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SYMHC Classics: The Bisbee Deportation

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Bisby Deportation

The city of bisby dates back to the apache wars, which were an ongoing series of armed conflicts between the united states and various apache tribes. A civilian tracker who was working with them spotted signs of minerals, which led to the area's first mining claim. Bisby grew rapidly from there, thanks to the presence of lead, silver, gold and especially copper. By the turn of the twentieth century, more than 20 thousand people lived in bisby and the communities immediately adjacent to it.

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