For your consideration is this Rare Original C. S. Fly Boudoir Card of Apache Scouts on H. Pass in the Swisshelm Mountains, 1886. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. General George Crook, a prominent "Indian Fighter" of the late 19th century, is associated with the Swisshelm Mountains because he led his troops through this area on the Mogollon Rim during campaigns against the Apache. The Apache Scouts were part of the United States Army Indian Scouts. Most of their service was during the Apache Wars, between 1849 and 1886. The Apache scouts were the eyes and ears of the United States military and sometimes the cultural translators for the various Apache bands and the Americans. Apache scouts also served in the Navajo War, the Yavapai War, the Mexican Border War and they saw stateside duty during World War II. Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly was an Old West photographer and lawman who is regarded by some as an early photojournalist and who captured the only known images of Native Americans while they were still at war with the United States. His photographs are legendary and highly prized. Based in Tombstone, Arizona, C.S. Fly documented the peace treaty between Apache Chief Geronimo and the U.S. Army in 1886, as well as other iconic moments of the Old West. Fly gained access to some of the most iconic names of the 19th century: Apache Chief Geronimo and the bandits behind the shootout at the O.K. Corral. Without his studio in the notorious boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona, we would be sorely lacking some dimension to our ideas of the frontier. While Fly didn't get any photographs of the actual gunfight which only lasted approximately 30 seconds, he did manage to capture both the outlaws and the lawmen on film before and after the bloodshed. Fly also served as Cochise County Sheriff from 1895 to 1897. On the reverse of the boudoir card is Fly's studio stamp in purple ink, "FLY'S GALLERY, TOMBSTONE, ARIZ. C. S. Fly, Proprietor." A Tombstone Western Heritage Museum label is affixed to the face of the clear protective plastic sleeve, "FLY PHOTO: on back, H. Pass in the Swisshelm Mountains", museum code on front left bottom corner, "IN35." On the reverse of the boudoir card is Fly's studio stamp in purple ink, "FLY'S GALLERY, TOMBSTONE, ARIZ. C. S. Fly, Proprietor." Boudoir card is in overall good condition, age tanning noted. Card measures 5"W x 7.875"L, plastic sleeve is 6.375"W x 9.25"L, combined weight is U6