# Texas Canyon

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{{Short description|Valley in Cochise County, Arizona}}
thumb|upright|Rock formations in Texas Canyon
thumb|upright|Texas Canyon in 2006
'''Texas Canyon''' is a valley in [Cochise County, Arizona](/source/Cochise_County%2C_Arizona),<ref>{{cite gnis|12271|Texas Canyon|2019-12-28}}</ref> about 20 miles east of [Benson](/source/Benson%2C_Arizona) on [Interstate 10](/source/Interstate_10_in_Arizona). Lying between the [Little Dragoon Mountains](/source/Little_Dragoon_Mountains) to the north and the [Dragoon Mountains](/source/Dragoon_Mountains) to the south and known for its giant [granite](/source/granite) boulders, the [canyon](/source/canyon) attracts [rockhound](/source/rockhound)s and photographers.

==History==
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The [stagecoach](/source/stagecoach) route of the [Butterfield Overland Mail](/source/Butterfield_Overland_Mail) passed through Texas Canyon from 1858 until the outbreak of the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) in 1862, when the [stage](/source/Stagecoach) line suspended operations. The canyon is historically within the range of the [Chiricahua Apache](/source/Chiricahua_Apache), and [Cochise](/source/Cochise) made his last stronghold near here in the Dragoon Mountains during the mid-1870s.

In the mid to late 1880s, David A. Adams, a Cochise County pioneer, moved to the area from [Coleman County, Texas](/source/Coleman_County%2C_Texas), soon to be followed by other family members.  Descendants still live and raise cattle on the old family ranch.

The [Amerind Foundation](/source/Amerind_Foundation), a privately funded [archaeological](/source/archaeological) and [ethnographic](/source/ethnographic) research facility, library, museum and art gallery founded by [William Shirley Fulton](/source/William_Shirley_Fulton) in the 1930s, is located in Texas Canyon a short distance from exit 318 of Interstate 10.

==References==
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* {{cite web | author=Sara Nelson | title=The Curious Tourist’s Guide to Arizona Geology: The San Pedro River Valley | url=http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/san-pedro/san-pedro.htm | publisher=Cochise College | year=2006 | accessdate=2009-12-29}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Texas Canyon}}
* [http://www.amerind.org/ Amerind Foundation]
* [http://www.cochisestronghold.com/ Cochise's Stronghold]
* [http://www.azretreatcenter.com/  Triangle T Ranch]

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{{Coord|32.015|-110.112|type:landmark_region:US-AZ_dim:5000|display=title}}

Category:Canyons and gorges of Arizona
Category:Landforms of Cochise County, Arizona
Category:Erosion landforms

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