Camp Goodwin

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Camp Goodwin (historical)
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Nickname(s): Fort Goodwin
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Camp Goodwin (historical)
Coordinates: 33°05′20″N110°03′29″W / 33.08889°N 110.05806°W / 33.08889; -110.05806 Coordinates: 33°05′20″N110°03′29″W / 33.08889°N 110.05806°W / 33.08889; -110.05806
Country United States
State Arizona
County Graham
Elevation 2,648 ft (807 m)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
GNIS feature ID 23918 [1]

Camp Goodwin, and Fort Goodwin, a historical locale, at an elevation of 2648 feet, located in Graham County, Arizona. [1]

Locale is the geographic place at which there is or was human activity. It does not include populated places, mines, and dams. Locale indicates locations of present more dispersed, periodic or temporary human activity, such as a crossroad, a camp, a farm, a landing, a railroad siding, a ranch, a windmill or one of any of the various types of agricultural, communication, infrastructure or transport stations where human activities are carried out.

Graham County, Arizona County in the United States

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History

Camp Goodwin, then Fort Goodwin, was constructed in June 1864 by the California Volunteers, of the Union Army in Arizona Territory for a base for prosecuting the 1861-1872 Apache War and protecting settlers in the Upper Gila River region. It was named for Arizona's first territorial governor, John N. Goodwin. The adobe buildings it was constructed with began to crumble in a few years due to poor construction. Additionally the camp was plagued by malaria from mosquitoes in the cienega fed by the nearby spring from which the fort obtained its water. Called Camp Goodwin again from 1866, the camp was abandoned by the Army in March, 1871 due to the illness caused by malaria.

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The camp was subsequently used as a subagency of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation until about 1884. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Camp Goodwin (historical)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. Granger, Byrd H. Arizona Place Names. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1982, p. 127.