Before the captivity narrative about a Mexican woman abducted by the Apache in the mid-1800s; before the storyline about Geronimo's surrender; before the torrent of details about the life and peoples ...

The Geronimo Surrender Monument sits along Historic Highway 80 in eastern Arizona. The stone marker stands only miles from Skeleton Canyon, where Geronimo surrendered in 1886. The location marks the ...

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, "Geronimo" (1897), oil on canvas (image no copyright - United States, via the Newberry Library) Editor’s Note: The following text has been excerpted with permission and adapted ...

Standing quietly along Highway 80, the Geronimo Surrender Monument marks the historic site where the legendary Apache leader ended his resistance against U.S. forces in 1886. ‘We are looking at a ...