Court House

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Cochise County Courthouse

 

Cochise County Courthouse

Built in 1882 at a cost of nearly $50,000, the Cochise County Courthouse was a stylish building as well as a comfortable symbol of law and stability in these turbulent times. It housed the offices of the sheriff, recorder, treasurer, and the board of supervisors. The jail was at the rear, under the courtroom.

 

Sheriffs from 1882 - 1929

A series of colorful people held office here. John Slaughter was a local cattleman who, as sheriff, virtually cleared the county of outlaws. Some were awkwardly unconventional, such a Deputy Sheriff Burt Alford, who was experienced on both sides of the law.

 

most famous of the lawmen

Tombstone remained the county seat until 1929, when outvoted by a growing Bisbee, and the county seat was moved there. The last county office left the courthouse in 1931.

 

Cochise County Bond

Except for an ill-fated attempt to convert the courthouse into a hotel during the 1940s, the building stood vacant until 1955. When the Tombstone Restoration Commission acquired it, they began the courthouse rehabilitation and the development as a historical museum that has continued to operate as a state park since 1959. It features exhibits and thousands of artifacts which tell of Tombstone's colorful past.

 

courthouse vault

 

those dealing with Cochise

 

Geronimo

 

 

Doc. Holliday

 

Possessions of Ed Schieffelin, Founder of Tombstone

 

Post Office

 

Jail

 

a town of saloons

 

and gambling

 

types of barbed wire used to create fences

 

twenty mule teams to pull ore wagons

 

upstairs to the court room

 

court room

 

 

 

law library
where lawyers often met with clients

 

gallows for the convicted

 

 


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