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The Bisbee Historic District is a historic district located in Bisbee, Arizona, and has all the essential features of a prosperous, early twentieth century mining town. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [ 2 ]
State Route 80 (SR 80) is a 120.20-mile (193.44-kilometre) long, roughly arc-shaped highway lying in southeastern Arizona.Starting in downtown Benson, the highway serves as the main route through the towns of St. David, Tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas before terminating at the New Mexico state line, becoming New Mexico State Road 80 (NM 80).
Bisbee, looking east, 1909 Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town; topographical map from 1902. Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, and named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee, one of the financial backers of the adjacent Copper Queen Mine. The town was the site of the Bisbee Riot in 1919.
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The Bisbee Women's Club House – built in 1902 and located at 74 Quality Hill. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1985, reference #850000145. The Bisbee Gym Building – built in 1903 and located at 39 Howell Street. The Pythian Castle – built in 1904 and located at 29 OK Street.
The racial makeup of the county was 78.5% white, 4.2% black or African American, 1.9% Asian, 1.2% American Indian, 0.3% Pacific islander, 9.9% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 32.4% of the population. [17] The largest ancestry groups were: [19]
The Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum is a local history museum at 5 Copper Queen Plaza in Bisbee, Arizona. It is located in the Phelps Dodge General Office Building, a National Historic Landmark for the importance of the Phelps Dodge Corporation's role in the growth and development of the American Southwest. The museum is dedicated primarily ...
Bisbee, Arizona, ca. 1900. In the middle area of Brewery Avenue, houses almost fill the steeply sloped terrain that lies between Brewery Avenue and OK Street higher up; many of these houses can be reached only by flights of steps. Climbing the slope of Youngblood Hill Avenue on the right, one passes the Muheim House, a house-museum, on the left.