San Bernardino Ranch
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San Bernardino Ranch
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Main ranch house, 1985
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| Location | Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
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| Nearest city | Douglas, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 31°20′11″N 109°16′47″W / 31.33639°N 109.27972°WCoordinates: 31°20′11″N 109°16′47″W / 31.33639°N 109.27972°W |
| Built | 1822 |
| NRHP Reference # | 66000170 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | July 19, 1964 |
San Bernardino Ranch is a site in the southern San Bernardino Valley in the region of the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in extreme southeast Cochise County, Arizona that is significant for its association with the beginning of cattle ranching in southern Arizona and northern Mexico. The ranchland and valley are part of the headwater region of the Yaqui River.
In 1911, during the conflict known as the Border War, a United States Army camp was established at the ranch and was called Camp San Bernardino Ranch, or the Slaughter Ranch Outpost.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
The site is known as the Slaughter Ranch, for it once was the home of the Old West gunfighter John Horton Slaughter, the subject of a Walt Disney ABC television miniseries from 1958-1961, Texas John Slaughter, with Tom Tryon in the title role.
The compound includes the ranch house, wash house, icehouse, granary and commissary. The museum is also known as the Johnson Historical Museum of the Southwest.
The San Bernardino Valley was originally home to the Southern Athabaskan Native American tribes. The Spanish followed, including the Jesuit missionary, Father Eusebio Kino, in 1694. The Marquis de Rubí proposed the building of the San Bernardino Garrison, which was open for from 1775 to 1780. In 1846 the Mormon Battalion came through the property on their way to California. At the beginning of the road leading to the front gate is a historical marker, commemorating their passage. Prospectors and pioneers trekked through the valley in 1849 on their way to California. On June 8, 1854, the valley became part of the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico.
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