September 8th to 13th

I’ve arrived in Silver City, home of my friend Richard, aka Captain. You’ll have to wait until the next post to see a photo of him. I’ve known Captain since our student days. In fact, he’s part of this crowd here…

…that you met in Sebastopol a few weeks ago.

 

Captain lives here:

 

The back yard…

Among the many plants there is a prickly pear…

 

…that has flowered.

 

Silver City is a pleasant town. These are some shots of the main street, Bullard:

 

The town has a lot of period buildings:

 

For example, this bank, and the now-closed Buffalo Bar next door:

And some nicely restored buildings too, in both Anglo-Victorian and Hispanic styles:

 

The restored Murray Hotel…

…with its art deco interior:

 

There are some interesting and colorful side streets…

…where we find some murals representing different periods in the history of New Mexico:

…the historic Mimbres peoples…

…the Apaches…

…the Spanish and Mexicans…

…the Anglos…

…and the makings of modern New Mexico…

 

Silver City has a good farmer’s market…

…with some colorful…

…and plentiful stands…

 

Further along we find more murals, representing both history…

…and more recent phenomena, such this one on the site of a former automobile dealership:

 

We find these tiles made by local school children…

…and this sculpture in front of the local library…

 

One last feature of Silver City is this log cabin…

…a replica of the cabin where Billy the Kid is said to have lived…

 

 

It was built as a movie set and then later presented to the city by film director Ron Howard.

See more photos of Silver City here. And see the town’s official website here.