Soldiers Hole

Sulphur Spring Valley - Cochise County, Arizona
Inscription:
During the Chiricahua Apache Campaign (1861-1886) cavalry troops on maneuvers camped here at a permanent source of water known as Soldiers Hole.

W. C. Sanderson and Ambrose Lyall struck artesian water nearby in 1883.

In 1892 a twelve-battery stamp mill was erected and a post office was established under the name "Descanso", meaning a haven of rest. A school was built which the Mormon settlers also used for their church.

When the railroad by-passed Soldiers Hole in 1909, its usefulness came to an end.


Cochise County Historical Society •• Whitewater/Elfrida L.D.S. Ward
The Grizzle Family •• The Cooper Family
Jim Collett

Rocks from the stamp mill were used for the monument.