Apache Wars: Exploring Old Fort Cummings New Mexico

[@StrikerNNLL]

thanks chigg for your history lessons!!! i really love your videos. this one is the best !! greetz from the Netherlands

[@vickiesmith9198]

Not horrible!! Beautiful country. It's a mind set!!!!!

[@motonegros]

Chigger's one of these people that are natural teachers. I love his videos

[@gvet47]

I have lived in Albuquerque for eight years and glad to see some of the history as my age and health prevents me from seeing it for myself. Thank you.

[@OldButStillKicking]

Many of us believe you are a natural teacher as you share your knowledge and enthusiasm.. Thanks for all you share, Professor!

[@theripper4254]

I imagine anyone that goes detecting with you, all their worries and thoughts melt away and they're lost in the moment with you digging through time. Love all your videos man, your a top soul.

[@leannkennedy6568]

I'm thankful there were cameras to document history. Your historical rambling is one of the reasons I enjoy your channel so much.

[@aquachigger]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeanf8998]

Thx! My grandma was San Carlos Apache. My Dad was born in territory of AZ. I wish I could visit the area. I like your enthusiasm.

[@frankmacleod2565]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1797">29:57</a> We often can tell the difference between primary and secondary deposits, generally by context. A bottle dump with bottles contemporary to the time period of occupation of the fort, located right in back and downhill from the fort, can obviously be related to the fort itself, even though all the artifacts are on the ground surface. Especially given other evidence like the site is far from any modern roads which would enable somebody in the modern era to dump very old trash, stuff like that.

[@stephentaylor280]

I lived at near by Hidden Valley Ranch close to the cemetery, BLM was looking for volunteers to clear the cemetery of brush and weeds. Tooks us about three days to complete the job, Cemetery is on private property belongs to a rancher nearby. Massacre Canyon connects to the fort there. Graves all along canyon road where Apache Indians attacked from.

[@johnfields6603]

Further east is the town of Las Cruces which was on the same Butterfield Trail ,the Apache had a favorite spot to raid the wagon trains ... crosses started accumulating from the dead ..and the town was actually built around the cemetery..."The City Of The Crosses"...

[@maryhelen1011]

This has been the BEST vacation I never went on! Thank you so much for sharing all the history, absolutely stunning scenery and fun info (like glow in the dark scorpions!)! I was so excited everyday to see where you'd be next and what we'd see. You're a natural born storyteller, my favorite! All the very best to you and safe travels and happy treasure hunting! (Treasure doesn't have to always be something you can hold, sometimes it's it's what we behold! Something I always tell my children!).

[@ms.michealh893]

I totally agree!! It's fun to live vicariously thru Mr. Chigg and his adventures!! :-) "The best vacation I never went on!" I couldn't have said it better!! Lol!

[@blacksheep9505]

This was just really awesome...learned so much. Let Chigg Digg< copyright

[@aliasfred]

Thanks for taking us along on these adventures. These are places I will never be able to visit on my own. You are one of the biggest "treasures" that we have. Keep up the good work, and I am waiting for your (our) next history lesson...... Larry

[@G56AG]

The plastic sheeting you saw on the ground, that is where they have found something that needs further investigation, but they lacked the time or money to do it at the time, so they cover it with plastic and rebury it, waiting for the next digging season, or maybe more money to investigate further. The plastic should help protect what is buried from damage due to surface moisture, the disturbed ground would allow moisture to penetrate much easier than before it was disturbed.

[@teresaholt5969]

That was so cool. That water in the well was so clear. Thanks for showing this. Much love from the Netherlands ❣️🙏

[@idigit9290]

I want to thank you sincerely for this video and all the other ones that you post. You really go into detail about what the video is about to explain to the viewers. You do an excellent job keep it up.

[@lindagreen1105]

Years ago I lived on Butterfeild Coach Road in Springdale Arkansas.

[@aquachigger]

That's a pretty area out there.

[@lindagreen1105]

@@aquachigger I think so too. Lots of things to do.

[@cleggthehoardhunter]

I've been watching your video's and I've almost seen all of them and never in a million years would I have thought I could find a Civil War Artifact until last Sunday, because I live in the UK. I have found a 1650's Civil War round ball (as you would say), it's only 35mm across, but it gives the local community so much information they never new about. Thank you AquaChigger you are the No 1 on KZbin and by far the best I've ever seen!!!

[@Hylanda11800]

Skeleton cave, this fort, I hope there will be more American History videos like these. I enjoyed them so much because I'd never see them from my wheelchair, so, please do more of this genre of videos Sir.

[@Clownsec]

Whenever I see a long video uploaded... I wait until the right time I can get ready for a little relaxation as I watch and live vicariously through you.

[@TheRedneckRailRoad]

Amazing series of vids chigg. Watched them all. They were great. Thanks for taking us along.

[@danielroach6190]

Really liking these past few videos. I too would like to know what that spring looked like before ANY man started wrecking it. Must have been plenty of green vegetation around it.

[@dannygreen7391]

Thank you for showing the spring .

[@AZHighDesert2]

Very grateful you came out to the southwest to make these great videos for us!

[@ClaytonSensiba]

I live like an hour from this fort and I’ve never been. I need to go. And in N.M. we call scratches from the mesquites “New Mexico pinstriping”

[@ClaytonSensiba]

Well I made it out there a couple months ago... forgot to give an update. Seriously worth the trip!

[@thomasrobinson6124]

Thanks for taking us along on this trip.

[@cathywalde1273]

I love your videos! Your respect for the areas you search is so commendable! It is so nice to see someone respect the land and the histories attached to the areas. I have so many places I want to visit because of your site.

[@whowhophoenixaz.2583]

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="879">14:39</a> Chigg, that is greasewood you are walking through!🌳🌳🌳👌👍🙋see ya!

[@elora.2.x]

Your whole trip has been fantastic to watch chig! Thank you :)

[@kholbrook203]

Thanks for the awesome video. Your videos are always great! Loved the history lesson and love how you show us the little critters. Keep up the great work!

[@henryshockem9242]

I lived in the four corners area for 17 years and was always out prowling around the hills, looking to see what the desert would be willing to offer up. Some Navajo old timers told me that if you follow a Horny Toad, he will lead you to arrowheads and other desert treasure. Don't know how true it is. But I feel the desert is all one big treasure. An old Desert Rat friend of mine Pete Hester used to always say, " A bad day out in the desert always beats a good day in town". I followed that old friend for years, and he taught me so much about desert life. I came to believe that and understand that quote of his, He was such a Great Mentor. R.I.P. Ol Pete. A lot of people miss you Ol chum....

[@rodwoods2108]

I live north of where you were you Chigg. Lots of fun places in NM like that. Just a lot of history. 500 years or on back. Victorio was THE MASTER ambush strategist for the Apache. He knew what people would do before they knew and he would be waiting. Very few people, only frontiersmen who survived years ot her had any idea about understanding them and their strategies. The few plus history marching on into the future brought them down usually with the help of their local enemies.

[@janetdoten4489]

Thank you for every video. I have been to Temecula CA where the Butterfield Stage Line stopped there. Temecula had built up quite a bit since then, so I imanige so of the places have beenup now. I love learning about the Western history!

[@christinesaint9414]

You bring history alive, thank you so much for sharing.

[@gregoryblackwell6360]

Chig God-bless you sir! You are so informative and adventurous! Thanks as always for taking us along with you! Peace brother!

[@mtgreenadventures6473]

glad we aren't the only ones that includes information about the history of what we visit. thanks so much for such great videos!

[@kellylewin4968]

Thank you . This is the best

[@gozznut]

Exploring has to be just as interesting and fun as unearthing. Loved this video Chig.

[@steveroush4147]

I am relatively new at watching your channel, but I too am very much into history, and it's mornings like this that really make my day. Watching your adventures as I sit at my work table making reproduction leather goods from different time periods. Mostly 18th and 19th century, some modern. Mountain man and Native American leather goods. I have several civil war re-enactor friends that keep me busy fixing and making them new stuff. Your shows are the perfect background as I work. Keep them up.

[@KLRCory]

aww dang I live in Deming man. been there a bunch of times.

[@MaximusMednick]

thanks Chig!!! followed you the whole time and appreciated your wit, wisdom and plain sense.

[@Malphar78]

I live in Las Cruces, I would have made some eating establishment recommendations if I had known you're coming through. You also might have enjoyed White Sands National Monument, and the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, amazing Native American history there.

[@ClaytonSensiba]

Malphar78 hey I live in las cruces too!

[@shanemike3070]

I live in Belen, that square hole was the outhouse back then, all the wood has gone just the hole remains.

[@Espolion]

I like your Vids!

[@TNgrandee3]

Thanks for the trip out west.

[@TomFromMN]

It's a beautiful area with so much history. Thanks for sharing.

[@sandman4384]

thanks for the tour fort cummings a lot like fort lonesome lonley place but full of history it is hard to believe all that happened there thru time thanks again have a good trip back home see you on your next stop sand man florida

[@bcbconklin]

good explore, Chiggy!

[@aaronh1372]

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="628">10:28</a> chalcedony rose @ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="643">10:43</a> sardonyx and "prairie dog mound" very likely a coyote den. 😊🤠💚 @ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="853">14:13</a> almost touched a piece of pottery. "Bread" es "tortillas" en Nuevo Mexico.

[@tomjones2121]

been there , have a few great polaroid pictures of fort cummings , hit the spot after or before going through Painted desert national monument , I can still remember the wagon wheel path , still there after 100 years , or maybe it was fort Union ... now I can't remember ....sucks getting old

[@chernihivske]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1380">23:00</a>, it looks like a scraper, doesnt it? To clean animal hide. At least, it looks like the ones i find here in Europe. Cool vid, really awesome to be there with you! Greets from Belgium

[@jimwaldo4200]

You've been my legs since I found your site, Thank You, you give me something to live for. The pretty stones you were asking about are called Desert Rose, made from quartz, they just aren't crystallized and are more like hardened silicon goo. The material is known as Chalcedony (cal-sed-nee) and the stones you were finding are sandblasted into the shape of the hardest remaining stone.

[@4sp3nF41r7]

Hi I just stumbled onto your videos..really enjoy them. My Dad was an archeologist..now he's a history major..(Im a STAHM..)runs in my blood.lol.I live in Nevada..and From upstate NY..so much Unknown history..really enjoy your knowledge and adventure..keep up the good work. Next time come to NV! Also you would love Israel! The Negev Desert is awesome!

[@markholbrook3949]

This series of videos while you were in the desert are my favorite videos on KZbin!!!!

[@joesotelo9905]

The scratches you were trying to avoid on your paint job, here in Arizona we call "Arizona Pinstriping". I'm from the SE corner of Arizona. Thank you for visiting our Great State. It's awesome to to tag along with someone that Loves History, and has a Great Respect for it. Totally enjoy your videos, Great Job. Stay Safe

[@douglasherron7534]

Recognised the voice first but took me a while to recognise the face... Really enjoyed your "River Hunter" shows from here in the UK. Your obvious delight at finding things that were hundreds of years (pre-USA) old was really fun to watch.

[@BillGorman]

I'm camped on Anza's old Spanish Trail in Colorado right now.

[@ksggbg990]

everybody that loves this mans videos like this

[@serenac.5266]

jnio1 Jnio1 totally his videos are the best on earth but could you help me and check out my channel I post some O K videos it's called BULISTIC 073 space in the middle and thanks so much

[@ksggbg990]

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[@georgephillips7956]

Chig its been fun going with you on your trip. I used to drive a truck Arkansas to Ca. 3 times a month through El Paso and on westward. You are right there is pretty much nothing out there from Dallas west. Have a safe return trip home.

[@backburn49]

Thanks for the tour I can not get around any more so I will never see America its a long way from Australia. Watching your videos show a lot of history and the scenery is beautiful. Love all your shows

[@kaiyam196]

I live in New Mexico. Nice.

[@kaiyam196]

Where in New Mexico are you? Las Cruces, Truth or consequence, El Paso, Alamogordo- Are you next to A mountain?

[@cindyrhodes7393]

as person before me said thanks for the History Lesson ..you must be a history buff..i learned alot from this video...i watch ya all the time ..thanks for sharing and enjoy the rest of your time away from home ...♡ from Ohio ..♡

[@brucedyer646]

Beau, Great video. Reminded me of my year in Roswell 62-63. Thanks for sharing!

[@ericalimberg]

You make everything interesting.

[@arkboy3]

I did my Field School dig at Ft Cummings summer 1993 NMSU. Being on the Butterfield Stage route you should draw attention to the important landmark of Cooke's Peak with a good view of it behind you. The bald peak sticking above the rest.

[@Dstew57A]

I bet this place is fantastic for star gazing. Love the silence.

[@sandysue202]

Cool exploration video...thanks for taking us along with you!

[@janetdoten4489]

I've been to Anza CA before that area also has some of the route traveled for Juan Bautista also about 2 miles from where I live is the San Luis Rey Mission also where the Morman Battilon stoped there too! So much history I love it. Thanks for your videos.

[@guilbos5641]

I have wonderful time watching your videos on the desert ... from France

[@marksexton4860]

Thanks chigg I really enjoy and appreciate your videos on all the places you go and the history behind them I look forward to them thanks so much you don't know how much this helps me.You are preserving history things are aroding away in fortunately thanks

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

thank you for taking us along on your adventure very very cool

[@52969RST]

Awesome Beau

[@timmcneil906]

Beau, this has been a terrific series of videos!

[@bobsaget0429]

thanks for the tour. had more fun with your narration than i would have had if i was actually there.

[@loa81]

Cool! Went there yesterday and made a video. Don’t think I’ll post it except for the horseshoe I found and placed by the DAR commemorative stone. It was small so I expect it was a mule or pony shoe. We impulsively decided to go do some photography since the location is in our ‘backyard’. There are rock lined paths now, but other than that, it’s probably unchanged. Oh, and the spring house is still open, but posted no trespassing. We photographed from the entrance. I’m glad you did open the cover and showed how the water bubbled up through the rocks. You passed one of the old rr water towers across US 26 from the turn off. Thanks again for sharing and giving some historical context.

[@ernestodiaz2154]

It’s the best video and educational for me to see, love your videos, can’t get enough of your videos. Thanks chigg

[@suetaylor5186]

.love these vlogs you make it so real. Never knew any American history till I started watching the Chigg. Brilliant

[@joewolfy0074]

that white Rock you keep finding is chalcedony

[@msmorgan45]

The old Indian era forts in Kansas, Harker, Hays, Larned, and Wallace all disinterred enlisted soldiers when the forts were decommissioned, the bodies were moved to Leavenworth Kansas, but there are records confirming that and the graves are marked. Civilians were left in the grave yards, and most of these forts had many civilian employees.

[@greenghopper]

Thanks for sharing. I grew up in El Paso and no idea about Fort Cummings.

[@metalrocks1]

I am in el paso right now, went to new mexico yesterday, out here visiting from Missouri, Chigg this was awesome, may have to go check to place out before we leave.

[@henryneilen4109]

Aquachigger , your fantastic , i love the way you are showing your adventures to us , greetings from Australia

[@jde9095]

Thank you for all the videos while you were on vacation. Very interesting and educational, enjoyed them all as sometimes are best finds are knowledge.

[@auspiciouscloud8786]

Super cool video, thank and your sponsors so much! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏼

[@jamesolbrisch2582]

Visited several times this was one of the postings for 3rd cavaly "i served in the 3rd cavalry in the army" lots of cool history there

[@Mutlap]

Border station I10 I passed through there at night back in the 90s moving east from California

[@ElectrikNYCfunK]

Awesome, you really make me feel like I'm there with you!

[@serenac.5266]

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[@tangie777uk]

Wonderful video once again...Thank you so much

[@michaelamanek8908]

Chigg is amazing. Thank you sir.

[@jaybrown9942]

Thank you for sharing your adventure.

[@desireekelley4811]

Amazing!! Thanks for showing me around a place I would have otherwise probably never seen. Also thanks for the history lesson. Keep on Chiggin on!

[@MrRockymntman]

Excellent series Chig, That fort was home to a lot of buffalo soldier's .

[@greghelms4458]

Too cool. Travel across there a good bit just never time nor the ability to explore. Thanks.

[@jan98k]

Love that area in the spring!

[@64usmarine]

Thanks for the history lesson........

[@LongRidgeFarmer]

Thanks Chigger. Love your trip videos.

[@gregkerr725]

Man I loved the video. I've really enjoyed your trip! Thanks for sharing!

[@serenac.5266]

Greg Kerr yeah it was so cool and so is my KZbin channel if you could check it out that would be great it is BULISTIC 073 thanks a million

[@urbanairgunner6402]

I really appreciate your love for history and sharing your knowledge 👍👍

[@jcrows6627]

That was OK. I first visited FT. Cummings in 1955. I was 10 years old. Back in those days it was fairly common for whole families from Deming to scour the area for artifacts. As I said it was fairly common to 'visit' the area and in those times I was there we never saw any kind of law enforcement. Cooke's Peak in the background was also a hot bed of Indian activity. Around this same period there was another army camp in the direction headed to Silver City/Bayard. It took me(in 2011) about 3 weeks to find the location. Alas, the main part of the camp is now located on a private ranch. I tried my hardest to obtain permission to detect the area but, no go.

[@nicklambing9268]

Chigg, I really enjoy your videos and have for years, but one comment you made was in regard to the idea that cattle do a lot of damage. I have been in the cattle business for the better part of 55 years and your comment seemed to be relative to how having cattle on the land made the area more rocky than would otherwise be the case. Understanding that temperature and wind are possibly the greatest influences on errosion in the country around that fort, could you and would you explain how the cattle have contributed to damage and causing the rocky conditions in that area. It often seems like people that spend a lot of time in nature actually have very little knowledge about how various animals add or detract from the environment. You do a lot of research and provide a lot of information about the areas you treck through. Most interested in more information on your take relative to cattle and how they have damaged the area. Keep up the great job with wonderful video content! Nick, North West Farmer

[@ozzwood]

Nick Lambing , also curious how Beau came to that conclusion as I also believe wind erosion was probably more at fault than cattle. I’m sure that other critters (deer, buffalo, elk, antelope) could also contribute. I am a ranchers daughter and a cowboys wife. I know a little bit about cattle myself. I love the history I learn from Chigg, and they totally make my day. Places I’ll never get to visit. Love his videos.

[@normanmalone4737]

I enjoy being with you on your adventures Beau, lets do some more.

[@ewellfossum]

My great grandmother was Lillian Mangas, her mother was the daughter of Victorio and her dad was Carl Mangas the son of Mangas Coloradas.