Research on the American West

Résumé du livre

Fort Cummings is located approximately 15 miles northeast of Deming, New Mexico, in Section 23, Township 21S, Range 8W, and appears on the Massacre Peak Quadrangle. It lies nearly in the shadow of Cooke's Peak, at the entrance to Cooks Canyon, and consists of a number of standing adobe and stone walls, numerous piles of melted adobe, extensive scatters of refuse, and several obvious trash concentrations. A portion of the site lies on Bureau of Land Management land, and the bureau provided support for the project. The remainder of the site lies on the privately owned Hyatt Ranch. Mapping and excavation occurred on both the public and private lands.