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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 ...
Fort Bowie was a 19th-century outpost of the United ... Fort Bowie was drawn into the newly created county of Cochise. Although Fort Bowie was still in existence as ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ultimately, Fort Bowie became the headquarters for the fight against the Chiricahua Apaches. [9] When Cochise and General Howard finally made peace, the resulting treaty provided for a large reservation to be set aside encompassing most of what is now Cochise County , Arizona, and centered around Apache Pass, with the Indian agency adjacent to ...
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]
Apache Pass as viewed from Fort Bowie After the American Civil War began in April 1861, Mangas Coloradas and Cochise, his son-in-law, struck an alliance, agreeing to drive all Americans and Mexicans out of Apache territory.
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.