Triangle T, Cochise Stronghold

On Tuesday, 2/26, together with friends Rick & Pam, we visited the Triangle T Guest Ranch for lunch. (About 15 miles east) The Triangle T is the 2nd oldest guest ranch in AZ, and was the location for Cochise & his band's summer camp for years. During WWII, the Japanese Consul General, Nagoa Kita, and thirty-six of his staff were held as war criminal detainees for their direct participation in spying and planning the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Other items of note: A fairly well-preserved guest book (c. 1930) found in 1996 lists as references the home addresses of the Rockefellers, the Vanderbilts, and other contemporary socialites. Many diplomats and dignitaries including President John F. Kennedy, General John J. Pershing, and Dr. Leon T. Silver, a director of NASA (who had his Cal Tech geology students complete their thesis at the ranch each summer) were among the ranch's distinguished guests.

The immediate area has served as the location for many motion pictures and television productions including the TV series, "Young Guns," and the movies, "Geronimo" and "Tombstone." Western films featuring John "Duke" Wayne and the film "3:10 to Yuma," which starred Glen Ford and Van Heflin, were filmed on location at the Triangle T.

Since we were so close, we then drove to Cochise Stronghold. There is a GREAT little campground there, but too small for our rig. The picture is on the interpretive walk at the end of the road. No, we didn't do any rock climbing, waiting for Cindy & Joe. :-) Yes, Joe, we know we were close to your Aunt & Uncle's, actually within a mile or so at one point.