Cochise County, Arizona
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Cochise County is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is named after Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache who was a key war leader during the Apache Wars.
The art deco county courthouse in Bisbee
Cochise County in 1881
The Big Room in Kartchner Caverns
Fort Bowie site near Apache Pass.
Cochise
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Cochise was the leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an uprising that began in 1861 and persisted until a peace treaty was negotiated in 1872. Cochise County is named after him.
Bronze bust of imagined likeness of Cochise by Betty Butts, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Arizona
Dragoon Mountains in Southeastern Arizona, where Cochise hid with his warriors
Cochise Stronghold, Dragoon Mountains, southeastern Arizona