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1958 Map of Bisbee

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Bisbee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The industrial heart of the Mule Mountains is revealed in this mid-century survey, dominated by the massive open-pit mining operations at Lavender Pit and Sacramento Pit. The map documents the intricate social and industrial geography of Bisbee, where residential neighborhoods like Chihuahua Hill and Highland Park are carved into the steep slopes of Tombstone Canyon and Brewery Gulch. Surrounding the central hub, the development of corporate and satellite communities like Lowell, Warren, and Bakerville illustrates the region's total immersion in the copper economy.

Evidence of the area's earlier frontier history is preserved in labels for the Banning Toll Station (Site) and numerous remote ranching outposts such as Riley's El Encinar and Oak Thicket Ranch. Transportation infrastructure is a central theme, showing the Southern Pacific Railroad and an old railroad grade snaking through the hills toward Naco. Local civic life is detailed through the mapping of the Evergreen Cemetery, several schools including the Horace Mann School, and the Copper Queen Hotel.