Tres Alamos Wash, an

ephemeral Ephemerality (from the Greek word , meaning 'lasting only one day') is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly. Academically, the term ephemeral constitutionally describes a diverse assortment of things and experiences, fr ...

stream tributary to the San Pedro River, in Cochise County, Arizona. It runs southwesterly to meet the San Pedro River, across the river from the former settlement of

Tres Alamos, Arizona Tres Alamos is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1874 in what was then the Arizona Territory. History In 1768 Spanish soldiers from the Presidio de Tucson farmed the ar ...

. Tres Alamos Wash passes east and northeastward between the

Little Dragoon Mountains The Little Dragoon Mountains, are included in the Douglas Ranger District of Coronado National Forest, in Cochise County, Arizona. The summit of the range is the center peak of the three Mae West Peaks, 6 miles northwest of Dragoon, Arizona. The ...

and Johnny Lyon Hills to where it arises in a valley east of those heights and west of Allen Flat and the Steele Hills. It has its source at .

History

Tres Alamos Wash, was part of the route of a 19th-century wagon road, called the

Tucson Cutoff The Tucson Cutoff was a significant change in the route of the Southern Emigrant Trail. It became generally known after a party of Forty-Niners led by Colonel John Coffee Hays followed a route suggested to him by a Mexican Army officer as a shorte ...

between Nugent’s Pass and the San Pedro River. Edward Trapp, ''Military Map of Arizona'', Engineer Office, Military Division of the Pacific, 1869
from Sharlot Hall Museum Map Collection, Sharlot Hall Museum Archives, Digital Collection, accessed February 28, 2014. This map shows the wash as Nugent's Pass.

References

{{Rivers and streams of Arizona Rivers of Cochise County, Arizona Washes of Arizona