In the early 1900s, it was the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco, bustling with the raw material of Wild West legends. Bisbee's infamous Brewery Gulch once supported 47 saloons and was considered the liveliest spot between El Paso and San Francisco. By the 1970s, opportunists had relieved Bisbee's Mule Mountains of billions of pounds of copper, 102 million ounces of silver, 2.8 million ounces of gold, and millions of pounds of zinc, lead, and manganese. The ore reserves were depleted, and when the last pickaxe struck plain old dirt, a mass exodus of miners collapsed the real estate market. But the lure of cheap land was a magnet for retirees, hippies, and artists. Boarding houses were converted into charming bed and breakfasts. Antique stores, galleries, cafes, and restaurants replaced the saloons. These days, a vibrant and eclectic community of ranchers, politicians, and free spirits; a well-preserved architectural and historic heritage; and the most perfect year-round climate make Bisbee, the county seat, a one-of-a-kind gem.
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In this engaging retrospective, showcasing more than 200 archival photographs from private collections and the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum Society, author Ethel Jackson Price sifts through the rich history of the boomtown that simply refused to go bust.
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Wish is was bigger, so the pictures were bigger!,
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My father grew up in Bisbee, Arizona. I remember many car trips to visit my grandma from San Diego to Bisbee. Love Bisbee still. Great place to visit. Stay at the Copper Queen.
My father was a miner and so was his father. I've heard so many stories of his growing up there. I bought this book for him so he could see all the old pictures. My father is 86 now, so I wish this book was bigger, so the pictures could be bigger for him to see. Otherwise, its a great book about Bisbee.
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Very interesting reading!!!,
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After reading this book, I could almost picture Bisbee as it was many years ago! As a recent tourist there, I learned even more than I had when I visited it last year. Very informative and interesting reading!!
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Early ancestors of the Apache may have walked across a land-bridge that once connected Russia to Alaska. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ron Price, Courtesy of Cochise County Historical Society, Copper Queen, Courtesy of Bishee Mining, Courtesy of Bisbee Mining, Courtesy of Neil Bush, Brewery Gulch, San Jose, Tombstone Canyon, United States, Castle Rock, George Warren, Mexican Revolution, Mule Mountains, Central School, Courtesy of Rishee Mining, Continental Divide, Evergreen Cemetery, Lavender Pit, Quality Hill, Sacramento Hill New!
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Early ancestors of the Apache may have walked across a land-bridge that once connected Russia to Alaska. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ron Price, Courtesy of Cochise County Historical Society, Copper Queen, Courtesy of Bishee Mining, Courtesy of Bisbee Mining, Courtesy of Neil Bush, Brewery Gulch, San Jose, Tombstone Canyon, United States, Castle Rock, George Warren, Mexican Revolution, Mule Mountains, Central School, Courtesy of Rishee Mining, Continental Divide, Evergreen Cemetery, Lavender Pit, Quality Hill, Sacramento Hill New!
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- Main Street (Signet Classics) by Sinclair Lewis on page 53
- The Rocky Mountains (World's Wild Places) by Bryce S. Walker on page 122
- The Great Depression - How We Coped, Worked and Played: Life-Experience Stories from the Carolinas' Piedmont (1929-41) by Margaret G. Bigger on page 94
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