- Skeleton Canyon
Skeleton Canyon is located 30 miles northeast of the town of
Douglas, Arizona , in the Peloncillo Mountains, which straddles the modern Arizona and New Mexico state line border. This canyon connects the Animas Valley of New Mexico with the San Simon Valley of Arizona.Geronimo 's final surrender to General Miles in 1886 occurred at the western edge of this canyon. There is a Geronimo surrender monument along the paved highway, since the actual surrender site is on private land.According to local legend, Spanish
Conquistadors used the canyon as a hiding place forgold bullion that was to be transported toMexico and then on toSpain (although there is no historical record of any gold discovery by early Spanish explorers of this region). Supposedly, an old map discovered by hikers in1954 alludes to a buried treasure of goldFact|date=September 2007, but because of damage to this map, it is incomplete. Purportedly, what does appear on the map is a reference that over 4000 lb. of gold bars were buried in a cave. The treasure has never been found.
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