Cochise County Cowboys
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The Cochise County Cowboys is the modern name for a loosely associated group of outlaws living in Pima and Cochise Counties in Arizona in the late 19th century. The term "cowboy", as opposed to "cowha
An outlaw cowboy, Ike Clanton
Tombstone in 1881: The town had a population of about 4,000 with 600 dwellings and two church buildings.
Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan was aligned with the Cowboys
Tombstone sheriff and constituents, an illustration from Mexico, California and Arizona; Being a New and Revised Edition of Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cochise County Cowboys on October 26, 1881. While lasting les
Cochise County Cowboys
…only as a more dashing form of smuggling, though it was marked by frequent bloody conflicts on both sides. On September 16, 1881, forty days before the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Tombstone Epitaph wrote about the "Cow-boy Nuisance" in Arizona: It has come to pass in this county that life and personal property are unsafe…
Tombstone in 1881
Virgil Earp, wounded during the gunfight, was later ambushed by the Cowboys
Pima County Sheriff Charles A. Shibell appointed Wyatt Earp as deputy sheriff over eastern Pima County.