Fort Naco

* on the Copper City Territory Tour

Located in Naco, Arizona.
Naco was founded in 1900 with the rail line that left Bisbee to Bisbee Junction, through Naco to Cananea, Mexico.
Naco is located approximately two miles from Bisbee's southernmost neighborhood.
Naco lies on the U.S. - Mexico border.
Fort Naco is also named Camp Naco or Fort Newell.
Constructed in 1917, Fort Naco's purpose was to protect the American border from the Mexican Revolution.
Fort Huachuca assigned African American Buffalo Soldier units to its Naco Cantonment from 1911 to 1924. Their duties focused on patrolling the border and protecting U.S. citizens who came to Naco to watch Mexican Revolution battles raging across the line.
Troop size at Fort Naco varied from 50 to 5000 soldiers.