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The graves of Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury members of the Cochise County Cowboys who died in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The grave of Newman Haynes "Old Man" Clanton – Clanton was the father of the famous Clanton gang, which included Ike, and Billy Clanton. He was a notorious cattle thief who was ambushed and killed ...
Location of Cochise County in Arizona. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cochise County, Arizona. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Frank C. Stilwell (1856 – March 20, 1882) was an outlaw Cowboy who killed at least two men in Cochise County during 1877–82. Both killings were considered to have been self-defense. For four months he was a deputy sheriff in Tombstone, Arizona Territory for Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan.
Rob had previously served as president of the Cochise-Graham Cattlegrowers Association, and was described as "a pillar of the Cochise County ranching community." [9] In 2008, the Krentz ranch and family were honored with induction into the Arizona Farming and Ranching Hall of Fame. Rob and Susan Krentz accepted the award on behalf of the family ...
Cochise County was named after the Chiricahua Apache Chief and the land where he is buried is now the Chiricahua National Monument. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1878, General Orlando Bolivar Willcox assumed command of the Department of Arizona during the last years of the Apache Wars .
He was affiliated with Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, Ike Clanton, and Frank Stilwell during 1881–1882. He got into a confrontation in Tombstone with Doc Holliday and was suspected by Wyatt Earp of having taken part in the attempted murder of Virgil Earp and the ambush and death of Morgan Earp. Ringo was found dead with a bullet wound ...
Cochise went on to carry out about 11 years of relentless warfare, reducing much of the Mexican/American settlements in southern Arizona to a burned-out wasteland. Dan Thrapp estimated the total death toll of settlers and Mexican/American travelers as 5,000, but most historians believe it was more likely a few hundred.
The Old Cochise County Courthouse has also been restored so that it appears as it did in 1900, during the Haldermans' trial. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] As for the Wilson family, Rena later committed suicide for her involvement in the case and in 1913 Mary was put in an insane asylum by her brother, Tol, who was killed shortly thereafter in what became known ...