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Warrior LbNA #46735 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Desert Flower
Plant date:Apr 18, 2009
Location:
City:Dragoon
County:Cochise
State:Arizona
Boxes:1
Found by: Azroadie
Last found:Apr 18, 2009
Status:F
Last edited:Apr 18, 2009
Removed and retired 4-11-2010
Stamp was stolen from box. This box will not be replaced.

Trail difficulty: fairly easy.
Stamp hand-carved by Don and Gwen

The location of this letterbox lies within the traditional homelands of the Chiricahua Apache Native Americans. Also, the box is very near two historic sites. There are the well preserved ruins of the Dragoon Springs Butterfield Overland Stage Station which was constructed starting in 1858. Next to the station is a small cemetery which includes the long-forgotten graves of four Confederate Soldiers. On May 5, 1862, a foraging party of soldiers was gathering stray cattle in the canyon near the Dragoon Springs. They had been sent from Tucson which at that time was under the control of the Confederate States of America. As they entered the narrow canyon, they were ambushed by Apache warriors and four soldiers were killed.

Directions: From I-10 east of Benson, take exit 318 and drive southeast on Dragoon Road for 3.5 miles. You will be driving past the Amerind Foundation Museum -- dedicated to southwest Native American culture and well worth the visit. Just after entering the community of Dragoon and just after crossing the railroad tracks, turn right on N. Old Ranch Road. This is a dirt road but it is flat and well graded and maintained. Drive 2.3 miles to the junction with a road on the left. There is a sign on the left there that says “Jordan Canyon. Stage Station”. Turn left. This road is very rocky and has a few narrow dips, but is mostly flat. Higher clearance vehicles with sturdy tires will have no problem. If you have a low clearance passenger car with light duty tires, it is your decision to make (if you do not want to drive, you can park at this junction and walk)! Drive for 1.1 miles and park by the Dragoon Springs Station sign.

Walk over to the USFS “Not Maintained for Public(?) Use” sign on the road towards Dragoon Springs. Continue walking up this road to a “No Camping” sign on the left side of the road. From this sign go at about 212 degrees (from mag. north) for about 55 steps (crossing a small water course and passing a large low rock outcrop on your left) to two small boulder outcrops. The box is between the two rocks under a flat rock covered with some plant debris.

Please be sure the contents are double ziplocked when you put them back in the box (i.e. the stamp is in a ziploc, the book is in a ziploc, and the two are in the larger ziploc bag), and put all of it INSIDE the box. Please rehide the box well under the rock and plant debris so that it can not be seen from any direction.

Please let me know if the box needs attention or is missing.

Please record your find at www.letterboxing.org/ or at www.atlasquest.com/ .

I wish to thank Don and Gwen for carving the stamp and providing the logbook and box.

If you live in Arizona or New Mexico or have an interest in letterboxes in those states, you are invited to join the Letterboxing Southwest Discussion Group. Go here to join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LetterboxingSouthwest/ .