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1910 Map of Bisbee

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Bisbee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Bisbee and its surrounding copper-rich highlands dominate this early twentieth-century survey, revealing a landscape shaped by mining and international commerce. The town is situated within the Mule Mountains, where narrow canyons like Brewery Gulch and Dixie Canyon define the early urban footprint. To the south, the industrial influence of the El Paso and Southwestern RR is evident as it connects the mining district to the border settlement of Naco, which sits directly upon the United States Mexico Boundary Line.

Beyond the primary settlements, the map documents a network of rural life and early industry, from the Glance Mine in the east to family-run operations such as Armstrongs Ranch and Fikes Ranch on the Espinal Plain. Notable landmarks like the Halfway House near Don Luis and the Deserted Ranch provide tangible evidence of the era's changing settlement patterns as the region transitioned into a major Western industrial hub.