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Fort Apache was a United States Army post in Arizona from 1870 to 1924. It was situated on the east fork of the White River, near the present town of Fort Apache, Arizona on what today is the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.

Establishment

Fort Apache (1873)
Fort Apache in 1873.

The post was situated at the end of a military road built into Apachería. Its purpose was to control the Coyotero Apaches. At first it was a temporary camp called Camp Ord later changed to Camp Mogollon, Camp Thomas and Camp Apache. It became a permanent facility in 1873 and in 1879 the name was changed to Fort Apache.

Disestablishment

The post was disestablished in 1924 and the facility turned over to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the Theodore Roosevelt Indian School.

Today

Fort Apache Az. Post Office taken 09132012
Today the former Adjutant's Office is a United States Post Office.

Today the Fort Apache military post forms part of the Fort Apache Historic District which is included in the Fort Apache Historic Park.

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