Price Canyon is one of the major drainages out of the Chiricahua Mountains. The abundance of water has drawn people here for thousands of years. In fact, the foundations of ancient Indian villages still can be seen.

The fierce Chiricahua Apaches, led by legendary chieftains Cochise and Geronimo, lived on the slopes of the Chiricahua Mountains. Spanish conquistadores also moved through the area in their search for the fabled cities of gold.

After the Apache raids ended, pioneer ranchers and miners settled in Price Canyon.
Price Canyon Ranch was first homesteaded in 1879, the same year that Camp Rucker was established nearby. This mountain flank soon became the center of U.S. Army activities. Like its neighbor Rucker Canyon, Price Canyon was named for an Army lieutenant.

'The Apaches called this place
The Land of Standing-Up Rocks.'