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- Ghost hunter uses genealogy to understand spirits
The adventure continues as Arizona Haunted Sites Examiner, Debe Branning , explains how she traces the genealogy of a spirit, when investigating a possible ghost.
- RVing 101: Solitude, birds, and pecan pies, AZ, Part 1
Just an hour's drive east of Tucson, and five miles south of Benson on the route to Tombstone and Bisbee is the agricultural community of St.
- Ghostly visitations disturb the Zacatecas
Bisbee, Arizona has a ghost that is not satisfied to behave as do the some of the ordinary spirits of the city.
- Meet Tucson's pioneers at Evergreen Cemetery
Save the date! The Arizona Historical Society Docent Council will present a walking tour of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday March 20, 2010 .
- City Week
GLBT Pride Weekend in Bisbee Friday, June 13, through Sunday, June 15 Various Locations Downtown Bisbee 236-3699; bisbeepride.com Don't plan on a quiet retreat if heading to Bisbee this weekend: The usually quiet town kicks off its annual GLBT Pride Weekend this Friday.
- ADOT says lights coming to West Sedona by Fall
After the Arizona State Transportation Board voted unanimously at its Feb 19, 2010 meeting in Bisbee, AZ to allow the Arizona Department of Transportation to proceed with the installation of continuous roadway lighting along Hwy 89A in West Sedona, one would think that those opposed to lights would have folded up their tents and gone home.
- More rain & snow to kick off the workweek
Another rainy, wet, and even snowy day in spots. El Nino returns full force...well maybe not full force but definitely another cool winter day in Arizona.
- Ghost Lady of the Bisbee Grand Hotel B & B
The Bisbee Grand Hotel Bed and Breakfast was originally built in 1906 to accommodate traveling mining executives who came to Bisbee, Arizona on business with the copper mines.
- Patrols target Mardi Gras partiers
A police task force made up of several agencies will be out on patrol Tuesday night looking for Mardi Gras partiers who drink too much and get behind the wheel.
- 5 MVD offices close doors
Waiting times at some Motor Vehicle Division branches approached two hours on Friday, and officials say the lines are only going to get longer.
- Hot Links: Cop Accused of Shoplifting, MVD, and the Penis Tree
A Mesa police officer is accused of shoplifting at Sportsman's Warehouse in east Mesa.
- Winter Storm Warning
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 3 PM Wednesday until 11 AM Thursday. Summerhaven, the tips of the Santa Rita Mountains, Huachuca Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, and Mt.
- Letters to editor: Sexual orientation and the Biking Bis blog
With my email address displayed in the upper right column of every page of the Biking Bis website, I get frequent mail from readers.
- Trailer park lets visitors sleep over in the 1950s
When its copper mine shut down in 1974, much of Bisbee's population left and property prices plummeted.
- Jose Naranjeroa s Long Walk To Work
I first met Jose Naranjero* last July, in a dusty little Mexican town called Naco, which lies just across the border wall from Bisbee, Ariz.
- Best-selling author adds to Humane Society cause
"I write murder mysteries," author J.A. Jance says. "The kind of books you can buy at better bus depots everywhere." New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance will be the star attraction at Tea & Mystery, the Yavapai Humane Society's third annual literary fundraiser on Feb.
- Psychic prediction on Brewery Gulch halted by Frijoles
Bisbee is well known as a very haunted city in southeastern Arizona. Paranormal investigators visit from faraway places hoping to catch a glimpse of a spirit from the old copper mining town's wicked past.
- Mysterious lights over Bisbee Arizona
Bisbee is well known for its ghosts, haunted hotels and saloons up and down Tombstone Canyon, but could it also be another vortex for UFO's as well? Back in JULY 1920 that question was in the minds of many Bisbee residents when an unexplained light aroused the residents.
- MVD closures mean more driving
Changing an auto title in Benson could mean hitting the road for Tucson. "It's going to break my heart," Les Thompson said about the possible closure of the Motor Vehicle Division office in Benson.
City DescriptionBisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles (132 km) southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177. The city is the county seat of Cochise County.
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.
In 1929, the county seat was moved from Tombstone, Arizona to Bisbee, where it remains.
A syndicated television series which aired from 1956-1958, Sheriff of Cochise starring John Bromfield, was filmed in Bisbee.
Mining in the Mule Mountains proved quite successful: in the early 20th century the population of Bisbee soared. Incorporated in 1902, by 1910 its population swelled to 9,019 and it sported a constellation of suburbs, including Warren, Lowell, and San Jose, some of which had been founded on their own (ultimately less successful) mines. In 1917, open pit mining was successfully introduced to meet the heavy copper demand due to World War I.
High quality turquoise was a by-product of the copper mining and has been promoted as Bisbee Blue. Bisbee is noted for the astounding ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Cochise County
- Arizona
- United States of America
City Contains:- Phelps Dodge General Office Building
- Bisbee Historic District
- Muheim House
- Walter Douglas House
Timezones:Size:City Featured in Films:- Fantasy:Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden
- Cannonball Run II
- Groom Lake
- Million Dollar Mystery
- Violent Saturday
- Young Guns II
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