Doug Hocking's "The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars"
Sat, Apr 16
|Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
For many years historians blamed Lieutenant George Bascom for mistreating Cochise of the Chiricahua Apache and starting 11 years of bloody warfare. Click below to learn more details!
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2022, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St, Tubac, AZ 85646, USA
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About the Event
The Shaw D. Kinsley Lecture Series Presents: Doug Hocking's "The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Apache Wars."
For many years historians blamed Lieutenant George Bascom for mistreating Cochise of the Chiricahua Apache and starting 11 years of bloody warfare. Because Arizona was almost completely evacuated in 1861, a self-aggrandizing sergeant was able to pass along the story of a drunken shave-tail, picking on Cochise without reason and thus starting a war with an Apache who was always friendly to Americans and who protected the Overland Mail. The real story, drawn from the accounts of people who were actually present is much more interesting as are the real reasons the war began and didn't end. Cochise was the greatest leader the Chiricahua ever produced.
$15 per lecture. Children 6 and under are free. A portion of the proceeds supports our education and preservation programs. B.Y.O.C. –…
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Hocking's "Black Legend..."
$15 per lecture. A portion of the proceeds supports our education and preservation programs. B.Y.O.C. – (bring your own chair or sit at one of our picnic tables) this lecture will take place outdoors in our large picnic area. Admission fee includes all day entrance into the park and historic buildings.
$15.00
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