A black and white postcard of Warren circa 1915. The front caption reads: “Bird’s Eye View of Warren”. The Warren Ballpark is visible, and the Calumet & Arizona Mining Co. General Office Building is behind the ballpark. Part of the residential district and the mountains are in the background. The postcard is unused, and the publisher is unknown.

The Warren Ballpark was built by the Phelps Dodge company in 1909 to provide recreation for miners and their families. It was part of their efforts to attract stable family men to work in their mines. Friends of the Warren Ballpark hold vintage baseball tournaments to raise money to upkeep the park. In the tournament they keep to the older rules of baseball along with using a lemon peel ball and heavier wooden bats. To this day the Warren Ball Park houses games for Bisbee High School Baseball and for the semiprofessional team the Bisbee Copper Kings. The Warren Ballpark remains as one of the oldest continually operating ballparks in the United States.

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