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St Joseph’s Youth Camp
Since 1948, we have offered rewarding summer camp experiences to Arizona’s youth. St. Joseph’s Youth Camp offers week long camp sessions for kids 8 – 13 years old and for teens 13-17. The summer sessions start in mid-June and run through the end of July. The camp is also available to rent from May through October when youth camp is not in session.St. Joseph’s Youth Camp is located about 25 miles southeast of Flagstaff, at 4860 Mormon Lake Road, Mormon Lake, AZ 86038. The Camp’s year round mailing address is PO Box 23658, Tempe, AZ 85285.
Discover Bisbee
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May 21, 2012 |
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For Information on Bisbee and Cochise County:
Check out the Bisbee Visitor Center…
And find information on Cochise County…
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Bisbee is located 90 miles southeastof Tucson.
It is the picturesque county seat of Historic Cochise County.
The community was founded in 1880.
It was named after Judge DeWitt Bisbee, who was a financial backer of the Copper Queen Mine.
In 1877 a detail of army scouts and cavalrymen was sent to the Mule Mountains to search the area for renegade Apaches. Jack Dunn instead found signs of mineralization indicating the presence of lead, copper and possibly silver.
The first mining claim was staked in what would later become the City of Bisbee.
Bisbee continued to grow and prosper. On January 9, 1902 a city charter was approved and the City of Bisbee was incorporated. A temporary city council was formed and went to work on necessary civic improvements.
In 1910 the city was considered the largest in the territory, with over 25,000 people. The Cochise County seat was relocated from Tombstone to Bisbee in 1929.
During almost a century of mining, 8 billion pounds of copper, 102 million ounces of silver and 2.8 million ounces of gold along with millions of pounds of zinc, lead and manganese were produced. By 1974 ore reserves had been depleted.
The Bisbee of today is a well-known artist’s community whose architectural and historic heritage has been preserved. Located at the center of the natural and historic beauty of Cochise County, the city is the ideal area for tourism. These benefits combined with “the most perfect year round climate” make it an attractive place to visit and a great place to call home.
PanTerra Gallery
22 Main Street, Bisbee, AZ 85603
In the historic Letson Building.
Letson Loft Hotel above the gallery.
| Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum A Smithsonian Affiliate#5 Copper Queen PlazaPO Box 14Bisbee, Arizona 85603(520) 432-7071 HIKE BISBEE Chihuahua Hill is the “B” hill in Bisbee.There are great views of the town of Bisbee from its top. It’s a trail across private land, that is not difficult. It is rocky and it’s not always easy to find the right path.Parking around the trailhead is hard to find. You can park at the public parking lot and walk from there to the trail-head at the end of Ok St.
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