Bisbee’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Bisbee. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was named after Colonel Andrew Bisbee, a native of Peru, Maine. Bisbee, a veteran of the Civil War who came to Towner County in 1885. In 1890 he was chosen by the county commissioners of Towner County to solicit drought relief and was elected to a term in the North Dakota Senate. Col. Bisbee donated a portion of the townsite of Bisbee, as well donating land for the railroads to pass through the village.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Bisbee’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bisbee’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWW I Victory Medal US Army Postal…, 1921: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Bisbee
See all 1 →Bisbee, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Bisbee is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bisbee has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Towner County Courthouse in Cando, 12.2 miles away.
Bisbee and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as WW I Victory Medal US Army Postal Packaging April 1921 (1921) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.