[3] The Wilderness was designated by Congress in 1980 and provides outstanding hiking, backpacking, star-gazing, hunting, and horseback-riding opportunities.

Evidence for human use of district lands date back 14,000 years to the Paleoindian period providing glimpses into the peopling of the New World and megafaunal extinction.

Angered by his relentless raids, on September 4, 1906, local ranchers hunted him down into Blue Mountain, killed him and blazed a tree to mark the spot.

"[6] Famous for defying relocation orders in 1879 and leading his warriors "on a two-year reign of terror before he was killed," Victorio is at least as highly regarded as Geronimo or Cochise among Apaches.

We know this by an essay written by Aldo Leopold in 1919 where he documents stumbling upon the remains of a recently abandoned Indian hunting camp.

[8] While some mining activity, involving gold, silver, and copper, occurred in the southern part of the range near the end of the nineteenth century,[9] the prospecting/mining remnants are barely visible today due to collapse, topographic screening, and vegetation regrowth.

[1] The area contains critical habitat for the threatened Mexican spotted owl and is an important breeding ground and movement corridor for mountain lions.

[12] The Apache Kid Wilderness Area provides hiking, camping, backpacking, hunting, horseback-riding, and stargazing opportunities.