Apache Death Cave
This is a list which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining ruins of historic significance in Two Guns, a ghost town in Arizona. Two Guns is located in the central part of Arizona on U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Coconino County between the city of Flagstaff and the town of Winslow. Also included are images of the Apache Death Cave and the Canyon Diablo Bridge which is located across the Canyon Diablo in Two Guns. Brief history Early settlers It has been determined that the greatest Native-American population that the area of Canyon Diablo where Two Guns is located ever had was between 1050 and 1300 A.D.. This determination is the result of the carbon method dating system used on potsherds that were recovered in the area. The Hopi, Navajos and Apaches are among the tribes who live where Two Guns is located. The Navajos and Apaches often fought each other and used the Diablo Canyon to seek refuge and as a point to launch an attack. Such was the case of th ...
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Two Guns, Arizona
Two Guns is a ghost town in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Located on the east rim of Canyon Diablo about east of Flagstaff, Two Guns prospered as a tourist stop along Route 66. History Early history Native artifacts found at Two Guns have been dated to between 1050 and 1600. As white settlers began to populate the area in the mid-19th century, Two Guns was recognized as an ideal place to cross Canyon Diablo, first by wagon, then later by vehicle. Two Guns was the site of a mass murder of Apaches by their Navajo enemies in 1878. Some Apaches had hidden in a cave at Two Guns to avoid detection, but were discovered by the Navajos, who lit sagebrush fires at the cave's exit and shot any Apaches trying to escape. The fire asphyxiated 42 Apaches, after which they were stripped of their valuables. The murder site is referred to as the "death cave". (However this story has been disputed). During the winter of 1879–80, Billy the Kid and his outlaw gang hid in the ruin ...
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