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  • The Bonneville Expedition was a military operation launched by the United States Army in 1857 during the Chiricahua Apache Wars. Colonel Benjamin Bonneville was in command of the party which entered the frontier from Fort Fillmore, New Mexico. Heading west across the desert where the expedition engaged in two small but significant battles. The first was fought in the Black Range and the second along the Gila River near present day Safford, Arizona. Wikipedia

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