Butterfield Overland Mail Road at Tinaja de las Palmas near Sierra Blanca. Site of firefight between Apache Chief Victorio and Col. Grierson’s 10th Cavalry in 1880.
Butterfield Overland Mail Road at Tinaja de las Palmas near Sierra Blanca. Site of firefight between Apache Chief Victorio and Col. Grierson’s 10th Cavalry in 1880.
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