The history of Cochise County is one of the most interesting in the state, inasmuch as its remoteness from law and order at one time made it a haven for outlaws. This, added to the fact that Tombstone was the mining mecca of wealth seekers from 1879 for the next several years (and also the most cultured city in the entire West or Southwest), adds to the glamour of the Cochise County story."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960.
P. 28

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Websites

County Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/county/cochise.pdf

Local Government Website
http://www.co.cochise.az.us/

Arizonan.com- Cochise County
http://arizonan.com/CochiseCounty/index.html

History of Cochise County
http://www.rootsweb.com/~azcochis/history.htm

More Information on Cochise County, includes history, links to cities and ghost town information.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~azcochis/cochisco.htm

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Cities of County

Benson
Bisbee-County Seat
Bowie
Douglas
Pearce-Sunsites
Sierra Vista
Tombstone
Wilcox

Sites to See

Historic Sites in Cochise County
http://discoverseaz.com/History/HstBldg.html

Cochise County Library District
http://cochise.lib.az.us/

Cochise County Historical Society
1001 N D Ave DOUGLAS AZ 85607-2251
(520) 364-5226
The Douglas Historical Society
http://www.vtc.net/~cinema/dwhouse.html

Amerind Foundation, Inc.
2100 N. Amerind Road
P.O. Box 400
Dragoon, AZ 85609
Telephone: 520-586-3666; FAX 520-586-4679
http://www.amerind.org/

Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum
No. 5 Copper Queen Plaza, Bisbee, Arizona - (520) 432-7071
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 14, Bisbee, Arizona 85603
http://www.bisbeemuseum.org/

Fort Bowie National Historic Site
http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftbowie.html

Fort Huachuca Historical Museum
http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/fthuachuca.html

Johnson Historical Museum of the Southwest
The Slaughter Ranch
PO Box  438
Douglas, Arizona 85608
(520) 558-2474
http://www.vtc.net/~sranch/index.html

Museum of the Southwest
1500 North Circle I Road
Willcox, AZ
520-384-2272.

Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum
155 North Railroad Avenue.
Wilcox, AZ
520-384-4583
http://www.pinkbanana.com/rex/

The San Pedro Valley Arts and Historical Society Museum
242 S. San Pedro, S. San Pedro and 5th St.,
Benson, AZ
502-586-3070

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Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

They plowed up hell in old Cochise; a blazing saga of Cochise County, Arizona, America's last frontier.
F817 .C5 F3x

Cochise County, Arizona. Phoenix, Ariz. : McNeil Co., [ca. 1915]
 F817.C5 C63x

The law and John Slaughter.by  Traywick, Ben T.
 F817.C5 T73x 1983

So said the coroner : how they died in old Cochise / by Grace McCool.
 F817 .C5 M3x

Stronghold memories / by Richard Shaw.
 F806 .C6x v. 24:1

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