Texas Canyon

Texas Canyon

Texas Canyon is located in Cochise County, Arizona about 20 miles east of Benson, AZ on I-10 and lies between the Little Dragoon Mountains on the north and the Dragoon Mountains to the south.

Known for its giant granite boulders, the canyon frequently attracts rockhounds and photographers. The stagecoach route of the Butterfield Overland Mail passed through Texas Canyon from 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 when the stage line suspended operations. Historically within the range of the Chiricahua Apache, Cochise made his last stronghold near here in the Dragoon Mountains during the mid-1870s.

The Amerind Foundation, a privately funded archaeological and ethnographic research facility, library, museum and art gallery founded by William Shirley Fulton in the 1930s lies about a mile south of I-10 in Texas Canyon at Exit 318.

The Triangle T Guest Ranch also lies about a mile south of I-10. This historic Guest Ranch has overnight accomadations, (RV sites, casitas) a Saloon and restaurant. The ranch has been the filming location for many commercials, movies and TV shows.

External links

* [http://www.amerind.org/ Amerind Foundation]
* [http://www.cochisestronghold.com/ Cochise's Stronghold]
* [http://www.azretreatcenter.com/ Triangle T Ranch]


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