Ft. Huachuca Architecture
Last year we were stationed in a small town in Arizona, home to historic Ft. Huachuca. I’m not going to lie – that was about the only interesting thing to be found in town. The newer parts of the post aren’t too interesting – they look just like every other military base in America. However, the historic parts of the base are simply beautiful. The buildings date back to the late 1800′s and just sing old Americana. I want to to build a guest house like this, lounging on the front porch to watch the evening sunset and catch some cooler wind.
Ft. Huachuca was built to protect travellers from the Apaches that swarmed the area in the latter part of the 19th century. It was instrumental in the eventual surrender of Geronimo, and survived the rounds of cuts to be the only active army base remaining in Arizona. It was also the home of the Buffalo Soldiers.
Mostly, I just love the stonework and the expansive patios and windows. The architectural style reminds me of the early National Park style.
I see this reflected in homes with a sort of rustic Craftsman-style look. However, I just want to live in one of these old buildings. Plus it’s really pleasantly located at the base of some large mountains with running water and lots of trees.
March 4th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Keep telling that history:
Read the novel, Rescue at Pine Ridge, “RaPR”, a great story of black military history…the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers.
How do you keep a people down? ‘Never’ let them ‘know’ their history.
The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn’t for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.
Read the novel, “Rescue at Pine Ridge”, 5 stars Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the youtube trailer commercial…and visit the website http://www.rescueatpineridge.com
I hope you’ll enjoy the novel. I wrote it from my mini-series movie of the same title, “RaPR” to keep my story alive. Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn’t like telling our stories…its been “his-story” of history all along…until now. The movie so far has attached, Bill Duke directing, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with…see imdb.com at; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925633/
When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for Wells Fargo in Montana, in the 1890′s, “spread the word”.
Peace.