Beat the Bulldogs

I mentioned in previous posts that my hometown of Bisbee, Arizona was located in Southeast Arizona on the Mexican border. Until about the mid 1970′s when the mines closed, Bisbee was known as the copper capital of the United States. Millions of tons of copper ore were mined there since the 1800′s.
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Twenty-two miles to the East of Bisbee, also on the Mexican border was the town of Douglas. All of the ore mined at Bisbee was sent via railroad cars to Douglas where there was a large smelter. Needless to say, all the people in Bisbee were well-kept, practiced good hygiene and were all good, upstanding citizens. The people in Douglas, however, were a different breed. They all smelled like smelter smoke and only bathed when the soot from the smelter turned them completely black.
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For over 100 years the Douglas Bulldogs and the Bisbee High Pumas have been fierce rivals. Even to this day, although the smelter is no longer in operation and the people living there have significantly improved their hygiene, there is no greater rivalry to be found in the state of Arizona.
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The annual Bisbee Puma vs Douglas Bulldog game will be taking place a few weeks from now and the cartoon I drew promoting this game gives insight as to who the eventual victor will be. The winner of the game will have possession of the copper pick trophy until the following year.
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Beat the Bulldogs

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