Copper doors, Cochise County Court House
We drove down to Bisbee on Veterans Day. Got there kind of late and poked around for a bit. Then had lunch at the Bisbee Grill and poked around a little more before driving back.
Bisbee was founded in the 1880's as a mining town, and has suffered all the viscissitudes (and booms) that entails. In 1917 over 1,100 IWW members (or anyone suspected to be) were run out of town in the infamous Bisbee Deportation.
In 1975 Phelps Dodge bailed out of mining in Bisbee and the local economy essentially imploded. It was a disaster for most residents, but the crash in real estate prices made it arractive to artists and anyone else with a lot of imagination and little cash. Modern Bisbee is, well, quirky.
The best t-shirt I saw while we were there was "Keep Bisbee Weird." Amen.
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Copper doors, Cochise County Court House
We drove down to Bisbee on Veterans Day. Got there kind of late and poked around for a bit. Then had lunch at the Bisbee Grill and poked around a little more before driving back.
Bisbee was founded in the 1880's as a mining town, and has suffered all the viscissitudes (and booms) that entails. In 1917 over 1,100 IWW members (or anyone suspected to be) were run out of town in the infamous Bisbee Deportation.
In 1975 Phelps Dodge bailed out of mining in Bisbee and the local economy essentially imploded. It was a disaster for most residents, but the crash in real estate prices made it arractive to artists and anyone else with a lot of imagination and little cash. Modern Bisbee is, well, quirky.
The best t-shirt I saw while we were there was "Keep Bisbee Weird." Amen.
Adjusted as needed with Picasa.
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