12 Facts About Bisbee Arizona

Bisbee Arizona was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, and named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee Arizona, one of the financial backers of the adjacent Copper Queen Mine.

High quality turquoise promoted as Bisbee Arizona Blue was a by-product of the copper mining.

From 1950 to 1960, the sharp population decline happening over the previous few decades changed course and the number of residents of Bisbee Arizona increased by nearly 160 percent when open-pit mining was undertaken and the city annexed nearby areas.

Bisbee Arizona had tried to find a local buyer, offering the deed to any local resident for the sum of $1, but there were no takers.

Bisbee Arizona befriended Hutchison and eventually partnered with Smart in his real estate ventures.

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Today, the historic city of Bisbee Arizona is known as "Old Bisbee Arizona" and is home to a thriving downtown cultural scene.

City of Bisbee Arizona now includes the satellite communities of Warren, Lowell, and San Jose.

Natural vegetation around Bisbee Arizona has a semi-desert appearance with shrubby acacia, oak and the like, along with cacti, grass, ocotillo and yucca.

Bisbee Arizona is a typical semi-arid climate of the upland Mountain West.

An analysis of United States Census Bureau data by researchers at The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law found that, on a proportional basis, Bisbee Arizona had more gay couples living together than anywhere else in the state.

Bisbee Arizona joined with Clifton in forming a cricket team that travelled to Santa Monica, California, in 1908 to play the Santa Monica Cricket Club in two games overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the grounds of the Polo Field.

The Bisbee Bees played as members of the Arizona State League and Arizona-Texas League.