Bisbee Stairs after Rainfall

by Jerry Abbott

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Bisbee Stairs after Rainfall

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Jerry Abbott

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Photograph - Metal, Acrylic, Canvas, Wood, Prints

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Photo was taken after desert rain reflecting the image of one of the many stairs located throughout the town of Bisbee, Arizona. (See below)

“There’s a reason Bisbee is tucked into a range of hills called the Mule Mountains.
The city was designed for the stubborn, sure-footed little bas... um, beasts.
Bisbee sprung up during the 1880s as a mining camp on the steep hillsides, laced with paths on which mules moved goods up to the little shacks. During the Great Depression, with mining jobs drying up, someone came up with the idea of building concrete steps along the paths.
The Work Projects Administration set about laying concrete, and today, about 3,000 stairs weave through the hills in Bisbee, some in disrepair.
In 1990, residents decided put the best of the stairs to use in the perfect quirky event for a perfectly quirky little city.
Thus was born the Bisbee 1000: The Great Stair Climb.” Bob Young, The Republic

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March 27th, 2020

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