Bisbee
is featured in an advertising campaign for Kate Spade!
A 12 page spread in March's
Vogue, some in Town and Country and Vanity Fair magazines.
It's the Bisbee Spring Collection; see it on the Kate
Spade website.
AAA
Arizona Highroads
The
New Old West
By:
Charles Vascellero
May/June
2006 issue
(May/June
2006) - The
essence of an enjoyable road trip is often in the serendipitous
discovery of places that inspire return visits to distant
locales. Just past Bisbee's famed Lavender Pit mine, beside
State Route 80, in the city's historic Lowell neighborhood...
[more...]
Tucson
to Bisbee on Arizona's Open Road
Feel the wide-open freedom
of an Arizona road trip from a stylish resort in Tucson to
the rediscovered cool of a vintage Airstream trailer in Bisbee.
By: David Hanson
April 2006 issue
(April 2006) – Bisbee's steep streets and
Old West charm glow at dusk, when the cooling night air and
surprisingly chic restaurants invite a stroll down Main Street.
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THE
COOLEST SMALL TOWNS IN THE U.S.A.
Bisbee, Arizona
Pop. 6,050
By:Rita Connelly
April 2006 issue
(April 2006) – Once a rowdy copper mining
town, Bisbee--in the Mule Mountain range, 90 miles southeast
of Tucson--still attracts a fair share of misfits and folks
on the fringe. "Bisbee is for people who don't like the
ordinary," says longtime resident Cynthia Conroy, a dog
trainer.
[more...]
National
Trust Names Bisbee, Arizona, One of America's Dozen Distinctive
Destinations
Annual List Promotes Heritage Tourism
Washington, D.C. (March 2, 2005) – There’s
an old saying in Arizona, “Bisbee is 100 miles –
and 100 years – from Tucson.” Founded in 1877
by a cavalryman engaged in the bitter campaign by the U.S.
military to contain Apaches on reservations, Bisbee (population
6,400) is an authentic Western mining town nestled in the
spectacular mile-high Mule Mountains.
[more...]
Where
to Go Next (And Get There Soon Before the Secret's Out)
The 10 getaways everyone will be talking
about-- in five years. By edited by Lisa Trottier
San Francisco Magazine (Nov. 2005) – For
a Southwest experience that's quirky, colorful, and authentic,
let your eye wander down, down, down the map until you nearly
cross the border. Here, you'll find Bisbee, Arizona, a town
of 6,090 people that's the perfect antidote to the strip-mall
sprawl that afflicts so much of the Sun Belt.
[more...]
Vegetarian
Times : July-Aug 2005
The Twenty Greenest Spots in the Country
By Meg Donohue
Whether you're looking for a great place to visit or a
new place to live, check out these superspots - 10 small towns
and 10 big cities where vegetarianism and eco-consciousness
come with the territory.
[download
article from Vegetarian Times...]
Sunset:
Apr. 2005
Queen of the Desert
By Lawrence W. Cheek
[download
article from Sunset Magazine...]
Arizona
Highways: Feb. 2005
Quirky Town of Bisbee Still Has Its Old-time Charm
By Carrie M. Miner
[link to
complete article...]
National
Geographic Adventurer: Feb. 2004
Border Cruising
By Cliff Ransom
The Arizona plan: caves,
crags, and lunch in Mexico.
[download
article from National Geographic Adventurer...]
Budget
Travel : Feb. 2004
Arizona the way it was
By Laurie Kuntz
History runs deep in
Southeast Arizona, but you don't have to dig to find it. Get
off the main road and you'll bump into ghost towns and missions,
abandoned mines and airstream trailers.
[download
article from Budget Travel...]
Delta
Sky Magazine: July 2003
Unhurried
Busy Bisbee - by Nancy Oakley; Illustration by Francis Livingston
That's the tempo in these
5 American villages.
[download
article from Delta Sky Magazine...]
Scottsdale
Life: June 2003
Small Town, AZ
By Ginger S. Eiden; Photos by John Beckett
A slice of pie and life
in Jerome, Wickenburg and Bisbee.
[download
article from Scottsdale Life...]
Travel
+ Leisure: October 2002
The Not So Old West
By Catherine O'Neal
Hey, cowboy: beyond the
ghost towns and desert roads of Arizona, Catherine O'Neal
finds an unexpected oasis of vintage trailers, fusion cuisine,
and bohemian style.
[download
article from Travel + Leisure...]
Money
Magazine: April 2002
Best Places to Vacation
By Andrea Bennet and Amy Wilson with Tara Kalwarski
From Oregon to Maine,
we picked 10 perfect places in North America to spend your
summer holidays.
[download
article from Money Magazine...]
High
Desert Gardens of Old Bisbee
BISBEE, Ariz. (Feb. 15, 2005; for more information,
call Fred Miller @ (520) 432-1418) – The allure
and beauty of high desert gardens in historic Old Bisbee will
be featured during the fourth annual Bisbee Bloomer Garden
Tour, Saturday, May 7.
[more...]
It's
Cool to go South in the Summer: Bisbee a Cool Place to Beat
the Heat
BISBEE, Ariz. (June. 2005) – Elevation is
everything when it comes to escaping the desert heat. Travelers
heading to Bisbee, the nation’s southernmost mile-high
city, will discover that they can “rise above it all”
when they realize “It’s Cool to Go South in the
Summer.”
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Bisbee:
Mining Town Turned Artists' Haven
BISBEE, Ariz. – At the end of the 19th century the
Queen Mine churned with activity beneath the town of Bisbee.
Today, the mine is dormant, but Bisbee is not. Built along
the sides of the Mule Mountains in southeastern Arizona, the
thriving mile-high community of Bisbee is richly blended with
art, history and western charm.
[more...]
Bisbee:
Southeastern Arizona's Avian Haven
BISBEE, Ariz. – With more than 515 documented species
and more than 280 nesting species, Arizona boasts more bird
habitats than 47 other states. And, amid lush deserts in the
southeastern corner of the state, the mile high city of Bisbee
is becoming renowned as an avian haven and hub for birdwatchers.
Each year they flock to southeastern Arizona for a glimpse
of winged creatures that either make their homes in this diverse
region or stop during their yearly migration season.
[more...]
Bisbee,
Arizona
At A Glance
BISBEE, Ariz. –
Art and antiquing are popular pastimes for Bisbee visitors.
History buffs can learn about mining during the Copper Queen
Mine Tours given daily. Nearby, birding opportunities abound
in the San Pedro Riparian Area and in the Mule Mountains.
[more...]
Bisbee's
19th Century, Copper-Cultivated Culture Still Thrives in Historic
Attractions
BISBEE, Ariz. – At the end of the 19th century,
Bisbee and its Queen Mine churned with activity. Though the
mine is dormant today, remnants of Bisbee’s underground
past live on in the town’s historic attractions and
interactive activities. Visitors interested in this former
urban outpost can learn from the Bisbee Mining & Historical
Museum, the Smithsonian Institution’s first rural affiliate,
experience the Queen Mine Tour and visit a host of other attractions
dedicated to preserving and recounting the town’s colorful
past.
[more...]
Twenty
Intriguing Facts About Bisbee
1.
Bisbee was the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco
at the turn-of-the-century.
2.
Bisbee has the longest continually operating ball field (with
original grand stand) in Arizona.
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Visitors
Experience Mining Life as Tour Descends into Depths of Bisbee's
Copper Queen Mine
BISBEE, Ariz. – Outfitted in hard hat, miner’s
headlamp and a yellow slicker, thousands of Bisbee visitors
descend into the Queen Mine Tour each year—heading underground
and back in time. Tour guides, retired Phelps Dodge employees,
lead the group 1,500 feet into the mine and recount mining
days, techniques, dangers and drama. Adding a personal touch,
the miner-turned-tour guides help visitors experience what
it was like to work underground.
[more...]
Walking
Tour Guide Showcases Bisbee's ‘History on the Hillside’
BISBEE, Ariz. – With a new Bisbee Historic Walking
Tours brochure, visitors can explore Bisbee’s early
20th-century architecture, fantastic shops and Old World charm.
Visitors can delight in wonderfully preserved “history
on the hillside” with the brochure as a guide to some
of the town’s history and the architectural significance
of its structures.
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