Apache Wars - Fort Cummings (about 15 miles north of here) was established in 1862 by the California Column to secure a source of water for the Union west of the Rio Grande. Later the primary objective was to protect the immigrant route and the Butterfield stage line through Massacre Pass as well as the great spring at the entrance to the pass. The walled fort was active for almost 20 years and many artifacts were found there although the walls have largely melted back into the earth from which they came. A model of the fortr is also on display.

Mexican Punitive Expedition - The Expedtion started from Camp Furlong which was 30 miles south of here. A number of artifacts relating to the march are on exhibit. Of special interst is a Maxim Machine Gun that was probably used by Gen. Carranza in pursuit of the Villistas. It is assumed that this was part of the German armament sent to Mexico to try to persuade them to keep the U.S. too busy to interfere in Europe.

World War I - A major training base (Camp Cody) was located at the northwest corner of the city. National Guard troops from Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Nebraska trained here prior to shipment to France. A number of uniforms and other equipment are shown in the wall cases as well as photographs of the camp.

World War II - A training base for the Air Corp bombardiers was located at the southeast corner of the city. Todays Municipal arifield was a portion of the base. A large drawing of the facility is exhinited as well as numerous artifacts including weapons, uniforms and Japanese and German equpiment. We should also note that near the entrance of main hall in the case to the right are a special tribute to the men of the national guard who were on the Bataan and in the U.S. during the wwar, approx 1%.