Bisbee AZ is an interesting old copper mining town. At it's peak about 20000 people lived there and today about 5000. It has transformed its self into a tourist ,artsy town with lots of galleries, antique stores and gift shops. It is built between two mountains in a very deep narrow valley with houses built on both sides of the valley and layered up the side some times 5 or 6 high. There are 350 sets of stairs and about 30,000 steps scattered through out the town for people to get to their houses. We did the walking tour of the town that is 7.4 kilometers and includes 1000 steps. It is named the Bisbee 1000.
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This is a set of stairs tucked between 2 building on main street leading to houses
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Rose is standing on a landing for the 1st set of houses,
there are 3 or 4 more levels of houses behind her. |
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| Main street |
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| This guy was enjoying the sunshine at the entrance to an antique shop. |
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| The building originally housed a Woolworths store. The sign is still above the entrance door. |
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| Lots of small houses. |
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| The open pit copper mine that is now closed |
1 comment:
It's good to like your neighbours when you can so easily look up, or below or sideways at them! Good exercise getting anywhere if you don't live on the ground level. Hope there are some easily accessible places too. There's an historic look - beyond the fellow in the wheel chair!
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