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Have found a home in the confines of the fort acreage. In early 1951 the government reactivated the fort and it is now a training camp for troops.

One of the greatest historical projects of the United States and Mexico, commemorating the explorations of Francisco Vasquez Coronado, lies at Bisbee's back door on the south flank of the Huachuca Mountains. The purpose and objective of the two nations is to promote international and cultural activities. The area for years has been a retreat for students, scientists, botanists, herpetologists, ornithologists, writers, painters and professors on sabbatical leave. Coronado's route from Mexico crossed the southern peak of the Huachucas across the valley and San Pedro where recently an old Spanish spur was found buried in the sand. Their route also trailed over the Bisbee mountain near Lime Peak and across the divide to the valley below.

To the romanticist Bisbee's canyons and mountains can compete with the best. The panorama, entrancing enough in the daylight, takes on a new fantastic beauty when the long shadows creep up the sides of the hills. Little imagination is needed to envision the ghost of an early prospector and his struggle through violence in raw wild land for the riches he may or may not have attained, or even to see the phantom Spanish conquistadors who, long before the settlers, pushed their way through the silent gorges gorg and forest in their quest for cities with gold and jewel studded streets. The air here is always redolent of pine and the clean sweet smell of nature. Here, there is truly a sense of peace.

But this is not the last chapter in the history of the famous copper town. Bisbee is seventy-two years of age and one would expect her to be settling down. Just the reverse is true. The town is full of activity especially around Lowell, a suburb east of the main canyon, which is virtually surrounded by the mines. With troubled conditions in the world, Bisbee, with the other copper towns in Arizona, stands ready in line of defense with her resources. An open pit mine has been started to extract the low grade ore from the hidden ore pockets.

Water mains, gas lines, U.S. Highway 80 and the deep subway for flood waters will make way for the proposed pit. Bisbee is seeing this immense project developed and with renewed enthusiasm she heralds to the world a productive and prosperous tomorrow.