Estevan Ochoa


Estevan Ochoa was a Mexicanborn American businessman and politician who participated in the creation of the Arizona Territory.

Ochoa was born to Jesus Ochoa in Chihuahua, Mexico on March 17, 1831. His family had a variety of business interests and appear on the registry of navigation from when Corts sailed from Spain. While he was growing up, his family operated a freight hauling business along the Santa Fe Trail. Ochoa accompanied his familys wagon trains from Chihuahua to points as distant as Independence, Missouri. His experiences on the trail taught him the skills of a merchant while time spent in Kansas provided him with fluency in the English language.

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