Welcome to Visit Cochise
County.com - An Unofficial Visitors Guide to the ARIZONA
towns and cities of Cochise County - Benson, Willcox, Huachuca City,
Sierra Vista, Sahuarita, Fort Huachuca, Tombstone, Bisbee, and Douglas
This site will preview many of the towns and cities
in the Cochise County, Arizona in Southeast Arizona.
Cochise County is rich in history, wildlife, agriculture,
and is host to spectacular geological formations. You can explore
the unique formations at Kartchner
Caverns, Texas Canyon and nearby Chiricahua
and Dragoon Mountains. Enjoy our hundreds of photos
of Cochise County, Arizona below.
There are many smaller towns, in and
around those featured, including Cochise,
Sunizona, Sunsites, Pearce,
St. David, and Dragoon, too name
a few. All are unique and interesting to visit. For simplicity's
sake, we would include these towns on the nearest featured town
page. In this case, the Benson
page. The Chiricahua National Monument
and Fort Bowie are on the Willcox
page.
FEATURED:
Old Railroad Car in Willcox, Arizona
COCHISE COUNTY, AZ
From Tucson, the drive
east to Benson down through the San Pedro
River Valley, and through Texas Canyon
is beautiful and diverse. It is easy to picture the Spanish Explorers
coming up the San Pedro River Valley. As one drives from Willcox,
south to the Chiricahua Mountains,
you can imagine Geronimo and Cochise
climbing and riding among these beautiful formations. Geronimo was
a leader of the Chiricahua Apaches, and he was
born near Turkey Creek. Jonny Ringo, from Tombstone,
was shot in Turkey Creek Canyon. As you cross Turkey Creek, and
head west toward the Dragoon Mountains, you can see Cochise's Stronghold
near Sunsites, AZ.
As you look out into the distance in Tombstone,
it is easy to image that Wyatt Earp, Doc
Holiday, and the Clanton Gang, saw the
same American Southwest beauty, much as it appears today.
For information on Tucson, or Arizona's
Santa Cruz Valley (west of Cochise County), you
may visit DiscoverTucson.org
and SantaCruzValley.com,
respectively.