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Historical Markers in Fairbank
Bisbee is the county seat for Cochise County
Fairbank is in Cochise County
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1 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Fairbank — Boom Days — Back when the "Old West" was young... —  |
| Fairbank was founded during the 1880's silver mining boom. Once called Kendall, it began as a stagecoach stop on the way to Tombstone, which was then one of the biggest towns in the West. The wild characters that made Tombstone famous also walked . . . — — Map (db m249981) HM | |||
| 2 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Fairbank — A diversity of people — ...a variety of ways — |
| The population of the San Pedro Valley, once Native American, was flooded with new cultures in the nineteenth century. New immigrants from Europe and Mexico were hired to work the mines and stamp mills. The Montezuma Hotel and saloon was once . . . — — Map (db m249897) HM | |||
| 3 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Fairbank — Fairbank... — the ghost of a town — |
| In 1905 the Boquillas Land and Cattle Company evicted most of the town residents. Rather than leave them to their evictors, townspeople knocked their own houses down with sledgehammers. The schoolhouse was built around 1920 and was used until . . . — — Map (db m249975) HM | |||
| 4 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Fairbank — Fort Huachuca — the former training ground within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area — |
| The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area has a storied past well beyond its designation as a sanctuary for its riparian ecosystem. The following narrative provides a brief history regarding the use of this area as a military installation . . . — — Map (db m250008) HM | |||
| 5 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Fairbank — On the right track — |
| The people of Fairbank enjoyed exotic foods such as oysters on the half-shell packed in ice and other goods brought in on the trains. Nearly everything moved by train; building materials, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs came to Fairbank, while . . . — — Map (db m249983) HM | |||
| 6 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Fairbank — Water... — for mining... for life — |
| While the silver mines were near Tombstone, the mills that processed the silver ore were along the San Pedro River. Why go to all the trouble to haul heavy wagon loads of ore all that way? Water! It took enormous amounts of water to run the . . . — — Map (db m249980) HM | |||
| 7 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Fairbank — Welcome to Fairbank Historic Townsite — |
| Fairbank is the most intact historic townsite along the San Pedro River. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as part of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA), established in 1988 to protect its natural and . . . — — Map (db m249872) HM | |||