The Great Earthquake of 1887
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...
View ArticleRock Art in Cochise County
This 56 minute lecture describes numerous sites in Southeastern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico where petroglyphs, pictographs and rock art were found. The rocky cliffs and clefts of Cochise County served...
View ArticleBootlegging on the Border
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...
View ArticleThe Swedish Enclave
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...
View ArticleMilitary Outposts in the Chiricahua Mountains
During the long years of the Chiricahua Apache wars with the United States, the military established a number of outposts to block their escape routes into the rugged Chiricahua Mountains. Learn about...
View ArticleMilitary Outposts of the Chiricahua Mountains
This Powerpoint presentation is related to the lecture of the same name in this collection. It contains 53 slides with images and photos depicting the life and times of the military outposts built in...
View ArticleCamp Naco
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...
View ArticleLa Fontera - A History
This 43 slide powerpoint presentation is related to the audio file in this collection of the same name. It presents a history of Mexican and American shared heritage along the southeastern Arizona...
View ArticlePaquime and Mata Ortiz
This 44 slide powerpoint presentation is related to the audio file of the same name in this collection. It includes maps and images detailing the archaelogical history of the area from 1250-1425. There...
View ArticleApache Water Jar
The origin of this artifact is unknown. It was acquired by the Cochise College Library in the 1970's through a Title II grant. The jar is 38 cm high, 28 cm diameter and has a 18 cm lipped openning. The...
View ArticleCasas Grande Polychrome Jar
The origin of this artifact is unknown. The United States Border Patrol donated it to Cochise College after confiscating it at the U.S./Mexico border. The jar is 16 cm high with a 17 cm diameter and...
View ArticleFairbank Schoolhouse
The Fairbank schoolhouse is one of the few remaining buildings left in Fairbank, Arizona. It was built around 1920 and classes were held there until 1944. The schoolhouse fell into disrepair after...
View ArticleGila Polychrome Bowl
This artifact was found on the J. Cowan ranch located in Sulpher Spring Valley, Cochise County, Arizona. Excavated between 1968 and 1983 by Cochise College Archeology Department, created between 1200...
View ArticleGila Polychrome Bowl
Between the years 1968 and 1983 Cochise College archeology department excavated five sites in Southeastern Arizona. This artifact was found at the J. Cowan ranch in Sulpher Spring Valley, Cochise...
View ArticleGila Polychrome Jar new
This artifact was found on the Darnell ranch located on the eastern slopes of the Chiricahua Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. Excavated between 1968 and 1983 by Cochise College Archeology...
View ArticlePlainware Duck Pot new
This artifact was found at the J. Cowan ranch in Sulpher Spring Valley, Cochise County, Arizona. Excavated between 1968 and 1983 by Cochise College Archeology Department, created between 1200 and 1400...
View ArticlePlainware Effigy Pot
This artifact was found at the J. Cowan ranch in Sulpher Spring Valley, Cochise County, Arizona. Excavated between 1968 and 1983 by Cochise College Archeology Department, created between 1200 and 1400...
View ArticleTanto Polychrome Jar new
This artifact was found on the Darnell ranch located on the eastern slopes of the Chiricahua Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. Excavated between 1968 and 1983 by Cochise College Archeology...
View ArticleFort Newell
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...
View ArticleWe Are Stories: Capturing and Preserving Oral Histories from the...
During the spring 2011 semester, a group of students enrolled in English as a Second Language classes at Cochise College interviewed Gertie Eicks, one of the original homesteaders of the Douglas area....
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