Council Rocks
Four miles southeast at
Council Rocks
Apache peace treaty with Cochise
was ratified in 1872
Near Dragoon Springs on October 12, 1872, General O.O. Howard and Cochise, Chief of the Chiricahua Apache Indians, ratified a peace treaty ending years of warfare between that tribe and the white settlers. Cochise's stronghold was hidden deep in the Dragoon Mountains beyond.
Marker can be reached from Interstate 10 at milepost 320.
Courtesy hmdb.org
