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Cochise County, Arizona
Cochise County, Arizona is located in the southeast corner of Arizona and is comprised of wide valleys with fertile grasslands, high desert vegetation and majestic mountain ranges. Perfect for ranching, farming, retirement or relocation. The high desert provides a year round temperate climate, not to hot summers and mild winters.
Come explore Arizona's Sonoran desert, and find out why the Legendary Origins of Cochise County make this place unlike any other. Here you'll explore the history of the Land of Legends and the influences of the Native American/Apache experience, the Mexican and Hispanic influence, Old West and Ranching, Military History and Mining/Geology.
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Bisbee
Stroll its sidewalks and find delight in the many art galleries, gourmet restaurants, coffee houses, book stores and specialty shops. Visit the charmingly restored neighborhoods of Victorian and European-style homes perched miraculously on the hillsides.
Bisbee, 90 miles southeast of Tucson and nestled amongst the Mule Mountains, is the picturesque county seat of historic Cochise County. The community was founded in 1880 and named after Judge DeWitt Bisbee, a financial backer of the Copper Queen Mine. In 1929, the county seat was moved from Tombstone, Arizona to Bisbee, where it remains.
Once known as "the Queen of the Copper Camps", this Old West mining camp proved to be one of the richest mineral sites in the world, producing nearly three million ounces of gold and more than eight billion pounds of copper, not to mention the silver, lead and zinc that came from these rich Mule Mountains. By the early 1900s, the Bisbee community was the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco.
Bisbee, with a population of over 20,000 people in the early 1900's, had become one of the most cultured cities in the Southwest. Despite its culture, however, the rough edges of the mining camps could be found in notorious Brewery Gulch, with its saloons and shady ladies. Brewery Gulch, which in its heyday boasted upwards of 47 saloons and was considered the "liveliest spot between El Paso and San Francisco". Bisbee offered other recreational pursuits in that it was home to the state's first community library, a popular opera house, the state's oldest ball fields and the state's first golf course.
Bisbee was a thriving community until the large scale mining operations became unprofitable in the mid 1970's. As mining employees left to go elsewhere, many artistic free spirits found Bisbee an ideal, attractive, and inexpensive location to settle and pursue their artistic endeavors. The small town's legacy has long been preserved not only in its architecture and mining landscape, but is world-renowned for its diverse minerals and wealth of copper. Although its mines closed in the 70s, a museum has welcomed, educated and entertained more than a half-million visitors ever since. Featured among its exhibits is "Bisbee: Urban Outpost on the Frontier", an in-depth look at the depths - and heights - to which miners and settlers went to carve a communtiy and a living out of rock.
Tombstone
TOMBSTONE ARIZONA. That name means many things to many people. It creates images of gunfights and dusty streets, whiskey and Faro games, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and a plethora of old western movie scenes. But what many folks don't realize is that Tombstone Az is a real town with real inhabitants who have lived here throughout its history. That is part of the reason Tombstone has been called "The Town Too Tough to Die".
Walk the very same streets in Tombstone that Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Johnny Ringo, Ike Clanton and a host of other Western Legends walked over 125 years ago. You can just feel the history here! This is the most authentic Western Town left in the United States. Come on, let's go explore!
Boot Hill was founded in 1878 on a slight hill just north west of the city. This historical cemetery was the burial ground, for all of Tombstones earliest pioneers.
The name Boot Hill comes from the fact that many of these graves were filled with people that died suddenly or violently with their boots on! Some two hundred fifty known people were buried in Boothill, before it officially closed its doors in 1884.
Site of the most famous gunfight in history. The 30-second shootout left three cowboys dead and Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp badly wounded. The shootout actually took place in a vacant lot near the intersection of Third Street and Fremont Street behind the OK Corral next to C.S. Fly's Boarding House and Photo Studio. The shooting started when Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury cocked their pistols. The Earps and Doc Holliday were arrested for murder by Sheriff Behan. At the trial following the gunfight, it was determined that the Earps acted within the law.
Charleston and Milleville - Nine miles southwest of Tombstone on Charleston Road. Tombstone silver ore was milled here in the 1880s. Used later by the U.S. Army during World War II as a training site for house-to-house combat. Park at the San Pedro River bridge and walk one-half mile north on the west side of the river to reach the Charleston site. Millville is directly across the river.
Contention City - Contention was another of the mill towns where Tombstone ore was processed.
Courtland - Twenty-one miles north of Douglas, off Route 191. One-time thriving mining camp named for Courtland Young, a mining engineer.
Dos Cabezas - Fifteen miles southeast of Willcox on Route 186. Semi-ghost town where a few residents still support a small post office. Formerly an active supply center for surrounding mines and cattle ranches. Wells, Fargo station 1885.
Gleeson - Sixteen miles east of Tombstone on Gleeson Road. Even before the arrival of Spaniards in this area, Indians were mining turquoise near this site. John Gleeson prospected the area in the 1880s. Later, Tiffany's mined the same blue gem while other interests mined copper, lead and zinc.
Benson
Southern Arizona and the San Pedro Valley offer some of the best bird watching areas in the world. Not only are there many species of birds and waterfowl, but there are many varieties of mammals, reptiles and plant life. The San Pedro River flows north out of Mexico and attracts a large number of diverse wildlife to its wetlands. It is one of the last undeveloped riparian areas left in the United States and most of it still looks like it did 100 years ago! Benson is centrally-located in Cochise County, and makes a good home base to explore the wonders of the area. Benson also has its own Birding Trail right on the San Pedro River as well as a Waterfowl Viewing Pond.
Sierra Vista
Located at the center of one of the finest birding areas in the United States, Sierra Vista is often referred to as "The Hummingbird Capital of the U.S." The mild climate, proximity to Mexico and diverse habitats, including 9,000-foot mountains and the magnificent San Pedro River Valley, make southeastern Arizona a major hot spot for rare and unusual species of birds.
Willcox
Willcox is located in South Eastern Arizona, approximately 75 miles west of Tucson. The elevation is nearly 4200 feet above sea level.
Trains still regularly pass through this quaint, historic western downtown. Old passenger rail cars can be seen in town, near the historic Willcox Depot.
Be sure to visit Willcox's museums, The Rex Allen Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame, and The Chiricahua Regional Museum and Research Center.
Willcox is becoming increasing famous for its vineyards that produce fine wines. Famous Oregon Winemaker, Dick Erath, is developing vineyards that are sure to be renouned. When you get to Willcox, an interesting first stop might be to the Coronado Vineyards. The tasting room and restaurant both have beautiful views. Just north a few miles, is Crop Circle Vineyards and Winery. To the east is Fort-Bowie Vineyards. Two other nearby vineyards are open by appointment only: Colobri Vineyard and Winery and Keeling-Schaefer Vineyards.
Douglas
Situated along the U.S.-Mexico border, Douglas is a captivating crossroads where Hispanic, Anglo and Native American cultures have mixed for hundreds of years.
National Protected Areas
Just east of Willcox and north of Douglas is a "Wonderland of Rocks" awaiting you to explore at Chiricahua National Monument. This forest of rock spires was eroded from layers of ash deposited by the Turkey Creek Volcano eruption 27 million years ago. The 8 mile paved scenic drive and 18 miles of day-use hiking trails provide opportunities to discover the beauty, natural sounds, and inhabitants of this 11,985 acre site. Visit the Faraway Ranch Historic District to discover more about the people who have called this area home: Chiricahua Apaches, Buffalo Soldiers, Erickson and Stafford families.
Kept secret since its discovery in 1974, Kartchner Caverns, 12 miles south of Benson, Arizona, was announced to the world in 1988. Considered by many to be the "crown jewel" of Arizona's state park system it is still virtually pristine, this massive limestone cave has 13,000 feet of passages and two rooms as long as football fields. Finally opened as a state park November 12, 1999, this underground wilderness will remain protected while offering visitors a rare tour through multi-colored cave formations. The temperature inside the caverns averages 68 degrees F year round, with the humidity at 99%.
The Fort Bowie and Apache Pass site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
The remains of Fort Bowie are carefully preserved, as are the adobe walls of various post buildings and the ruins of a Butterfield Stage Station. The site is located on the unpaved Apache Pass Road which can be accessed from Interstate 10 near Bowie, Arizona or from Arizona Highway 186 just north of the entrance to Chiricahua National Monument. Access to the ruins of Fort Bowie and the visitor center is via a 1.5 mile (2.4 kilometer) foot trail which begins at a parking area along Apache Pass Road.
The Coronado National Forest contains eight designated wilderness areas, with at least one in each Ranger District. Congress defines Wilderness as an area "untrammeled by man." Common activities in the Coronado National Forest wilderness areas include hiking, horseback riding, camping, hunting, and fishing.
Coronado National Forest protects twelve of southeastern Arizona's "sky islands," the real treasure houses of the region. Views are spectacular from these mountains, and visitors may experience all four seasons during a single day's journey, spending the morning wandering among giant saguaros and colorful wildflowers, having a picnic lunch under the brilliant golden leaves of a cottonwood tree, and playing in the snow later in the afternoon. The mountains are year-round playgrounds for outdoor recreation, from hiking and mountain biking to some of the best bird-watching anywhere in the world.
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