand against the Lincoln County Regulators during the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills near Lincoln, New Mexico is a part of frontier legend....
. Roberts and Brewer were killed, and two others wounded in the battle that followed.
From 1928 to 1958 Apache Creek had its own post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, and since then mail has gone to Aragon
Aragon, New Mexico
Aragon is an unincorporated community on the Tularosa River in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. It is located at an altitude of seven miles northeast of Apache Creek.The latitude is 33.88 N, longitude 108.54 W.-Fort Tularosa:...
.