Apache
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Ambush at Cooke’s Canyon
Cooke’s Canyon is a valley located in the Cooke’s Range, a southern continuation of the Mimbres Mountains, in present-day Luna County, New Mexico. The canyon was named for Lieutenant Colonel Philip St. George Cooke, the commanding officer of the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican War (1846-48). He later served in the Union Army during the Continue reading
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Judge George Gordon Belt and the Mason-Henry Gang
George Gordon Belt arrived in San Francisco on 7 March 1847, as part of Colonel Jonathan Drake Stevenson’s Seventh Regiment of New York Volunteers after enduring an arduous six-month voyage around Cape Horn. Stevenson’s force, 770 men strong, was to form part of the American army occupying California. The Mexican-American War had broken out the Continue reading
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Hellish Fiends, and Brutish Men 