Camp Naco 2+: 2 Mondays at 2:00 p.m. February 8 and 15 in Hopi with an optional trip to Naco, Feb 22.
$10.00
Presenter: Rebecca Orozco is a 3rd generation resident of the border in Cochise County, retired from Cochise College and the U of A as history and anthropology instructor. After fires destroyed 5 buildings in the Camp in 2006, Becky worked to get the property transferred to the city of Bisbee and then got it listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 which subsequently got it named one of the 11 most endangered historic places in 2022. Becky headed a project to gain a major grant which resulted in 8.1 million dollars and now oversees its restoration.
Description
Fort Naco, was one of the last forts built by the United States in continental territory and is the only remaining border forts out of several constructed during the Mexican Revolution. It is located several miles west of the town of Bisbee and very close to the Mexican border.
Subsequent to Pancho Villa’s attack on Columbus, NM in 1916, Naco was constructed as a staging area for American troops protecting the border. Fort Huachuca assigned African-American Buffalo Solder units from 1911 to 1921. It has had an amazing history with extensive buildings that recently have been restored . An aside. One mile northwest of Naco is the location of an extraordinary archaeological dig…a mammoth kill site, where clovis points (spear heads) were discovered in 1952 dating back at least 10,000 years. The course will cover the history of the border region from prehistoric times through the conflicts that shaped the border into the 20th century. 2 Mondays at 2:00 p.m. February 8 and 15 in Hopi with an optional trip to Naco, Feb 22.
