The color image shows the Warren area including the No. 7 Dump, circa1964. The front caption reads: “ Lowell-Bisbee, Arizona”. The postcard is mislabeled. The back caption reads: “Operated by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, this Copper Pit and Mill are where once stood many homes and business buildings. Highway 80 had to be re-routed to make room for this operation.” The postcard is unused and was published by Petley Studios, 4051 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona. City of Bisbee Collection.

Warren, named after the prospector George Warren, is the first planned suburb in Arizona and was built as part of the city beautiful movement with Vista park for recreation and the modern amenities of water, sewer, and gas lines. The city beautiful movement began to fight back against the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions plaguing America’s cities during a period of rapid industrial growth. Warren was built to alleviate the overcrowding in Bisbee and to provide miners and their families with better accommodations and a space free from the constant smell and noise of the mining operations in Bisbee at the time. Warren was designed and planned in a fan shape to take advantage of the landscape’s natural drainage. Ground water pumped from the mines in the hunt for ore was utilized to water the trees, shrubs and other greenery of Warren. Walter Douglas built a stately home the Loma Linda still rests at the base of the Number Seven Dump.

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