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1933 Map of Bisbee

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Bisbee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

Copper mining operations and railroad corridors dominate this 1933 tactical survey of the Arizona-Sonora borderlands. The high-altitude activity centered around Bisbee is depicted in detail, with residential and industrial pockets like Lowell, Bakersfield, and Tin Town crowding the base of the Mule Mountains. These mining camps and towns are connected by the Borderland Route U.S. Highway No. 80, winding through Black Gap and toward the east.

South of the mountains, the landscape shifts to the Pinal Plain, where the Southern Pacific (El Paso Lines) runs parallel to the international boundary. The map captures a network of family-named ranches and specialized sites, such as the Country Club & Golf Links and the Bisbee-Naco Water Co. From the Easter Sunday Mine in the north to the border town of Naco in the south, the survey illustrates a complex border economy where industry and ranching met the United States-Mexico line.