Bisbee, Arizona is in the southeastern corner of Arizona. It is near the Mexican border town of Naco. Bisbee was founded as a copper, silver and gold mining town in 1880. A byproduct of copper mining yielded high quality turquoise along with numerous other minerals.
Tombstone, Arizona is in Cochise County and was one of the last boomtowns in the American Frontier. Silver was discovered and the population soared from about 100 to 14,000 in the 1800s. There were 110 saloons, 14 gambling halls, and numerous brothels.
We needed some wide open spaces after spending a month at the crowded Western Way Resort in west Tucson. Dragoon is southeast of Tucson and in Cochise County.
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We stayed for a few weeks in western Tucson so that we could explore Saguaro National Park, Tucson Mountain Park, and the Arizona Desert Museum. We were also close to Freightliner and Freedom RV for service work.
