On Geronimo Trail, 1.5 miles east of Arizona / New Mexico State line, on the right when traveling west.
On November 28, 1846 the Mormon Battalion of the U. S. Army West crossed these mountains near this summit enroute to California during the Mexican War. Col. Cooke had dispatched scouts ahead to find the best route. An Indian guide, Charbonneau, . . . — — Map (db m91987) HM
On State Road 338 at milepost 24.4 at State Road 9, on the right when traveling south on State Road 338.
Smugglers once crossed this area with mule trains of contraband from Mexico, to be traded for merchandise in Arizona. In the summer of 1881, a group of Mexican smugglers was killed in Skeleton Canyon by members of the Clanton gang, including Old Man . . . — — Map (db m37770) HM
On State Road 338 at milepost 24.4 at State Road 9, on the left when traveling north on State Road 338.
The infamous Clanton Gang had two crude dugouts here in the 1880s that served as hideouts and a base for wide-ranging outlaw activities, particularly in connection with the Curly Bill Gang’s depredations along the Smugglers’ Trail that passed by . . . — — Map (db m37771) HM
