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Cochise County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 131,346 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/04/04003.html )〕 The county seat is Bisbee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Cochise County comprises the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county borders southwestern New Mexico and northwestern Sonora in Mexico. ==History== (詳細はPima County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Arizona Cultural Inventory Project )〕 It took its name from the legendary Chiricahua Apache war chief Cochise.〔 〕 The county seat was Tombstone until 1929 when it moved to Bisbee. Notable men who once held the position of County Sheriff were Johnny Behan, who served as the first sheriff of the new county, and who was one of the main characters during the events leading to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Later, in 1886, Texas John Slaughter became sheriff. Lawman Jeff Milton and lawman/outlaw Burt Alvord both served as deputies under Slaughter. A syndicated television series which aired from 1956 to 1958, ''Sheriff of Cochise'' starring John Bromfield, was filmed in Bisbee. The Jimmy Stewart movie ''Broken Arrow'' and subsequent television show of the same name starring John Lupton, which also aired from 1956 to 1958, took place (but was not filmed) in Cochise County. J.A. Jance's Joanna Brady mystery series takes place in Cochise County, with Brady being the sheriff. Beginning in the late 1950s, the small community of Miracle Valley was the site of a series of bible colleges and similar religious organizations, originally founded by television evangelist A. A. Allen. In 1982, Miracle Valley and neighboring Palominas were the site of a series of escalating conflicts between a newly arrived religious community and the county sheriff and deputies that culminated in the Miracle Valley shootout. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cochise County, Arizona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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