80 Acres Historic Dragoon, AZ

Land Description

Own 80 acres in historic Dragoon, AZ on the Flying Horseshoe Ranch. Why pay more to live in Northern AZ. SE AZ has a similar climate as Payson & Prescott and is close to Tucson, AZ. The Flying Horseshoe Ranch is at 4600' MSL and is nestled in the Dragoon Mtns 5 miles from I-10 and 8 miles to AZ Route 191. The name Dragoon originates from the 3rd Cavalry Dragoons who battled the Chiricahua, including Cochise, during the Apache Wars. The Dragoons established posts around 1856 after the Gadsden Purchase made the area a U.S. territory. Drive 5 miles east and visit grape vineyards and tasting rooms. This area has some of the most fertile soil for growing wine grapes, pecans and Pistachios in the world. These Mtns are among the most diverse ecosystems in the world because of their great topographic complexity and unique location at the meeting point of several major desert and forest biological provinces. The overall sky island region is a blend of tropical and temperate, harboring well over half the bird species of North America, 29 bat species, over 3,000 species of plants, and 104 species of mammals-a diversity exceeding anywhere else in the U.S.