Apache Pass - A Corridor Through Time

Historical marker location:

Bowie, Arizona

( Marker is on Apache Pass Road, 13 miles south of Business Interstate 10, on the left when traveling west.)

Fort Bowie National Historic Site.

The first documented European exploration of Arizona was in 1539: Spanish explorer Marcos de Niza became the first European to explore what is now Arizona in 1539. He claimed the area for Spain and named it "Arizona" after a Native American word meaning "silver-bearing."