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Central School
* on the Old Bisbee Tour and Copper City Territory Tour
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Location of second school in Bisbee, first was located higher up Tank Hill but moved due to danger from Apache attacks.
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First structure made of adobe and constructed in 1883.
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Final structure designed by F.C. Hurst in 1905, architect for the Copper Queen Mining Co.
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Built of jumbo cast stone blocks and heavy timber roof framing.
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The bell was a gift from the Copper Queen Mine employees.
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Four blasts from the whistle at the Copper Queen Mine --two short, one long, one short--warned there was danger of an Apache attack.
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Students and teacher had to run to the Copper Queen Mine and hide during Apache sightings and attacks.
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Students used to disable the bell - rope in order to avoid class.
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A community center - used as a church, lodge room, dance hall, theater, and lecture room.
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Your tour guide attended first grade here.