Cochise County Arizona Past & Present

by Ervin Bond


Indexed by Wilola Follett, September 2002
Table of Contents:
Creation of Cochise County 1
Douglas, Arizona: its first 80 years 3
Geronimo Trail, Cottonwood and Guadalupe Canyons 9
Skeleton Canyon in the Peloncillo Mountains 17
Leslie Canyon, Hunt Canyon, Rucker Ca nyon and Turkey Creek Canyon 25
Highway 80 N.E., Cave Creek,Rustler Park and Pinery Canyon 35
Portal, Paradise, Galeyville and Hilltop 41
Wonderland of rocks, Riggs Settlement and Dos Cabezas 45
Apache Pass and Fort Bowie 53
San Simon, Bowie and Willcox 61
Sulphur Springs Valley, Pirtleville, McNeal, Elfrida, Sunizona and Kansas Settlement 71
Double Adobe, Ghost Town Road, Sunsites and Cochise Stronghold 79
Cochise, Dragoon, Amerind Foundation Museum and Johnson 87
Bisbee and Highway 80 West 95
Paul Spur, La Morita, Naco, Palominas and Hereford 105
Mule Mountain, Tombstone, Lewis springs, Charleston and Fairbank 109
Huachuca Mountains, Coronado Memorial, Sunnyside, Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca 117
No Man’s Land, St. David, Benson and Pomerene 123
1926 to 1981 History and Names 129
Some Wonderful Cochise County Maps — these are good maps 133


Index of names

Pages
Abbott, Larre Hunsaker 34
Ackley, Chet 129
Adams Family 89
Adamson, Dr. E. W. 96, 129
Aguirre, Arnold 136
Alessi, Dr. Nicolas 129
Alford, Burt 112
Allen, E. H. 28
Allen, Rev. A. A. 107
Allen, Rex 64, 65, 68, 136
Almanzar, Lenore 129
Alvord, Burt 64
Anderson, Alice 136
Anderson, Scottie & Alice 133
Andrade, G. 11
Antonna, Dr. Guy B. 30
Anza, Capt. Bautista de 11
Apache May 12
Arevalos, Gilbert & Eleanor 135
Arevelos, Sandy 135
Armstrong, Dr. J. J. P. 47, 129
Atonna, Dr. Guy B. 134
Atonna, Lee 132
Atwood, Judge Howard 64, 137
Averill, Frank 80
Baeskens, Frank & Lelia 137
Baldridge, Betty 47, 80, 135
Baldridge, Bill & Betty 134
Balheim, Big 134
Bassett, Mrs. Carol 129
Bell, Aina Gayle 129, 130, 131, 132
Bell, Tom 130
Bennett, William 130
Benson, Judge William 124
Beumler, Henry C. 129
Bingham, Glenn & Mrs. 8
Bisbee, Judge DeWitt 97
Bland, Charlotte 136
Blank, Becky 134
Bledsoe, Dr. 129, 136
Blencie, John 13, 129
Bliss, Raymond W. 120
Bloomquist, Mrs. J. O. 133
Bohmfalk, Marlin 134
Boice, Henry 64
Bond, Bryant 37
Bond, Ervin 29, 30, 32, 33, 68, 130, 131, 134
Bond, Irma 107, 129, 130, 131
Borane, Joe 129
Boss, Roy 22, 133
Boss, — 37
Bowden, Percy 6, 129, 130
Bowden, Ted 10
Bowman, Phil 129
Brady, Bridget 129
Brajovich, Pete 110, 136
Breakenridge, Billy 28, 29
Brophy, James 4
Brophy, Mike 4
Brown, Ben 135
Browning, Ernest 64
Brownsey, Everett 136
Burnett, Don 130
Burton, R. L. 73
Burts, Matt 88
Burts, Mort 64
Byrley, Jim 8
Byrne, E. D. 97
Cain, Ross & Margarite 136
Caldwell, Lois Hunsaker 34
Campbell, Larry 133
Capeton, E. K. 29
Capone, Al 89
Capp, Albert & Ursula 136
Carbarga, Elias 33, 134
Carney, John 130
Carpenter, J. C. 129
Carpenter, Sidney 97
Carranza, Venustiano 106
Carranza, — 5
Catterall, — 118, 122
Causey, Dr. Joe 133
Caveny, Dave 130
Chandler, — 28
Chapman, Swain 130
Chea, Ella 129
Chenoweth, Rev. John A. 20, 43
Christian, Black Jack 112
Christiansen, Clarice 132
Christiansen, Larry 29, 32, 129, 131, 134
Ciancimino, Francis 136
Claiborne, Bill 30
Clanton, ‘Old Man’ 13, 18, 112
Clanton, Ike 112
Clark, Mrs. Cecelia 130
Clark, — 37
Clifford, Mr. 81
Cline, Bob 136
Close, Bill 131
Cochise, Chief 38, 48, 50, 54, 72, 74, 82, 83, 88, 135
Cochise, Nino 65, 135
Cook, W. L. Tay 64, 137
Corbin, Robert 130, 132
Coronado, San Francisco Vasquez de 118
Covington, Joe 130
Cowan, Ralph 70
Cowan, Ralph & Mattie 130
Cox, John 130
Crabtree, Jo Ann 130
Critchley, William E. 130
Crook, General George 24, 26
Crumby, C. K. & wife 135
Cull, John P. 37, 81, 129
Cunningham, Mike 4
Curley Bill 18
Daniel, Mrs. Victor 136
Daniels, Mary Lou Morris 8
Darnell, Mrs. C. E. 134
Darnell, — 37
Davis, Byron 134
Dawe, Marjorie 129
Dees, Debbie 129
Delancey, Bill 98
Dellow, Wait 132
DeShaza, Stanley & Edna 133
Diaz, President Porfirto 106
Dillinger, John 6
Dillman, Roy 74
Dillman,Roy & Lila 135
Dodd, Mary 130
Donnelly, Edward 65, 137
Donnelly, Samuel 118
Douglas, Dr. James Stuart, Sr. 4, 5, 97
Douglas, James S., Jr. 4
Dowd, Dan 98
Downey, William 64, 88
Duffener, Otto 42
Duncan, W. E. 135
Dunham, Glenn 29, 30, 32, 33, 134
Dunn, Jack 43
Dunn, John 97
Duran, Jack & wife 136
Eades, Chuck 100
Earp Brothers 112
Earp, Virgil 111
Earp, Wyatt 111
Edwards, John R. 130
Egnell, Francis & wife 136
Egnell, Jean 136
Eicks, France 8
Eicks, Frantz, & Gertie 136
Eicks, Henry & wife 134
Eicks, Joe 73
Eicks, Joe, & wife 135
Eicks, — 14
Elias, Mrs. 106
Epley, Edward F. 42, 43, 62, 129
Erickson, Ben 47, 134
Erickson, Emma 46
Erickson, Neil 46, 47
Estevan, Don 107
Evans, Russ 55, 56
Everson, Capt. Viviene 136
Fairbank, N. K. 113
Fairchild, Florence 133
Fairchild, Marion 14, 129
Fairchild, — 14
Farrell, Mrs. Paul 132
Fenekio, General 106
Fenn, Alvah & Carmen 137
Field, Al 18
Field, Albert & Elsie 129
Finn, Hank 137
Fisher, Jess 12, 36
Fleming, J. W. 26
Fletcher, Hugh & Mrs. 108
Fly, Camillas S. 38
Follett, Marvin 4, 133, 134
Follett, W. A. 4
Foresman, Emmett 129, 135
Forest, Henry 96
Forrester, Brenda 129, 130, 132
Fourr, Billy 88
Fowler, Bob 10
Franklin, Rich H. 135
Fry, Erwin 120
Fulton, Shirley 89
Fulton, William 89
Gaither, Karl 131
Galey, John A. 43
Garcia, — 14
Gardner, — 36
Gatley, George 130
Geers, Frank, & Ruth 134
Geronimo, Chief 14, 18, 20, 24, 37, 40, 55, 56, 62, 66, 72, 118, 119, 120, 124
Giles, Alice 81
Giles, Robert 81, 135
Gillchrist, John 131
Gillespie, John A. 28
Gilmore, Judge J. W. 129
Glass, J. F. 129
Gleeson, John 80
Glen, Rex 22
Glenn, Bill 44
Glenn, Ira 13, 27, 129, 134
Glenn, Marvin 13, 27, 28, 29, 32, 44, 134
Glenn, Rex & Laura 133
Glenn, Tom, Jr. 8
Glenn, Warner 13 , 28, 133
Glenn, Wendy 13, 133
Glenn, Will 22, 129
Glenn, — 37
Goff, William 137
Gomez,  Mike & wife 136
Good, Joe 129
Goodfellow, Dr. George E. 27, 96
Gorman, Colonel Thomas 136
Grantham, Bob 129
Greene, Colonel William 107
Gregovich, Nick 107, 108, 136
Grizzle, Lewis 74, 135
Grounds, Billy 18, 28
Hadley, Diana 8
Hadley, Drummond 8
Hallett, Margaret 132
Hamm, Howard 136
Hands, Alf 42
Hands, John 23, 42, 43, 129
Hands, — 37, 38
Hanford, Roslyn 129
Hanigan, George 129, 130, 136
Hanigan, George & Mildred 129
Hanigan, Patrick, Sr. 96
Hardy, Colonel 120
Hargis, Ralph 136
Harrington, Lillie 135
Harrington, Mrs. 88
Hartman, Bill 131
Hayden, Edward S. 89
Haygood, Dove 134
Hazelwood, 14
Heath, John 98
Hedges, Dale 130
Henley, Lt. Austin 29
Herbert, Kumen 132
Herford, Frank 107
Hergert, Lionel 81, 135
Hernandez, Mini 136
Hickman, Eugene & Goldie 129
Hickman, Ida 129
Hinojosa, Patty 137
Hitler, Adolph 89
Holland, Bud 27
Holliday, Doc 112
Holly, A. L. “Jake” 136
Hood, John 133
Hooker, Colonel Henry C. 64
Hopkins, Enid & Nimon 134
Hopkins, — 36
Horning, Eileen 46, 65, 82, 131, 135
Houle, Mrs. Chloa Clifford 81, 115, 127, 136
Howard, General O. O. 38, 2
Howard, Tex 98
Howard, — 14
Howe, A. T. 97
Howe, Allen W. 104
Hudson, Henry 26
Hudson, Maureen 131
Huerto, General 106
Hughes,Rinki 137
Hunsaker, James N. 27, 29, 34
Hunsaker, Laura 34
Hunsaker, Lola 34
Hunsaker, Mrs. 27
Hunsaker, Nicholas 27, 34
Hunt, David 133
Hunt, Gov. George W. P. 36, 47
Hunt, Hugh 28
Hunt, Zwing 14, 18, 27, 28, 29, 32, 134
Hurt, Nell 131
Husband, Elizabeth 135
Husband, Mrs. Thomas B. 88
Hutchinson, Mrs. Marion 129
Irvin, Marvin E. 96
Jackson, George E. 81, 86, 135
Jeffords, Tom 38, 54, 55, 74, 82, 83
Johnson, Eva 8
Johnson, Lawrence 8
Johnson, Louis 129  
Johnson, Pete 11, 133
Johnson, President Lyndon B. 56
Johnson, — 89
Jones, Charlie 129
Jones, Corp. Harry J. 5
Jones, Phyllis 137
Jones, Stan 11
Kaiser, Clara Pulliam 63, 136
Kaiser, John 63
Kaiser, Mrs. 136
Kambitsch, — 30
Kelley, Dan 98
Kennedy, John & Phyllis 84, 135
Kidder, Mary 40
Kimble, Floyd 37
Kimble, Gus 20, 133
Kimble, June 20
Kimble, Leonard 20
Kimble, Lois 20
Kimble, Ralph 20
King, Gerald 136
Knowles, Paul 131
Kosterlitzky, Colonel 106
Krentz, Frank 129
Krentz, Joe 129
Krentz, Robert 37, 134
Lacy, — 14
Lane, E. D. 80
Langford, — 118, 120
Lavritzen, Fred 80
Lay, Barry 132
Layton, John E. 63
Lea, Mrs. Opie Burgess 38, 129
Leake, John & Lissi 134
Leary, Dr. Timothy 125
Lee, Brothers 43
Leeson, J. T. 73
Leighton, Charles 65
Leighton, Charles & Mary 131
Leighton, Diane 131
Leighton, Mary 65
Leitch, Maria 74, 135
Leslie, Frank “Buckskin” 26, 27, 30, 34, 112
Leslie, George 131
Lewis, Robert 112
Lewis, S. P. (Pop) 26
Lockwood, Velma Ann 136
Long, John 30
Lopez, Red 5
Lucas, Oakley 130
Lucklin, Fanny 135
Lutley, William & Mrs. 14, 27
Lynch, Donna 130
Madero, Francisco 106
Magoffin, John & Mary 133
Magoffins, John 14
Makko 58
Malley, Clarence 136
Maloney, Apple Jack 37
Marley, Sarah 5
Martyr, Herb 38
Mason, Louis V. 86
Masterson, Bat 112
Mayo, Betty 82, 130, 135
McBride, George 37, 133
McBride, Lon 80
McCool, Sara Grace 107, 136
McCormick, A. L. “Bud” 74
McDonald, Bill 129, 131 ,133
McDonald, Davis 8, 13, 129
McDonald, Lawrence & Gertrude 133
McDonald, Rex 8
McDonald, William (Bill) 14
McFadden, George H. 74
McFarland, Nancy 130
McIlvee, William & Kathleen 135
McIntyre, Anna 118, 122
McIntyre, John 118, 136
McKeehon, — 112
McLawry Brothers 112
McLendon, Jim 134
McLeod, Gladys Huddy 81, 135
McNeal, Judge Miles 73
McPherson, Aimee Semple 6
McPherson, M. W. 74
Meadows, Jack 29
Medigovich, Theda 130
Melcher, Kendall 130
Meloy, Barbara 130
Merritt, Harry 130
Meskus, Winifred 129
Meyers, Sue 130
Meyers, Tom 130
Miles, General Nelson A. 10, 18, 26
Miller, Guy 37
Miller, William Grant (Onion) 80
Mills, Jack 74, 139
Mills, Vera 74, 135
Mobley, — 14, 36
Monnett, Howard 134
Montague, Phil 229
Montgomery, Dr. Robert E. 96
Moore, Fern (Skinner) 81
Moore, Frank 110, 129
Moore, Fred 129
Moore, Lawrence 30
Moraes, Al 130
Moran, Lawrence & Une 135
Morris, Noel 130
Morse, Louise 8
Morse, — 28, 30
Mortenson, Andrew 134
Mortenson, Joe 74, 134
Mosley, Josephine 54
Mosley, Sam & Josephine 134
Moson, Jane135  
Muheim, — 101
Murphey Brothers 80
Murphey, Frank & Ann 73, 135
Myers, Richard 134
Neal, James 27
Nelson, Carl 130
Nelson, Jack 137
Newcomb, Herb 130, 131
Newcomb, Herb & Jackie 135
Newman, Ethel 129
Newman, George 42
Nietert, Floyd 131
Nordhus, Mary 137
Novy, Karen 132
Oldfield, Barney 89
Olson, B. L. 129
Otis, Charlie & Mrs. 8
Overmyer, Ed 129
Packard, Mr. 106
Parks, Harry &  Mrs. 64, 68, 137
Pasterski, Marguerite 132
Patterson, Thomas 74
Patterson, Tom & Mary Jane 134
Patterson, Widow 30
Paul, Alfred 4
Paul, Alfred, Jr. 13
Paul, Alfred, Sr. 13, 106
Paul, Lt. J. 63
Pearce, John 81
Percel, Les 130
Perez, Ignacio 11, 12
Pettit, Joe 129
Pirtle, E. R. 73, 80
Polley, Wes 136
Potter, Tuck 14
Powers, Sally 46, 134
Price, — 30
Rak, Charles 29, 40
Rak, Mary Kidder 29
Ramsey, — 14
Ramsower, Chris 133
Ramsower, Helen 12, 131
Ramsower, Paul 12, 131
Reed, Stephen 37
Reynold, William 27
richardson, Lt. 136
Riggs Family 27, 48, 64
Riggs, Brannick 48
Riggs, Edward 46, 47
Riggs, Lillian “Erickson” 46
Riggs, Mrs. Lillian 129, 134
Riggs, Susan 131
Riggs, — 45
Ringo, John 30, 31, 33, 134
Roberts, Capt. Thomas L. 54
Roberts, Clyde 63
Roberts, Millie 134
Rochin, Carlos 130
Rockfellow, John A. 11, 64, 82, 83, 89, 129
Rogers, George 10, 133
Rogers, John 10
Rogers, Mrs. George Z. (Sadie) 96, 133, 136
Rogers, John & Ginger 135
Romero, Ernie 130
Roosevelt, President 47
Roth, Vincent & Mrs. 37
Rucker, J. A. 97
Rucker, Lt. John A. 29, 97
Rynning, Capt. 4
Saarick, Henry 135
Sample, Red 98
Sanders, Ben & Ruth 134
Sanders, William 30, 134
Sanders, — 30
Santana, Olga 130
Scheerer, Jacob 77
Schieffelin, Ed 111, 112
Schoenfelder, G. P. 96
Sefferovich, Ted 136
Shannon, Joe 33, 134
Sharpe, Frank & Edith 130, 134
Shattuck, Deputy Sheriff 27
Shattuck, L. C. 4, 97
Shaw, Richard & Patricia 135
Short, Luke 112
Shoults, Sanford & Thelma 135
Skinner, Mr. 81
Slaughter, John 4, 11, 12, 14, 27, 36, 107, 112, 130, 136
Slaughter, Mrs. John 129
Slaughter, Viola 12
Sloan, Ross 18, 19, 129
Smith, A. Y. & Mrs. 81
Smith, Archie 134
Smith, Henry & Mrs. 30
Smith, Mrs. D. M. 73
Smith, — 30
Snure, Ben 14, 18, 19, 20, 37, 134
Snure, Ben Sr. 133
Snure, Florence 18, 19, 20, 134
Snyder, Charles 133
Soto Brothers 63
Spence, Walter & wife 134
Spikes, Albert R. 63, 66, 129, 136
Spikes, Nellie 136
Spraggs, William R. 47
Stacey, Albert 129
Stacey, Rosie 129
Stafford, Colonel 46, 47, 134
Stafford, Reveille 6
Stafford, Tom & Nora 134
Stark, Harold & Susan 135
Stephens, Florence “Flo” 137
Stephens, George & Pat 133
Stephens, George D. 14, 129, 133
Stephenson, Florence “Flo” 65
Stiles, Billy 88
Stiles, Richard 135
Stillman, Clara 97
Stolp, H. C. 73
Stowell, Belle 27
Strauss, Dr. Reginald 80
Sutter, Mr. 131
Swaggert, Walter 129,133
Taylor, Alvin 14, 130
Taylor, Alvin & Aileen 133
Taylor, Cheryl 131, 132
Taylor, Joseph Lee 134
Taylor, Leona 133
Tery, — 14
Tevis, Capt. James H. 62, 63
Tevis, James 38
Thompson, Fern 137
Thompson, Mrs. Joyce 132
Thumm, Charles 74, 134
Thumm, Mildred 74, 134
Tilton, Ruth 137
Tinnon, Tom 137
Toachum, Eugene 135
Trickett, Carol 130
Triest, Zana Lamb 130
Truit, Mr. 73
Truschke, Dianne 137
Valenzuela, Fred 107, 136
Van Meter, Elfrida 74
Van Meter, G. I. 74
Vehenstad, Dan 130
Velasco, Ralph 29, 31, 33, 134
Villa, Pancho 5, 10, 12
Walker, Ed 64
Walker, Ed & Sammy 136
Walker, George A. 43
Ward, Don 134
Warren, Grant 97
Warren, Jack 97
Watson, Minnie 73
Wattawa, Sandy Goar 136
Watts, Capp 11
Weimers, Sister Ann 125
Wells, Jeff 26, 134
Welsh, Jim 134
Wendt, Marion 135
Western, Pres. & Ruby 137
Wetzel, P. J. 107
Whatcott, John 133
Whelan, Billy 64, 129, 137
Whipple, Darrel 136
White, Dr. Dennis 130
Whiteside, Capt. Samuel M. 119
Whitlow, Mrs. 131
Willcox, Ray 130
Williams, Ben Sr. 130
Williams, Gov. Jack 131
Williams, Marion 12
Williams, Mollie 27
Wilson, Sid 52, 112, 136
Windmilles, Ric 135
Woods, Steel 136
Wright, Doug 133
Wright, J. J. 133
Yard, Phil 73
Yokum, Eugene 81
Young, Allen 28
Young, Ray 33
— , Bonnie 46
— , Preu 47
— , Wallace 56



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