This was an army post used during the indian campaigns of the 1870's and 1880's. It was named for an officer who drowned in a flooded stream. After it was abandoned by the army, the buildings became part of a ranch. Submitted by Tom McCurnin

First known as Camp Supply and housed a mounted infantry unit. Name was changed in 1878 after Lt. Rucker was drowned in a stream nearby. Initially built to protect settlers in the area. In July 1880, mules were stolen from the stable by the McLaury brothers of Tombstone fame. A Lt. Hurst enlisted the help of then U.S. Deputy Marshal Virgil Earp to help him retrieve the mules from the McLaury Ranch on the Babocomari River. With the aid of his brothers Wyatt and Morgan, the mules were found on the McLaury Ranch with brands changed. This was one of the incidents which later led up the the famous "Gunfight Near the O.K. Corral." Submitted by: Harry & Ingrid McNeer

As a sidelight, it was brought out by one Arizona historian, That Wyatt Earp, in his brief stint as Deputy Sheriff of Pima County (before Cochise County came into existance) was also a process server, and visited Camp Rucker on several occasions fulfilling his duties. This would have been sometime in 1880
Courtesy Harry & Ingrid McNeer

As a sidelight, it was brought out by one Arizona historian, That Wyatt Earp, in his brief stint as Deputy Sheriff of Pima County (before Cochise County came into existance) was also a process server, and visited Camp Rucker on several occasions fulfilling his duties. This would have been sometime in 1880
Courtesy Harry & Ingrid McNeer

Camp Rucker
Courtesy Tom McCurnin

Camp Rucker
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Camp Rucker
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Camp Rucker
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Camp Rucker
Courtesy Tom McCurnin