Geronimo title
Geronimo Geronimo


On May 17, 1885 Geronimo and a band of other Apaches escaped into Mexico from the San Carlos Reservation northeast of Tucson.

In the story... John Farrington belongs to the 4th Cavalry and is part of a unit sent to find the renegades.
Apache Band Geronimo is on horseback at the center of the band
Photo taken March 27, 1886, in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico
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Over a year later, Geronimo surrendered:
Surrender Memorial
Surrender Plaque