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Mount Vernon Arsenal
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The Mount Vernon Arsenal in Mount Vernon, Alabama is a former United States Army munitions depot, was used as a prison for captured Native Americans, and was served as a psychiatric hospital. The site
The old barracks building in 1935
The old barracks building in 1935
1837 sketch of Mount Vernon Arsenal by John La Tourrette
1837 sketch of Mount Vernon Arsenal by John La Tourrette
Geronimo
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Gerónimo was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands – the Tchihen
Mount Vernon Arsenal
…government and the site was renamed the Mount Vernon Barracks. From 1887 to 1894 the Barracks was used as a prison for captured Apache people, including Geronimo and his followers. In addition to its use as a prison, it was also used to assimilate the Apache and other Native Americans using methods decried by…
Photograph by Frank Rinehart, 1898
Photograph by Frank Rinehart, 1898
Geronimo (Goyaałé), a Bedonkohe Apache, kneeling with rifle, 1887
Geronimo (Goyaałé), a Bedonkohe Apache, kneeling with rifle, 1887
From right to left, Apache leader Geronimo, Yanozha (Geronimo's brother-in-law), Chappo (Geronimo's son by his second wife), and Fun (Yanozha's half b
From right to left, Apache leader Geronimo, Yanozha (Geronimo's brother-in-law), Chappo (Geronimo's son by his second wife), and Fun (Yanozha's half brother) in 1886. Taken by C. S. Fly.
Photo by C. S. Fly of Geronimo and his warriors, taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook, March 27, 1886, in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. Fl
Photo by C. S. Fly of Geronimo and his warriors, taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook, March 27, 1886, in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. Fly's photographs are the only known images of Indian combatants still in the field who had not yet surrendered to the United States.