Apache Wars: Exploring Old Fort Cummings New Mexico

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • Join me as I explore the abandoned Fort Cummings near Deming New Mexico. I see many interesting structures and tons of artifacts strewn around the grounds. It has some really great history and was the site of many Apache Indian massacres of settlers.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 435

  • @StrikerNNLL
    @StrikerNNLL 7 років тому +69

    thanks chigg for your history lessons!!! i really love your videos. this one is the best !! greetz from the Netherlands

  • @motonegros
    @motonegros 7 років тому +41

    Chigger's one of these people that are natural teachers.
    I love his videos

  • @OldButStillKicking
    @OldButStillKicking 11 місяців тому +1

    Many of us believe you are a natural teacher as you share your knowledge and enthusiasm.. Thanks for all you share, Professor!

  • @gvet47
    @gvet47 2 роки тому +4

    I have lived in Albuquerque for eight years and glad to see some of the history as my age and health prevents me from seeing it for myself. Thank you.

  • @theripper4254
    @theripper4254 2 роки тому +2

    I imagine anyone that goes detecting with you, all their worries and thoughts melt away and they're lost in the moment with you digging through time. Love all your videos man, your a top soul.

  • @maryhelen1011
    @maryhelen1011 7 років тому +59

    This has been the BEST vacation I never went on! Thank you so much for sharing all the history, absolutely stunning scenery and fun info (like glow in the dark scorpions!)! I was so excited everyday to see where you'd be next and what we'd see. You're a natural born storyteller, my favorite! All the very best to you and safe travels and happy treasure hunting! (Treasure doesn't have to always be something you can hold, sometimes it's it's what we behold! Something I always tell my children!).

    • @ms.michealh893
      @ms.michealh893 7 років тому +5

      I totally agree!! It's fun to live vicariously thru Mr. Chigg and his adventures!! :-)
      "The best vacation I never went on!" I couldn't have said it better!! Lol!

    • @blacksheep9505
      @blacksheep9505 7 років тому +1

      This was just really awesome...learned so much. Let Chigg Digg< copyright

  • @jeanf8998
    @jeanf8998 3 роки тому +1

    Thx! My grandma was San Carlos Apache. My Dad was born in territory of AZ. I wish I could visit the area. I like your enthusiasm.

  • @leannkennedy6568
    @leannkennedy6568 2 роки тому +1

    I'm thankful there were cameras to document history. Your historical rambling is one of the reasons I enjoy your channel so much.

  • @aliasfred
    @aliasfred 7 років тому +7

    Thanks for taking us along on these adventures. These are places I will never be able to visit on my own. You are one of the biggest "treasures" that we have. Keep up the good work, and I am waiting for your (our) next history lesson...... Larry

  • @Hylanda11800
    @Hylanda11800 7 років тому +10

    Skeleton cave, this fort, I hope there will be more American History videos like these. I enjoyed them so much because I'd never see them from my wheelchair, so, please do more of this genre of videos Sir.

  • @stephentaylor280
    @stephentaylor280 Рік тому +2

    I lived at near by Hidden Valley Ranch close to the cemetery, BLM was looking for volunteers to clear the cemetery of brush and weeds. Tooks us about three days to complete the job, Cemetery is on private property belongs to a rancher nearby. Massacre Canyon connects to the fort there. Graves all along canyon road where Apache Indians attacked from.

  • @vickiesmith9198
    @vickiesmith9198 3 роки тому +2

    Not horrible!! Beautiful country. It's a mind set!!!!!

  • @johnfields6603
    @johnfields6603 7 років тому +1

    Further east is the town of Las Cruces which was on the same Butterfield Trail ,the Apache had a favorite spot to raid the wagon trains ... crosses started accumulating from the dead ..and the town was actually built around the cemetery..."The City Of The Crosses"...

  • @G56AG
    @G56AG 7 років тому +2

    The plastic sheeting you saw on the ground, that is where they have found something that needs further investigation, but they lacked the time or money to do it at the time, so they cover it with plastic and rebury it, waiting for the next digging season, or maybe more money to investigate further. The plastic should help protect what is buried from damage due to surface moisture, the disturbed ground would allow moisture to penetrate much easier than before it was disturbed.

  • @teresaholt5969
    @teresaholt5969 2 роки тому +2

    That was so cool. That water in the well was so clear. Thanks for showing this. Much love from the Netherlands ❣️🙏

  • @frankmacleod2565
    @frankmacleod2565 2 роки тому +4

    29:57 We often can tell the difference between primary and secondary deposits, generally by context. A bottle dump with bottles contemporary to the time period of occupation of the fort, located right in back and downhill from the fort, can obviously be related to the fort itself, even though all the artifacts are on the ground surface. Especially given other evidence like the site is far from any modern roads which would enable somebody in the modern era to dump very old trash, stuff like that.

  • @TheRedneckRailRoad
    @TheRedneckRailRoad 7 років тому +11

    Amazing series of vids chigg. Watched them all. They were great. Thanks for taking us along.

  • @idigit9290
    @idigit9290 4 роки тому +2

    I want to thank you sincerely for this video and all the other ones that you post. You really go into detail about what the video is about to explain to the viewers. You do an excellent job keep it up.

  • @cleggthehoardhunter
    @cleggthehoardhunter 7 років тому +1

    I've been watching your video's and I've almost seen all of them and never in a million years would I have thought I could find a Civil War Artifact until last Sunday, because I live in the UK.
    I have found a 1650's Civil War round ball (as you would say), it's only 35mm across, but it gives the local community so much information they never new about.
    Thank you AquaChigger you are the No 1 on UA-cam and by far the best I've ever seen!!!

  • @Clownsec
    @Clownsec 7 років тому +4

    Whenever I see a long video uploaded... I wait until the right time I can get ready for a little relaxation as I watch and live vicariously through you.

  • @elora.2.x
    @elora.2.x 7 років тому +13

    Your whole trip has been fantastic to watch chig! Thank you :)

  • @ClaytonSensiba
    @ClaytonSensiba 6 років тому +3

    I live like an hour from this fort and I’ve never been. I need to go. And in N.M. we call scratches from the mesquites “New Mexico pinstriping”

    • @ClaytonSensiba
      @ClaytonSensiba 5 років тому

      Well I made it out there a couple months ago... forgot to give an update. Seriously worth the trip!

  • @kellylewin4968
    @kellylewin4968 6 років тому +1

    Thank you . This is the best

  • @AZHighDesert2
    @AZHighDesert2 7 років тому +3

    Very grateful you came out to the southwest to make these great videos for us!

  • @janetdoten4489
    @janetdoten4489 7 років тому +5

    Thank you for every video. I have been to Temecula CA where the Butterfield Stage Line stopped there. Temecula had built up quite a bit since then, so I imanige so of the places have beenup now. I love learning about the Western history!

  • @cathywalde1273
    @cathywalde1273 6 років тому +2

    I love your videos! Your respect for the areas you search is so commendable! It is so nice to see someone respect the land and the histories attached to the areas. I have so many places I want to visit because of your site.

  • @christinesaint9414
    @christinesaint9414 6 років тому +2

    You bring history alive, thank you so much for sharing.

  • @MyYT20224
    @MyYT20224 11 місяців тому

    It's a beautiful area with so much history. Thanks for sharing.

  • @henryshockem9242
    @henryshockem9242 2 роки тому

    I lived in the four corners area for 17 years and was always out prowling around the hills, looking to see what the desert would be willing to offer up. Some Navajo old timers told me that if you follow a Horny Toad, he will lead you to arrowheads and other desert treasure. Don't know how true it is. But I feel the desert is all one big treasure. An old Desert Rat friend of mine Pete Hester used to always say, " A bad day out in the desert always beats a good day in town". I followed that old friend for years, and he taught me so much about desert life. I came to believe that and understand that quote of his, He was such a Great Mentor. R.I.P. Ol Pete. A lot of people miss you Ol chum....

  • @kholbrook203
    @kholbrook203 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for the awesome video. Your videos are always great! Loved the history lesson and love how you show us the little critters. Keep up the great work!

  • @rodwoods2108
    @rodwoods2108 3 роки тому

    I live north of where you were you Chigg. Lots of fun places in NM like that. Just a lot of history. 500 years or on back. Victorio was THE MASTER ambush strategist for the Apache. He knew what people would do before they knew and he would be waiting. Very few people, only frontiersmen who survived years ot her had any idea about understanding them and their strategies. The few plus history marching on into the future brought them down usually with the help of their local enemies.

  • @thomasrobinson6124
    @thomasrobinson6124 7 років тому +1

    Thanks for taking us along on this trip.

  • @ElectrikNYCfunK
    @ElectrikNYCfunK 7 років тому +17

    Awesome, you really make me feel like I'm there with you!

    • @serenac.5266
      @serenac.5266 7 років тому

      Funk de Gamer same man can you Mabey check out my channel it is BULISTIC 073 thanks so much

  • @Malphar78
    @Malphar78 7 років тому +16

    I live in Las Cruces, I would have made some eating establishment recommendations if I had known you're coming through. You also might have enjoyed White Sands National Monument, and the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, amazing Native American history there.

    • @ClaytonSensiba
      @ClaytonSensiba 5 років тому +1

      Malphar78 hey I live in las cruces too!

    • @shanemike3070
      @shanemike3070 2 роки тому +1

      I live in Belen, that square hole was the outhouse back then, all the wood has gone just the hole remains.

    • @Espolion
      @Espolion 2 роки тому

      I like your Vids!

  • @danielroach6190
    @danielroach6190 7 років тому +2

    Really liking these past few videos. I too would like to know what that spring looked like before ANY man started wrecking it. Must have been plenty of green vegetation around it.

  • @MaximusMednick
    @MaximusMednick 7 років тому +1

    thanks Chig!!! followed you the whole time and appreciated your wit, wisdom and plain sense.

  • @auspiciouscloud8786
    @auspiciouscloud8786 2 роки тому

    Super cool video, thank and your sponsors so much! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏼

  • @gozznut
    @gozznut 6 років тому +1

    Exploring has to be just as interesting and fun as unearthing. Loved this video Chig.

  • @TNgrandee3
    @TNgrandee3 7 років тому +1

    Thanks for the trip out west.

  • @jimwaldo4200
    @jimwaldo4200 7 років тому +6

    You've been my legs since I found your site, Thank You, you give me something to live for.
    The pretty stones you were asking about are called Desert Rose, made from quartz, they just aren't crystallized and are more like hardened silicon goo. The material is known as Chalcedony (cal-sed-nee) and the stones you were finding are sandblasted into the shape of the hardest remaining stone.

  • @Dstew57A
    @Dstew57A 6 років тому

    I bet this place is fantastic for star gazing. Love the silence.

  • @cindyrhodes7393
    @cindyrhodes7393 7 років тому +1

    as person before me said thanks for the History Lesson ..you must be a history buff..i learned alot from this video...i watch ya all the time ..thanks for sharing and enjoy the rest of your time away from home ...♡ from Ohio ..♡

  • @ericalimberg
    @ericalimberg 7 років тому +2

    You make everything interesting.

  • @mtgreenadventures6473
    @mtgreenadventures6473 7 років тому

    glad we aren't the only ones that includes information about the history of what we visit. thanks so much for such great videos!

  • @steveroush4147
    @steveroush4147 7 років тому

    I am relatively new at watching your channel, but I too am very much into history, and it's mornings like this that really make my day.
    Watching your adventures as I sit at my work table making reproduction leather goods from different time periods. Mostly 18th and 19th century, some modern. Mountain man and Native American leather goods. I have several civil war re-enactor friends that keep me busy fixing and making them new stuff. Your shows are the perfect background as I work. Keep them up.

  • @KLRCory
    @KLRCory 7 років тому +2

    aww dang I live in Deming man. been there a bunch of times.

  • @gregoryblackwell6360
    @gregoryblackwell6360 2 роки тому

    Chig God-bless you sir! You are so informative and adventurous! Thanks as always for taking us along with you! Peace brother!

  • @sandman4384
    @sandman4384 2 роки тому

    thanks for the tour fort cummings a lot like fort lonesome lonley place but full of history it is hard to believe all that happened there thru time thanks again have a good trip back home see you on your next stop sand man florida

  • @douglasherron7534
    @douglasherron7534 2 роки тому

    Recognised the voice first but took me a while to recognise the face...
    Really enjoyed your "River Hunter" shows from here in the UK. Your obvious delight at finding things that were hundreds of years (pre-USA) old was really fun to watch.

  • @michaelamanek8908
    @michaelamanek8908 3 роки тому

    Chigg is amazing. Thank you sir.

  • @52969RST
    @52969RST 7 років тому +6

    Awesome Beau

  • @cynthialinaweaver77
    @cynthialinaweaver77 5 років тому +1

    Wow fantastic video thank you for sharing I guess I never paid attention in history class because I didn't even know that was there Thank You😉

  • @guilbos5641
    @guilbos5641 7 років тому +2

    I have wonderful time watching your videos on the desert ... from France

  • @Fred-tr8zg
    @Fred-tr8zg Рік тому

    I enjoyed the video, and all the history, catch you on the next one. 🇺🇸

  • @markholbrook3949
    @markholbrook3949 5 років тому

    This series of videos while you were in the desert are my favorite videos on UA-cam!!!!

  • @ShroomyF41r1y
    @ShroomyF41r1y 7 років тому +1

    Hi I just stumbled onto your videos..really enjoy them. My Dad was an archeologist..now he's a history major..(Im a STAHM..)runs in my blood.lol.I live in Nevada..and From upstate NY..so much Unknown history..really enjoy your knowledge and adventure..keep up the good work.
    Next time come to NV! Also you would love Israel! The Negev Desert is awesome!

  • @joewolfy0074
    @joewolfy0074 7 років тому +1

    that white Rock you keep finding is chalcedony

  • @msmorgan45
    @msmorgan45 7 років тому

    The old Indian era forts in Kansas, Harker, Hays, Larned, and Wallace all disinterred enlisted soldiers when the forts were decommissioned, the bodies were moved to Leavenworth Kansas, but there are records confirming that and the graves are marked. Civilians were left in the grave yards, and most of these forts had many civilian employees.

  • @fredclemons8923
    @fredclemons8923 2 роки тому

    Nice video Chigg I enjoyed it, catch you on the next one. 🇺🇸

  • @bcbconklin
    @bcbconklin 7 років тому +1

    good explore, Chiggy!

  • @nicklambing9268
    @nicklambing9268 7 років тому +9

    Chigg, I really enjoy your videos and have for years, but one comment you made was in regard to the idea that cattle do a lot of damage. I have been in the cattle business for the better part of 55 years and your comment seemed to be relative to how having cattle on the land made the area more rocky than would otherwise be the case. Understanding that temperature and wind are possibly the greatest influences on errosion in the country around that fort, could you and would you explain how the cattle have contributed to damage and causing the rocky conditions in that area. It often seems like people that spend a lot of time in nature actually have very little knowledge about how various animals add or detract from the environment. You do a lot of research and provide a lot of information about the areas you treck through. Most interested in more information on your take relative to cattle and how they have damaged the area. Keep up the great job with wonderful video content! Nick, North West Farmer

    • @ozzwood
      @ozzwood 6 років тому

      Nick Lambing , also curious how Beau came to that conclusion as I also believe wind erosion was probably more at fault than cattle. I’m sure that other critters (deer, buffalo, elk, antelope) could also contribute. I am a ranchers daughter and a cowboys wife. I know a little bit about cattle myself. I love the history I learn from Chigg, and they totally make my day. Places I’ll never get to visit. Love his videos.

  • @ernestodiaz2154
    @ernestodiaz2154 6 років тому

    It’s the best video and educational for me to see, love your videos, can’t get enough of your videos. Thanks chigg

  • @wrnchhead76
    @wrnchhead76 7 років тому +5

    Great video Beau.
    Wondering if that duck tail comes with the Garrett hat or if it's part of the beau 😂😂

  • @chernihivske
    @chernihivske 7 років тому +4

    23:00, it looks like a scraper, doesnt it? To clean animal hide.
    At least, it looks like the ones i find here in Europe.
    Cool vid, really awesome to be there with you!
    Greets from Belgium

  • @ksggbg990
    @ksggbg990 7 років тому +29

    everybody that loves this mans videos like this

    • @serenac.5266
      @serenac.5266 7 років тому +1

      jnio1 Jnio1 totally his videos are the best on earth but could you help me and check out my channel I post some O K videos it's called BULISTIC 073 space in the middle and thanks so much

    • @ksggbg990
      @ksggbg990 7 років тому +1

      BULISTIC 073 yea ill sub

  • @64usmarine
    @64usmarine 7 років тому +1

    Thanks for the history lesson........

  • @tangie777uk
    @tangie777uk 7 років тому +1

    Wonderful video once again...Thank you so much

  • @johnholmes6897
    @johnholmes6897 2 роки тому

    Another great video. Thanks!

  • @ewellfossum
    @ewellfossum 2 роки тому

    My great grandmother was Lillian Mangas, her mother was the daughter of Victorio and her dad was Carl Mangas the son of Mangas Coloradas.

  • @suetaylor5186
    @suetaylor5186 6 років тому

    .love these vlogs you make it so real. Never knew any American history till I started watching the Chigg. Brilliant

  • @timmcneil906
    @timmcneil906 7 років тому +1

    Beau, this has been a terrific series of videos!

  • @pinecreekkennels850
    @pinecreekkennels850 2 роки тому

    Chigg...your dry humor is awesome! Hope your truck wasn't scratched :-)

  • @bobpace5464
    @bobpace5464 2 роки тому

    A great video thank you for sharing. Stay safe!

  • @marksexton4860
    @marksexton4860 2 роки тому

    Thanks chigg I really enjoy and appreciate your videos on all the places you go and the history behind them I look forward to them thanks so much you don't know how much this helps me.You are preserving history things are aroding away in fortunately thanks

  • @sandysue202
    @sandysue202 2 роки тому

    Cool exploration video...thanks for taking us along with you!

  • @trentonfolsom760
    @trentonfolsom760 7 років тому +2

    I love your videos chigg keep up the good work 👍🏼

  • @urbanairgunner6402
    @urbanairgunner6402 6 років тому

    I really appreciate your love for history and sharing your knowledge 👍👍

  • @BillGorman
    @BillGorman 7 років тому +4

    I'm camped on Anza's old Spanish Trail in Colorado right now.

  • @gstone42
    @gstone42 7 років тому

    Great video! Thank you!

  • @LongRidgeFarmer
    @LongRidgeFarmer 7 років тому +1

    Thanks Chigger. Love your trip videos.

  • @tomjones2121
    @tomjones2121 2 роки тому

    been there , have a few great polaroid pictures of fort cummings , hit the spot after or before going through Painted desert national monument , I can still remember the wagon wheel path , still there after 100 years , or maybe it was fort Union ... now I can't remember ....sucks getting old

  • @shellydweller493
    @shellydweller493 2 роки тому

    Awesome tour Chigg!

  • @detroitredneckdetroitredne6674
    @detroitredneckdetroitredne6674 7 років тому

    thank you for taking us along on your adventure very very cool

  • @brucedyer646
    @brucedyer646 4 роки тому

    Beau,
    Great video. Reminded me of my year in Roswell 62-63. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Aikidobear129
    @Aikidobear129 7 років тому +5

    I think you may have a condition called ADLAB - which is "Attention Deffic- Look A Bunny!!!"

  • @nazimray5101
    @nazimray5101 2 роки тому

    Amazing thank you for sharing with us

  • @jde9095
    @jde9095 7 років тому

    Thank you for all the videos while you were on vacation. Very interesting and educational, enjoyed them all as sometimes are best finds are knowledge.

  • @bobsaget0429
    @bobsaget0429 5 років тому

    thanks for the tour. had more fun with your narration than i would have had if i was actually there.

  • @arkboy3
    @arkboy3 5 років тому

    I did my Field School dig at Ft Cummings summer 1993 NMSU. Being on the Butterfield Stage route you should draw attention to the important landmark of Cooke's Peak with a good view of it behind you. The bald peak sticking above the rest.

  • @henryneilen4109
    @henryneilen4109 5 років тому

    Aquachigger , your fantastic , i love the way you are showing your adventures to us , greetings from Australia

  • @christinesaint9414
    @christinesaint9414 6 років тому

    Your head is full of very interesting information Mr Chigg.

  • @backburn49
    @backburn49 7 років тому

    Thanks for the tour I can not get around any more so I will never see America its a long way from Australia. Watching your videos show a lot of history and the scenery is beautiful. Love all your shows

  • @IratePuffin
    @IratePuffin 2 роки тому

    Rewatching… again. Lol I just love your out wear videos!

  • @diggahrockhounder6428
    @diggahrockhounder6428 2 роки тому

    Love the rooster tail Chiggs 😆

  • @samuelmorado70
    @samuelmorado70 3 роки тому

    Thanks for taking us places I'll never visit

  • @joesotelo9905
    @joesotelo9905 2 роки тому

    The scratches you were trying to avoid on your paint job, here in Arizona we call "Arizona Pinstriping".
    I'm from the SE corner of Arizona. Thank you for visiting our Great State. It's awesome to to tag along with someone that Loves History, and has a Great Respect for it.
    Totally enjoy your videos, Great Job.
    Stay Safe

  • @desireekelley4811
    @desireekelley4811 7 років тому

    Amazing!! Thanks for showing me around a place I would have otherwise probably never seen. Also thanks for the history lesson. Keep on Chiggin on!

  • @frankrice5364
    @frankrice5364 2 роки тому

    Awesome vedio love HISTORY thanks for sharing

  • @bo49685
    @bo49685 7 років тому

    Another GREAT video Chigg, you are awesome at giving history and then showing the items and stuff you are speaking about. If you ever want a job again you could always teach history😊😊

  • @ewellfossum
    @ewellfossum 2 роки тому

    South of this fort near Deming is the 3 sisters mountain range, sacred to the Chiricahua Apache.