Coutland - Arizona Ghost Town

COURTLAND

NAME: Courtland
COUNTY: Cochise
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T19S, R25E
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Not far from Gleeson. Ruins stretch over about a mile of good dirt road.Video available, see below.
REMAINS: The old jail is left. Some foundations and part of a major mercantile are also left.

Courtland's post office was established March 13, 1909 and discontinued September 30, 1942. Courtland was a large enough town to support two newspapers, one called the Courtland Arizonan. Courtland had over 2000 inhabitants at one time. The town even boasted over 5 miles of water mains and a movie theater. There were baseball games, horse races, weddings and all types of events one would expect of a modern town. But, the mines played out and the town slowly died, closing its post office in 1942. One of the most interesting buildings remaining is the old jail. - GT Courtland is the only community on the Ghost Town Trail (a popular driving tour from Tombstone to Fort Bowie ruins, 4 mining towns, 3 stagecoach stations and 1 railroad town) witch is completely destroyed from the desert. It's almost nothing left except the ruins of the escape secure prison, one collapsed store, stonewalls, remains from mining and vanished cemetery south of the town. Once earlier was a lot of life in Courtland and more hundred people came to the area in 1909, like they done to Calu-met & Arizona, Copper Que-en, Lead-ville and Great Western companies who all started mining. The Great We-stern was owned by W. J. Young, who named the town after his brother Courtland. The town had a population of 2000 people, post office witch opened on Mart 13, 1909, own news paper "the Court-land Arizonan"), cinema, butcher store, is store, swimming pool, Wells Fargo office, Southern Arizona Auto Company (local Stevens & Duryea company) and Mexico & Colo-rado Rail-road, a sideline from her to north of Douglas. The town survived the Depression days but they lost post office on September 30, 1942. On that time many buildings were removed or collapsed. Notice!!! There are many open shafts close to the town; some of them are not surrounded with the fence. If you walk around Courtland, keep you eyes open, be extreme careful, and don't fall in the hols, because you will never come up again. Bobby Zlatevski Courtland Courtesy Kevin Ward Courtland Courtesy Kevin Ward Courtland Courtesy Kevin Ward Courtland Courtesy Bobby Zlatevski Courtland Courtesy Bobby Zlatevski VIDEO AVAILABLE	Courtland in 1909 Courtesy Arizona Historical Society Courtland Jail Courtesy Tom McCurnin Courtland Courtesy Kevin Ward Courtland Courtesy Kevin Ward Courtland Courtesy Kevin Ward

Courtland's post office was established March 13, 1909 and discontinued September 30, 1942. Courtland was a large enough town to support two newspapers, one called the Courtland Arizonan. Courtland had over 2000 inhabitants at one time. The town even boasted over 5 miles of water mains and a movie theater. There were baseball games, horse races, weddings and all types of events one would expect of a modern town. But, the mines played out and the town slowly died, closing its post office in 1942. One of the most interesting buildings remaining is the old jail. - GT

Courtland is the only community on the Ghost Town Trail (a popular driving tour from Tombstone to Fort Bowie ruins, 4 mining towns, 3 stagecoach stations and 1 railroad town) witch is completely destroyed from the desert. It's almost nothing left except the ruins of the escape secure prison, one collapsed store, stonewalls, remains from mining and vanished cemetery south of the town. Once earlier was a lot of life in Courtland and more hundred people came to the area in 1909, like they done to Calu-met & Arizona, Copper Que-en, Lead-ville and Great Western companies who all started mining. The Great We-stern was owned by W. J. Young, who named the town after his brother Courtland. The town had a population of 2000 people, post office witch opened on Mart 13, 1909, own news paper "the Court-land Arizonan"), cinema, butcher store, is store, swimming pool, Wells Fargo office, Southern Arizona Auto Company (local Stevens & Duryea company) and Mexico & Colo-rado Rail-road, a sideline from her to north of Douglas. The town survived the Depression days but they lost post office on September 30, 1942. On that time many buildings were removed or collapsed. Notice!!! There are many open shafts close to the town; some of them are not surrounded with the fence. If you walk around Courtland, keep you eyes open, be extreme careful, and don't fall in the hols, because you will never come up again. Bobby Zlatevski

Courtland
Courtesy Kevin Ward

Courtland
Courtesy Bobby Zlatevski

VIDEO AVAILABLE

Courtland in 1909
Courtesy Arizona Historical Society

Courtland Jail
Courtesy Tom McCurnin

Courtland
Courtesy Kevin Ward

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