In the Great Apache Forest

In the Great Apache Forest is the true story of 17-year-old white settler George Crosby who being too young to serve his country in France during World War I becomes a member of the forest service in Arizona, where he encounters troublesome outlaws and helps to rout them with the help of a Hopi boy and his tribal elders. The Apache National Forest covered most of Greenlee County, Arizona southern Apache County, Arizona, and part of western Catron County, New Mexico. It was a rare, untouched place, far from the nearest railroad, and boasted grizzly bears, black bears, mule deer and Mexican whitetail deer, and wild turkeys and blue grouse in great numbers. 


This new 2018 edition of In the Great Apache forest includes an image gallery showcasing photographs pf the forest as it was in the early part of the 20th Century. There are also black and white shots of Schultz, his half-Native American son, and other images of the Apaches, including the famous Geronimo.