Haunts of Fort Huachuca
Carlton House, Post Officers Quarters, Has at Least One Ghost
According to legend, perhaps fact, a woman gave birth to a stillborn son. Angry her child didn't have a proper burial, she haunts the building.
Carlton House, the oldest building in Fort Huachuca, was originally built as a hospital and morgue in 1880. In the mid-1900s, it became the residence of officers assigned to the post. Some of the occupants had encounters of a paranormal nature.
Koenig Experiences
A 10-year-old boy went to give a message to the Koenigs. http://www.prairieghosts.com/huachuca.html He told his parents Margaret Koenig walked down the hall and ignored him. His mother called her to find out why she did this. The Koenigs had just returned home. No one was in the house when the boy stopped by.
Nancy Koenig, a daughter, sighted the ghost. She came home from a date and, as promised, went to inform her mother she had returned. She saw her mother in the hallway, called out, and then went to bed. The next morning, Margaret rebuked Nancy for not letting her know she was home. The girl told her what happened the previous night. Margaret wasn’t in the hallway and was asleep when Nancy came home.
Strom Encounters
When Colonel Roy Strom, wife, Joan, and daughters moved into Carlton House, the first inkling something was odd was when one of the moving men became nervous and refused to enter the house, saying it was haunted.
That day, the Stroms put boxes in what had been the morgue. That night, they discovered the boxes had been opened and their contents tossed.
A few days later, the doorbell rang repeatedly, but when answered, no one was there. Strom thought it was kids playing a prank. The next time it rang, he ran around the side of the house to catch the jokers. No one was there.
The family experienced electrical problems and wall hangings that moved. The air was gelid in one corner of the living room. The overhead light worked strangely. Joan called this “Charlotte’s Corner,” thus naming the ghost. She believed the ghost was a woman who died in the fort’s hospital in the 1880s.
One day, Joan thought she saw daughter, Amy, walk down the hallway from the kitchen. Amy didn’t acknowledge her greeting. She thought this unusual and went to Amy’s room to check on her. Amy was asleep. She checked on her other daughters who were also sleeping.
Todd Occurrences
Colonel Warren Todd, wife, Nancy and sons lived in Carlton House. The parents were skeptics until paranormal events happened.
The hot water heater wasn’t working right.. When Todd went into the room to inspect it, he felt very uneasy and left. Psychics said Charlotte’s child was buried there.
One night, as Todd was studying in the kitchen, he heard a child cry, “Father.” It came from behind the closed dining room door. He thought it was his son, Drew. He heard the cry again, then went to see if it was he. The boy was in bed, asleep.
The family dachshund reacted to something paranormal. His hackle hair would rise and he chased something down the hall. He would continuously dig at something in the hallway floor.
Early one morning when Nancy was sitting on the porch, she heard a voice that seemed to say “Sleep….” No one was there. When she sat in the TV room, she felt a presence.
One of the sons saw a gown, but no body in it. He sketched it. It was a style of the 1880s.
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Source:
Haunted Heritage, Michael Norman & Beth Scott, (Tor, 2002)
