Fort Huachuca

Fort Huachuca (1877-Active) - First established as Camp Huachuca 3 Mar 1877 by Captain Samuel M. Whitside Company B, 6th U.S. Cavalry, under the orders of Colonel August V. Kautz. Named Fort Huachuca after the Huachuca mountains in 1882. Active U.S. Army Post. Fort Huachuca Historic Officers Row. Fort Huachuca Historic Commanding Officer's Residence. Fort Huachuca‎ Barracks. History Established to protect settlers and travel routes and to block hostile Apache Indian escape routes into Mexico. The site was selected because of its strategic location, sheltering hills, and good water. Fort Huachuca in 1894. The Apache threat was ended with the surrender of Geronimo in 1886. Fort Huachuca was kept open because of its strategic border position. The base was home to the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th U.S. Cavalry for twenty years. They were a part of the 1916 Pershing expedition into Mexico. Fort Huachuca Plan 1906 World War I During World War I the 10th U.S. Cavalry out of Fort Huachuca was assigned to guard the U.S. - Mexico border. World War II The fort expanded to over 70,000 Acres during World War II and had quarters for 1,251 Officers and 24,437 Enlisted personnel. Overall troop strength reached 30,000 at the post. After the war ended the post was had no significant mission and the fort was declared surplus and transferred to the State of Arizona. Cold War The post was reactivated during the Korean War by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and in 1954 became the Signal Corps and the Electronics Proving Ground (EPG). In 1967, Fort Huachuca became the home of the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command which has evolved into the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Army Signal Command. In 1971 the post became the home of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School. In October 1990, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command became the new host command. The Installation Management Command now operates the post. Fort Huachuca Partial Commanders List (edit list) Assumed Relieved Rank Name Cullum Notes 1903-08-24 1903-09-21  Maj. Holbrook, Willard A. 3074 1903-10-15 1904-04-25 “Lt.‑Col. Paddock, George H. 2484 According to the entry in Cullum's Register; but this overlaps Col. Stedman's command. 1904-03-22 1908-08-20  Col. Stedman, Clarence A. 2363 According to the entry in Cullum's Register; but this overlaps both Col. Paddock's and Col. Schuyler's commands. 1906-09 1907-05  Col. Schuyler, Walter S. 2331 According to the entry in Cullum's Register; but this overlaps Col. Stedman's command. 1908-04 1909-01  Col. Schuyler, Walter S. 2331 According to the entry in Cullum's Register; but this overlaps Col. Stedman's command. 1910-12-17 1911-02-14  Capt. Babcock, Walter C. 3536 1914-09-08 1916-03  Col. Brown, William C. 2681 1926-05 1928-06-01  Col. Scherer, Louis C. 3398 Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy. Current Status Active U.S. Army post. Fort Huachuca was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Location: Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona. Maps & Images Lat: 31.54927 Long: -110.36705 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 5,090' GPS Locations: 31.54927, -110.36705 Old Post Parade 31.55598, -110.34629 Main Post Housing 31.54855, -110.37685 Post Cemetery 31.54596, -110.36629 Post Overlook 31.55084, -110.36467 Main Museum 31.55171, -110.36459 Main Museum Annex 31.55967, -110.34453 MI Museum/MI Library 31.55749, -110.35228 PX/Commissary Complex 31.48582, -110.29569 Aerostat Tethered Balloon Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 39-40. Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 13. Links: North American Forts - Fort Huachuca Wikipedia - Fort Huachuca National Park Service - Fort Huachuca Fort Huachuca - Official Site Fort Huachuca - History Fortification ID: AZ0097 - Fort Huachuca AZ0096 - Camp Huachuca Visited: 30 Oct 2019, 1 Nov 2009 Picture Gallery Fort Huachuca Officer's Quarters Fort Huachuca Museum Fort Huachuca Museum Annex Fort Huachuca Cemetery Fort Huachuca Hangman's Warehouse Fort Huachuca Officer's Row Fort Huachuca Barracks Row