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.
Bisbee, Arizona
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Bisbee is a city in and the county seat of Cochise County in southeastern Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 4,923, down from 5,575 in the 2010 census
Cochise County, Arizona
…after Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache, who was a key war leader during the Apache Wars. Its population was 125,447 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Bisbee and the most populous city is Sierra Vista. Cochise County includes the Sierra Vista–Douglas, Arizona metropolitan statistical area. The county borders…
Main Street in Bisbee (2019)
Bisbee, looking east, 1909
In 1927 it sported a constellation of suburbs such as Tin Town, Bakersfield, and Halfway House. Warren was the first planned community.
Downtown Bisbee, May 1940. Photo by Russell Lee. Compare to the 1990 photo below (gallery).