Culture Bisbee, North Dakota
bisbee featured in september 10, 2001 edition of newsweek, discussing slow, painful decline of town since (at time) mayor, bob weltin, preparing forsake left of town , seek better life elsewhere. things bisbee had lost on years, according newsweek article, included movies @ pettsinger s theater, root-beer floats @ brannon s drug , soda fountain, , groceries @ dick s red owl. @ time of article, there wasn t doctor, lawyer, plumber or priest in bisbee anymore. population had dropped more 30 percent in decade. @ time of article, there 227 hearty souls hanging on dear life in bisbee.
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