Bisbee, part 6

2 miles south of Tintown, the poorest part of Bisbee, is "New" Bisbee. This is the most populated part of Bisbee today, with about 4,500 people. This part of town was not one of the eight towns that merged to form modern Bisbee. Instead, this area was settled in the mid 1960s and now has nearly half of the town's population. This part of town does not have a downtown business district. The heart of "New" Bisbee is the intersection of Highway 92 and Naco Highway, which is the busiest intersection in town. Clustered around this intersection are several fast food restaurants and a big shopping center, or strip mall.
Also, a little farther south, is the Cochise County Government Complex. It is an 8-building complex that houses most functions of the county government. Everything except the county court system is located here. Court functions are still carried out at the old county courthouse in "Old" Bisbee. The old courthouse use to house the entire county government, back in the days when government was much smaller.
The county complex is located on a street with a pleasant name--Melody Lane. The administration building has a very large picture window with a great view! The window looks out across a big, grassy valley towards the towns of Naco, Arizona and
Naco, Sonora, Mexico. These towns are 5 miles away. The view is downhill and several mountain ranges in Mexico are visible. I love this view!
This part of Bisbee is the only section of town that does not have steep hills or mountains completely surrounding it. This part of town is not exactly flat, though. Instead it is on a downhill slope for nearly its entire area. This area is mostly a grassland.
This part of town has the middle school and an elementary school. It also has a post office, one of three post offices for a town with slightly less than 10,000 people.
I have one more part of Bisbee to talk about. This final section of town has a legendary history, quite possibly more legendary than "Old" Bisbee. It is also the location of a rather unique sports stadium.