A history of Fort Apache,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Fort Apache from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFort Apache (Western Apache: Tłʼog Hagai) is an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Today's settlement of Fort Apache incorporates elements of the original U.S. Cavalry post Fort Apache, and lies within the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, home of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, 2 miles (3 km) east of Canyon Day. Fort Apache has a post office with ZIP code 85926.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 143 to 113 (-21%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fort Apache yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Fort Apache’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOfficers' quarters, Camp Apache, …, 1871: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fort Apache
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Fort Apache, decade by decade
![Double Sets Quarters NCS [non-commissioned staff] Stall](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/36060/bbc86b4fd31c310a5532-s.jpg)
1990s
1 historic place in Fort Apache
Fort Apache has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 18 historic buildings, because Fort Apache Historic District alone counts 18. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Officers' quarters, Camp Apache, A. T. - T. H. O'Sullivan, phot (1871) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (8) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.