Wild West

EDITOR’S LETTER

GERONIMO & NAICHE

the final surrender of the Chiricahuas in September 1886 and their long captivity—all these dramatic events remain as closely associated with Geronimo as his people once were with the rugged ranges of what became southeastern Arizona. Geronimo got the headlines then and continues to get them today. He was frequently photographed, including several March 1886 shots in the field by C.S. Fly, and while a prisoner of war at the turn of the 20th century he

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