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- Sulpher Springs Valley is in the eastern half of Cochise County, Arizona - It covers an approximated vertical rectangle west of the Chiricahua Mountains–Dos Cabezas Mountains complex - The valley is traversed north-south by U.S. Route 191 connecting Douglas, AZ north to Willcox on Interstate 10, at the Willcox Playa ... Arizona 181 in the east accesses the west and northwest Chiricahua's, including Chiricahua National Monument ... It is connected to Arizona 186 which traverses the southwestern foothills of the Dos Cabezas range - The Historical Marker shown above is on Birch Road, 3.1 miles east of U.S. 191, on the right when traveling east. - This valley owes its name to the two springs located one mile north of this monument - From 400 A.D. to 1450 A.D. indigenous Indians farmed the region ... their bedrock mortar pits remain on the nearby hill ... Later, Chiricahua Apaches, Spaniards, Mexicans, Anglo-American immigrants, and U.S. soldiers used the Springs as a camping gr...