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Geronimo
Apache Leader Became an American Legend Geronimo was born in about 1829. Following the Apache customs, his father had moved from his Nednai homeland in the Sierra Madre of Mexico to an area near the headwaters of the Gila River, where his wife’s people, the Bedonkohes, lived. Coming of age in that arid and mountainous terrain, Geronimo learned how to worship Apache spirits, hunt, plant, and fight enemies. He also married a woman named Alope and had three children with her. | ||
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The Mormon Battalion
The story of the Mormon Battalion, its formation and its difficult journey west is not widely known. However, the battalion’s march through New Mexico, Arizona, and California was an integral part of the history of America’s “Manifest Destiny.” |
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