Bisbee is about a half hour drive south east of Tombstone. It’s claim to fame is the Copper Queen Mine and being the county seat for Cochise Country. The mine closed down years ago but the town survived. A couple of men saw the tourist potential of the town. The Copper Queen Mine was reopened as a tourist site (after a lot of work and money to ensure it was safe), the hotel altered to attract visitors and many artisans moved to town. Currently, there are a lot of antique shops and jewelry stores. Many of the jewelry stores make a lot of the jewelry they sell using minerals found in the mountains around Bisbee.

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Old Bisbee in built in Tombstone Canyon (at least I assume it is Tombstone Canyon as the main road in town is called Tombstone Canyon Road) and thus is very hilly. A view of the town from the hillside as you are driving into town.

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Outside of the museum is a train that was used in the Copper Queen Mine. Ed figured it was appropriate for him to drive the train was he is an "engineer".

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There are no flat or straight roads in town.

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The houses are built up the side of the mountain -- resulting in skinny, curvy roads and many stairs. When we were leaving town, we thought we would drive up one of the side roads and followed a pickup truck that seemed to know where it was going. Didn't take long before we realized this wasn't the best idea we had ever had. The road was narrow to start with and in some places vehicle were parked on the side of the road, in a few spots we squeezed by with an inch or two to spare. Finally near the top of the road we found a road that went back down. This one was a little better if you forget about the couple of hairpin turns and the steepness of the road.

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Some of the many stairs we saw in town. In October of each year, the "Save Our Stairs 1000" event see many people coming to town to complete in the walk/run/stair climb. A statue honoring the copper miners.

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The Copper Queen Mine was a huge open pit mine.

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After driving to Douglas to see a very deteriorated historic district we returned North and found Lowell just outside of Bisbee. John talked to the two guys who were busily working away and found out the buildings on this street were mostly owned by these two men who were working on restoring vehicles and other memorabilia.

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Across the highway from Lowell John spotted the Shady Dell. The old trailers and one boat are now used like a motel, renting by the night. On the Shady Dell's website I found that it is only open in the spring and fall. This one reminded us of Lucy and Dezi's trailer in the movie The Long Trailer.

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What some guys will do to get a good photo.