Cochise - Arizona Ghost Town

COCHISE

NAME: Cochise
COUNTY: Cochise
ROADS: 2WD recommended
LEGAL INFO: T15S, R24E
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer or fall

COMMENTS: Semi-ghost.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

Cochise was created as a fuel stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1880's. Its peak population was about 3000 people. The town has never really died although there are under 50 people living there today. The hotel is open to the public and is full of great antiques. Today, the trains still roar through Cochise but no longer stop as the need for coal and water has long been extinguished. We just got back from Arizona yesterday (9-21-2013) and one of our stops was in Cochise. The General Store was still there and is being lived in by some people. The Hotel across the street was closed and is For Sale and no longer operates as a museum. There were still some original structures in the area but most were so dilapidated that you couldn't tell what was somebody's junk heap and what was 'old Cochise'. Just wanted to give you the update Bob and Jamie Smith Clearwater, Florida	Cochise Hotel - 1892 Courtesy Dolores Steele General Store - 1913 Courtesy Dolores Steele Cochise Cemetery Courtesy Dolores Steele Cochise Cemetery Courtesy Dolores Steele Cochise Courtesy Tom McCurnin Cochise Store and Hotel Together Courtesy Tom McCurnin Cochise Hotel Bobby Zlatevski Cochise Hotel Bobby Zlatevski Cochise Store Bobby Zlatevski Cochise Store Bobby Zlatevski Cochise Post Office Bobby Zlatevski Cochise Hotel Courtesy Tim Sullivan Water Tank Courtesy Tim Sullivan
Cochise Church Courtesy Tom McCurnin Cochise Church Courtesy Tom McCurnin

Cochise was created as a fuel stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1880's. Its peak population was about 3000 people. The town has never really died although there are under 50 people living there today. The hotel is open to the public and is full of great antiques. Today, the trains still roar through Cochise but no longer stop as the need for coal and water has long been extinguished.

We just got back from Arizona yesterday (9-21-2013) and one of our stops was in Cochise. The General Store was still there and is being lived in by some people. The Hotel across the street was closed and is For Sale and no longer operates as a museum. There were still some original structures in the area but most were so dilapidated that you couldn't tell what was somebody's junk heap and what was 'old
Cochise'. Just wanted to give you the update

Bob and Jamie Smith
Clearwater, Florida

Cochise Hotel - 1892
Courtesy Dolores Steele