Alpine is a mountain community located at the eastern end of
the White Mountains. At an elevation of 8,050 feet, it is surrounded
by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest and is near the
headwaters of the San Francisco River, just six miles from the
New Mexico state line. The Community's high meadows are surrounded
by majestic peaks, including Escudilla Mountain (10,877 ft.) which is
covered with tall pines and aspen.

The area, also known as Bush Valley, was settled in 1876 by
Anderson Bush, owner of a log house known as Font Bush. In 1880,
Mormon settlers built a log house fort about a mile southeast of
Alpine. At the junction of U.S. Highways 191 and 180, the unincor-
porated community is 28 miles south of Springerville on state
Highway 191 and 110 miles south of Interstate 40.