He was buried in the rocks above one of his favorite camps in Arizona's Dragoon Mountains, now called Cochise Stronghold.
The canyon is historically within the range of the Chiricahua Apache, and Cochise made his last stronghold near here in the Dragoon Mountains during the mid-1870s.
From north to south at the west of the valley are the Little Dragoon Mountains, the Dragoons, and the Mule Mountains.
After leaving Tombstone, the posse made its way to Spence's wood-cutting camp in the South Pass of the Dragoon Mountains.
The heavily armed posse brushed him aside and set out for Pete Spence's wood camp in the Dragoon Mountains.
Dragoon Mountains are a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona.
There are also several ghost towns in the Dragoon Mountains including Gleeson and Courtland.
Doane's Company A eventually wound up at an outpost in the Dragoon Mountains near the Cochise Stronghold.
Rimmed by the Dragoon Mountains and the Chiricahua range, the north end of the valley contains the Willcox Playa.
In early May, the garrison of Tucson fought two battles with the Apache while foraging for supplies in the Dragoon Mountains.