Apr 26, 2011

Coppertown: Life in Bagdad, Ariz.

The Bagdad Freeport-McMoRan copper mine dominates both the landscape and the town's collective psyche. Its fate determines whether the town is doing well or poorly. This is the quintessential company town a�� one where the company owns all the houses and businesses a�� and it exists expressly to serve the mine.