BISBEE, Cochise County, Arizona - Bisbee views: Bisbee is located in the Mule Mountains. Most of Bisbee's houses were built on hillsides. There are several areas or suburbs of Bisbee. Old Bisbee is the original, historic part of Bisbee. Other areas of Bisbee include Lowell, Warren, and San Jose. - Bisbee courthouse: Bisbee is the county seat. There are beautiful doors at the courthouse entrance. - City park: The city park was originally a graveyard. It was converted to a city park in 1916. - Muheim Block Building: Built in 1905, this building once was home to the Bisbee Stock Exchange. The old stock exchange tote board still takes up an entire wall in what is now a bar. - Copper Queen Hotel: Was built in 1902. - Old city hall and fire station: Built in 1906. Remained as City Hall until 1977. - Next to old city hall: Another Bisbee building with typical Bisbee transportation parked out front. - Post Office & Library: Built in 1906. The post office is on the ground floor with entrance at the end. The library is on the third floor with entrance on Main Street. The painting above the post office boxes is of the post office and library building. - Old Bisbee High School: Built in 1914, burned in 1919, and rebuilt in 1920. It is being restored by the State for use as county government offices. An interesting tidbit about this building is that it has four floors and each floor has a ground-level entrance. The main entrance you see in the photo is actually on the second floor. - Loma Linda: This 41-room home in Warren was completed in 1908. It was owned by Walter Douglas, the General Manager of the Phelps Dodge company. The residence is known as Loma Linda. The servants' quarters have been converted to apartments but the main home is still a private residence. - Downtown: If I could show you a photo of Main St from 90 years ago, it would look very much like these, except the street was dirt and the cars were horses. - Pythian Castle: Built in 1904 as the Knights of Pythias Lodge. It is now an apartment building. - Bisbee Stairs: Part of the challenge of building a house on a hillside is providing access to it. Houses were often built one behind the other, up away from the narrow streets. The only way to get to them was to climb the hill or build stairs. There are very long concrete and rock stairways all over Old Bisbee. - Y.W.C.A.: Built in 1916 as the Y.W.C.A., it is now home for male students of Cochise College. The red building on the right is the old Y.M.C.A. built in 1903. It is now luxury apartments. - Bisbee Review newspaper: Built in 1902 as the Phelps Dodge Clinic. It became home to The Review in 1917. - Lavendar Pit: Bisbee is here today because of copper and silver mining. No landmark photographs would be complete without some representation of the mining industry. This open pit mine, the most recent mining method used in Bisbee, was operational from 1951 to 1974. This giant hole is over 900 feet deep. - Queen Mine Tour: Bisbee started life as a mining town. The first rich outcroppings were discovered in 1877. The mountains held a wealth of gold, silver, and copper. The Bisbee area is considered one of the richest mineral sites in the world. Mine tourists don slickers, hard hats, and miner's lamps. The red things you see on the back of the slickers are the battery packs that power the lamps. Emergency phones were located deep in the mine. There are a couple of places on the tour where you leave the trolly and walk or climb to other chambers. - Lavender Pit: This open pit mine, the most recent mining method used in Bisbee, was operational from 1951 to 1974. This giant hole is over 900 feet deep.