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    • The Chiricahua Apache

    • The Chiricahua Apache

    • Cavaliere, Bill

    • Chiricahua Apache Indians; Apache Indian--Wars; 1883-1886; Indians--Chiefs; Arizona-- History; Cochise County (Ariz.); Cochise County (Ariz.) History

    • This audio file is a 45 minute lecture by Cochise County historian, Bill Cavaliere. He discusses his travels to sites important to Chiricahua Apache history. It includes history on the Apache leaders, Cochise, Taza, Nitsche, and Victorio. He...
    • Cochise County

    • Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Mining--Arizona; History--Arizona, History--Cochise County

    • A brief history of the mining, agricultural, cultural and social history of Cochise County at the beginning of the 20th century. Note: File size is 13 MB requiring several minutes to download.
    • Fort Newell

    • Fort Newell

    • Visionquest

    • Army posts; Buffalo Soldiers; Military bases--Arizona; United States. Mexican-American Border Region; Naco (Ariz.); Naco (Mexico); Cochise County (Ariz.) History. Mexican-American Border Region--History; Ghost towns Arizona Cochise County History.

    • This 17-minute video describes the history of Fort Newell, also known as Camp Naco. It is an abandoned army post on the United States-Mexican border in Naco, AZ. The fort was built in 1915 to protect American citizens and enforce U.S. neutrality...
    • Apache, Cochise County

    • Apache, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Apache, Ariz., September 12, 1910. The return address is Chiricahua, Ariz. Little remains of the community called "Apache", which was named in remembrance of the days of the Apache raids led by Geronimo. Forty miles...
    • Fort Huachuca, Cochise County

    • Fort Huachuca, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery; Arizona -- History -- Pictorial works

    • Cancelled postal card mailed from Fort Huachuca. Ariz., December 19, 1909. Originally established as a military post under the name of Camp Huachuca. This last specimen of an Arizona territorial postmark ties a one cent stamp to a picture...
    • Dragoon, Cochise County

    • Dragoon, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Dragoon, Arizona, April 19, 1882. The post office was established on June 20, 1881. This is the earliest known cover bearing a Dragoon postmark, although the post office had been open for ten months by this time....
    • Courtland, Cochise County

    • Courtland, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery; Post office buildings -- Arizona

    • Cancelled postal card mailed from Courtland, Ariz., November 3, 1909. Courtland Young was one of the owners of the Great Western Mining Company established in 1909, by his brother, W. J. Young. The post office was established on March 13, 1909...
    • Benson, Cochise County

    • Benson, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery; Post office buildings -- Arizona

    • Cancelled stamp on an envelope dated in Benson, Ariz., April 22, 1895, addressed in Chinese and English to Los Angeles, Cal. Benson was a stagecoach station in the early days. In March 1871 a detachment of the 19th U.S. Cavalrymen had a fight here...
    • Cochise, Cochise County

    • Cochise, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal card mailed from Cochise, Ariz., January 25, 1912. The settlement of Cochise was established around 1886 and named for the Chiricahua Apache Chief. The post office, established in 1886, was short-lived and was discontinued in 1887...
    • Bisbee, Cochise County

    • Bisbee, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal stationery entire with a Bisbee, Ariz., flag cancel dated November 14, 1904. The letter was addressed to Willcox, Ariz. In 1880 a small eastern mining firm known as Phelps Dodge and Co. sent Dr. James Douglas to purchase copper...
    • Ochoaville, Cochise County

    • Ochoaville, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Ochoaville. August 27, 1884 to Sonora, Mexico. The cancellation is in pen and ink, and the town and date are handwritten below the stamps. Note the cachet depicting the Occidental Hotel in Tombstone.
    • "History of Cochise County"

    • "History of Cochise County"

    • Humphreys, Jack

    • Cochise County (Ariz.) -- History. ; Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Cochise County.

    • A presentation to the Prescott Corral of Westerners, "The History of Cochise County", by Jack Humphreys, 27:49
    • The Great Earthquake of 1887

    • The Great Earthquake of 1887

    • Dillard, Gary

    • Earthquakes; Earthquakes--Mexico; Bisbee (Ariz.) History; Cochise County (Ariz.); Cochise County (Ariz.)...

    • This 48 minute lecture details the Great Earthquake of 1887. On May 3, 1887, a strong earthquake rattled northern Sonora and southeastern Arizona, causing widespread damage and a number of fatalities. It was one of the largest earthquakes ever to...
    • The Great Earthquake of 1887

    • The Great Earthquake of 1887

    • Dillard, Gary

    • Earthquakes; Earthquakes--Mexico; Bisbee (Ariz.) History; Cochise County (Ariz.); Cochise County (Ariz.)...

    • This 13 slide powerpoint presentation is related to the lecture of the same name in this collection. The images in the slides appear courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society, the Douglas Memorial Mining Museum, and the Bisbee Mining Museum. There...
    • Cochise County: Amphitheater of Arizona History

    • Cochise County: Amphitheater of Arizona History

    • Cochran, Orville

    • Cochise County (Ariz.)--History; Fort Huachuca (Ariz.)--History

    • Presentation to Prescott Corral of Westerner's by Orville Cochran, Post historian at Fort Huachuca, "Cochise County: Amphitheater of Arizona History," 1967: Length: 51:28
    • July 8

    • July 8

    • Unknown

    • Cochise County (Ariz.)--Politics and government; Cochise County (Ariz.)--History

    • On this date in 1930, the Arizona Supreme court upheld the right of Cochise County to move the county seat from Tombstone to Bisbee. This photograph of the Cochise County Court House in Tombstone, built in 1882, is undated.
    • La Frontera - A History

    • La Frontera - A History

    • Orozco, Rebecca

    • Mexican-American Border Region--History; Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810; New Spain; Cochise County (Ariz.) Antiquities.

    • This is a 47 minute audio file. Rebecca Orozco gives an overview of the past 500 years of Mexican and American shared heritage along the southeastern Arizona border region. The lecture takes the listener through history covering the Spanish...
    • Bootlegging on the Border

    • Bootlegging on the Border

    • Patience, Wes

    • Prohibition; Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Law and legislation; Mexican-American Border Region; Cochise County (Ariz.) History; Bisbee (Ariz.) History; Bisbee (Ariz.). Warren; Naco (Ariz.); Naco (Mexico); Agua Prieta (Sonora, Mexico); Agua...

    • This 38 minute audio file is the story of Prohibition in the border towns of Cochise County. During Prohibition, which began in Arizona in January of 1915, Naco, Arizona and Sonora, experienced a flood of Americans seeking alcohol. Though Phoenix...
    • The Swedish Enclave

    • The Swedish Enclave

    • Patience, Wes

    • Arizona--History; Swedes--United States; Enthology--United States; Swedish Americans; Cochise County (Ariz.); Cochise County (Ariz.) History.

    • This 55 minute lecture describes how people of Swedish decent became the third largest ethnic group living in Cochise County during the early part of the 20th century. Between 1905 and 1930 there were dozens of Swedes living between 10th and 15th...
    • Camp Naco

    • Camp Naco

    • Swartzwelder, Debby

    • Army posts; Buffalo Soldiers; Military bases--Arizona; United States. Mexican-American Border Region; Naco (Ariz.); Naco (Mexico); Cochise County (Ariz.) History. Mexican-American Border Region--History;

    • This one hour lecture describes the history of Camp Naco and the recent efforts to preserve the historic camp. The fort, also known as Fort Newell, is an abandoned army post on the United States-Mexican border in Naco, AZ. The fort was built in...

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