An Army Scout by the name of Jack Dunn was filling the canteens of his fellow soldiers’ on a summer day in 1877, on the twin limestone monoliths of Castle Rock, when he discovered copper ore and recorded the first mining claim in what in the near future was to be known as the town of Bisbee.

[1] Dunn and his commanding officer Lt. John Rucker met a prospector by the name of George Warren.

[6] Under the guidance of Copper Queen President James Douglas, the parent corporation had initiated a number of programs for Bisbee miners.

The company also established the Copper Queen Hotel in 1902 and in that same year sold the deed to the land for 1 dollar where the Presbyterian Church was built.

[7] Frederick C. Hurst, an architect for the Copper Queen Mining Co., designed many of the buildings in Bisbee.

In 2012, the Arizona Preservation Foundation listed the Courthouse Plaza Miners’ Monument in Bisbee as endangered.

According to Jim McPherson, Arizona Preservation Foundation Board President: "It is crucial that residents, private interests, and government officials act now to save these elements of our cultural heritage before it is too late.”[11]The following is a brief description of some of the historic structures in Bisbee.