John Slaughter Ranch Museum


-Historic ranch house and National Historic Landmark district in southeast Cochise County
-Located about 15 miles east of Douglas, Arizona, near the U.S.-Mexican border
-The ranch is significant for its association with the beginning of cattle ranching in southern Arizona and northern Mexico
-Ecologically important due to the diverse types of habitats of conservation interest
-The ranch is also known as the Slaughter Ranch ... the prominent Slaughter family experienced the end of the Apache era, New Mexico statehood in 1912, and the Mexican Revolution at the ranch
-The compound includes the preserved ranch house, wash house, ice-house, granary, and commissary
-In 1964, the site was declared a National Historic Landmark

-1958 - 1961: Disney-produced television show: "Texas John Slaughter"