Apache Wells, Arizona

Coordinates: 33°27′34″N 111°42′39″W / 33.45944°N 111.71083°W / 33.45944; -111.71083
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Apache Wells, Arizona
Populated place
FIPS code
04-02900
GNIS feature ID36924

Apache Wells is the name of both fictional and real locations in southern Arizona.

Fictional Apache Wells

In fiction, particularly in

John Ford's classic 1939 western movie Stagecoach,[2] the film that elevated John Wayne to stardom. (The film also had remakes in 1966 and 1986
).

Subsequent westerns set partly, or chiefly, in or around the fictional "Apache Wells" have included:

At the time that the fictional "Apache Wells" first came into use, there was not any actual town of Apache Wells in Arizona, but there were two small, remote settlements in southern Arizona with closely related names: Apache Junction, and Desert Wells — both of which had existed since the 1800s, when they had been sites of stagecoach way stations.

Real Apache Wells

Today, Apache Wells is a populated place and

Phoenix Metropolitan Area) in Maricopa County, in the state of Arizona, in the United States.[9] Apache Wells was established in 1962 and developed by the Hughes family.[10]
It has an estimated elevation of 1,427 feet (435 m) above sea level, and is approximately one square mile in size.

References

  1. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Apache Wells". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Bandy, Mary Lea; and Kevin Stoehr: "The Big Trail and Stagecoach," Oct 1, 2012, in Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of the American Western, p.95, University of California Press, retrieved February 16, 2022
  3. Internet Movie Database
    , retrieved February 16, 2022
  4. ^ "Duel at Apache Wells (1957)", RareFilm.com, retrieved February 16, 2022
  5. ^ Chennault, Nicholas: "Apache Territory," February 9, 2015, in "Great Western Movies," retrieved February 16, 2022
  6. ^ "Rampage at Apache Wells: 1966," Turner Classic Movies, retrieved February 16, 2022
  7. Internet Movie Database
    , retrieved February 16, 2022
  8. Internet Movie Database
    , retrieved February 16, 2022
  9. ^ "Apache Wells (in Maricopa County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  10. ^ "Apache Wells HOA - History of Apache Wells". Retrieved 2021-11-12.

External links

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