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In the heart of Tucson's eastside, near Craycroft Road and Glenn St, you will find Fort Lowell Park. Amid a popular duck pond, a pool, a splash pad, and ball fields, sit the adobe ruins of Fort Lowell. 'That 18 years that the Army was here is really just a small blip,' said Fort Lowell Museum volunteer Jeff Coleman. Coleman is referring to the 18 years the Army called Fort Lowell home. But the history of the area goes back much further than the late 1800s.
Fort Lowell was a duty post for hundreds of cavalry and infantry, as they protected the area from Apache raiders. But when Geronimo surrendered in 1886, Fort Lowell was no longer needed by the Army. 'So, in 1891 they closed the post over a lot of objections from the town,' Coleman said. For a time, the old post became farmland, then an artist colony.By 1912, the Boy Scouts began camping near the ruins of the fort.
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