Massacre at Camp Grant: The Untold Story
author: Colwell, Chip
source date: 2007
availability: rights_reserved

The 1871 Camp Grant Massacre in Arizona Territory, where Anglo and Mexican civilians and their O'odham allies attacked an Apache camp. While not in Grant County, NM, the event directly involved Apache bands (including Chiricahuas) that ranged into southwestern New Mexico and shaped U.S.-Apache relations during the period when Silver City was being established.