The story
Camp Naco — Fort Naco in local usage — lines its adobe barracks, officers' quarters and stables along the border at Naco, Arizona, built in 1919 as part of the border defence system of the Mexican Revolution era and garrisoned significantly by Buffalo Soldiers — the Black 10th Cavalry and successor units whose service on this hard frontier is the site's honoured centre; decommissioned in the 1920s, the adobe complex weathered decades of neglect, fire and vandalism until town, tribe and preservation partners began stabilising it as a heritage site interpreting Black military history and border life. Its telling is garrison-standard, told lightly: a sentry's figure at the corner posts at dusk, footsteps on the old parade ground, voices and bugle notes on the wind, lights in glassless windows — undocumented accounts gathered by regional lore while the buildings stood empty. Preservation status and access evolve, so current arrangements should be confirmed; border-town courtesy and no trespass are the plain rules. Present Camp Naco as Buffalo Soldier heritage first — service, neglect, rescue — its dusk sentries the border's respectful telling.