Picture's  in and around Sierra Vista                                Copyright Daryl's Photography
Looking North at the San Pedro River By old Charlestown

Charleston Said to have been tougher than Tombstone in its heyday, little is left  of Charleston today. However, there are some remains to be seen of its "sister city," MilIville, on the east side of the San Pedro River. Charleston Post Office established April 17,1879. (Parking area off Charleston Road. Townsite is to the north of the highway) A marker in the parking lot commemorates the "Battle of the Bulls" of the Mormon Batallion. A group of Mormons enrolled in the U.S. Army at the time of the Mexican-American War. Passing through southern Arizona in December, 1846, they encountered herds of cattle which had run wild after Mexican settlers abandoned their ranches in the face of Apache opposition. Large numbers of uncastrated bulls made travel along the San Pedro hazardous to the unwary. The Mormons of General Cooke's command escaped serious injury during the bull attack, but several of their mules were not so lucky.