Dragoon Springs, Arizona

Dragoon Springs, is a former settlement in what is now Cochise County, Arizona. The settlement of Dragoon Springs is at an elevation of 4925 feet. The settlement was supplied with water from Dragoon Spring up Jordan Canyon to the south of the settlement at 5148 feet (1569 m) in the Dragoon Mountains.31°59′5″N 110°0′56″W / 31.98472°N 110.01556°W / 31.98472; -110.01556^[1]

Dragoon Spring was a watering place on the Southern Emigrant Trail in what became the Gadsden Purchase, that became part of New Mexico Territory. Following the acquisition of the Gadsden Purchase, Dragoon Springs was first permanently occupied and used as a stagecoach station by the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in 1857. From 1858 to 1861 it was used by the Butterfield Overland Mail.

During the American Civil War, it was the site of the First Battle of Dragoon Springs and Second Battle of Dragoon Springs between Apache warriors and Confederate soldiers.

Adobe ruins and a cemetery for the settlement still remains to mark the site.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dragoon Spring

Butterfield Overland Mail 4th Division Stations

Seneca Springs (Cienaga Springs) San Pedro Dragoon Springs Ewell Apache Pass San Simon Stein's Peak Mexican Springs (Barney's) Soldiers Farewell Ojo de Vaca Miembre's River (Rio Mimbres, Mowry City) Cooke's Spring Goodsight Rough and Ready Pichaco Mesilla Fort Fillmore Cottonwoods Franklin

Coordinates: 31°59′51″N 110°01′20″W / 31.99750°N 110.02222°W / 31.99750; -110.02222

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