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Cochise Stronghold, Dragoon Mountains, southeastern Arizona. Following various skirmishes, Cochise and his men were gradually driven into Arizona's Dragoon Mountains, but used the mountains for cover and as a base from which to continue attacks against white settlements. Cochise evaded capture and continued his raids against white settlements ...
The earliest known roped, technical climbing in Cochise Stronghold took place in 1966, involving John Rupley and Fred Beckey making a first ascent of a route on Vortex Dome. [5] In 1967 a set of climbers including Joanna McComb, Merle Wheeler, Don Morris and Dan Jones made several attempts to top out Rockfellow Dome, the highest of the summits ...
Cochise is an unincorporated community located in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The city was created alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1880s. The city was primarily a stop for coal and water which were needed for trains at the time. At its peak, the town had a population of approximately 3,000 people.
The mill at Fittsburg, c.1900. This is a list of historic properties in Pearce, Arizona a former mining town which is now a census-designated area located between the Cochise Stronghold [1] and the Chiricahua National Monument,. [2]
Council Rocks Archaeological District is an historical district in Cochise County, near St. David, Arizona. [1] It is located in the Coronado National Forest, along the western edge of the Dragoon Mountains. It is a canyon flanked by granite cliffs, and full of large boulders.
Cochise was unwilling to accept the Tularosa Valley as his reservation and home. In October 1872, Jeffords led General Oliver O. Howard to Cochise's Stronghold, believed to be China Meadow, in the Dragoon Mountains. Cochise demanded and got the Dragoon and Chiricahua Mountains as his reservation and Tom Jeffords as his agent. From 1872 to 1876 ...
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 ...
Cochise County (/ k oʊ ˈ tʃ iː s / koh-CHEESS) 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 population was 125,447 at the 2020 census. [1] The county seat is Bisbee and the most populous city is Sierra Vista. [2]