Talk:Dragoon Springs Stage Station Site

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Thanks for the additions to this page.

Thanks for the additions to this page by Gerald T. Ahnert. I visited the place a couple of years ago and was doing some research and was going to do some improvements to this page but this is SO much better.Asiaticus (talk) 00:24, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

The Butterfield Trail is now a National Historic Trail. The recent National Park Service synopsis of the Resource Study to support the designation listed the historian authority for each state. They have named me as the authority for Arizona. Note that I am also the authority for the trail as named by Archaeology Southwest for their newly proposed Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. I attended two meetings in January 2024 with the National Park Service. In 2022 I wrote two articles for Desert Tracks with a definitive analysis of those buried at the station based on primary source references—some of which have not been seen before. I have completely discredited Finch’s work. Nobody knows who is buried where. Dragoon Springs Stage Station site archaeologist David Mehalic completely agrees with my analysis. In a recent discussion with him, since I am the authority that will be the author for what is on the historical markers in Arizona, he stated all markers, symbols and other paraphernalia will be removed from the site. This is an archaeology sensitive site. This includes the false identification of the now marked Butterfield graves. This was done by someone without permission of David Mehalic. Mehalic told me that the plan, after the National Park Service planning stage, that a kiosk will be placed just outside the site with interpretive panels. What has been agreed to is that only a general panel for those killed in the vicinity of the station since I have proved the great amount of ambiguity. It will state that there were only five killed there. The three Butterfield employes, one Confederate soldier, and a Mexican American boy. There is also buried there Silas St. John’s amputated arm and a head. There is too much for me to relate here. I suggest you get both issues of Desert Tracks for 2022. Nothing is Gerald T. Ahnert (talk) 21:03, 18 February 2024 (UTC)