I. HISTORY OF THE STAFFORD CABIN The Stafford Cabin is a log and
frame building located in Bonita Canyon, a small drainage from
the west side of the Chiricahua Mountains into the dry but
productive Sulphur Spring Valley in Cochise County, Arizona. The
cabin is individually listed in the National Register of
Historic Places (March 31, 1975) and is also contained in the
Faraway Ranch Historic District (August 27, 1980), part of
Chiricahua National Monument. It is managed by the
Superintendent of the Monument. Chiricahua National Monument,
established in 1924 to protect the unique rock formations
popularly known as the "Wonderland of Rocks" which adorn the
upper reaches of this section of the mountains, is surrounded on
three sides by the Coronado National Forest, and on the fourth,
or west side, by Sulphur Spring Valley, most of which is
privately owned.1 The 110-year-old homestead cabin and
surrounding land became part of Chiricahua National Monument in
December, 1968. The structure is a two-room log cabin wit