Bisbee, AZ.
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Bisbee Arizona was founded as a mining town in the 1880s. In the 1920s they
started Open Pit mining for Copper for World War I. The population soared up
to 10,000 people. In 1975 Phelps Dodge halted copper mining operations in
Bisbee. Bisbee then became an artist's colony. Today Bisbee is noted for its
gay-friendliness, and its Gay Pride Days is considered one of the top 5 rural
Gay Prides in the United States by the online site at gay.com. Bisbee gays
have their own website at bisbeepride.com. |
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Bisbee is one of the more unique places we have ever been to. The way houses
are built on the sides of the hills with the narrow streets going up tight
canyons. When we were last there in 2001 they were not real friendly to
tourists but that seems to have changed. The trailer in the lower left is at
the Shady Dell, which has 9 restored aluminum trailers you can stay in. |
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The picture in the lower left is part of what is left of the Bisbee suburb
of Lowell. It seems the Lavender Pit open mine expanded and took over most
of the town. But there are some quirky old store fronts left and some antique
cars to see. There is also the Bisbee Breakfast Club which is a very good
place to eat. |
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