Silver City, NM

Historic downtown Silver City, NM, it's story tied to the western mining rush both Silver and Copper.

Jan met a new friend as we were checking into Rose Valley Ranch RV CG......

What use to be the main street of Silver City was washed away in a series of floods beginning in the early 1890's.  The creek is now 55ft below grade.  The Warren House below was the only structure left standing on "Main" St after the flooding.

Bullard Street is now the main street of town and nice walking through the historical buildings, artist galleries  gift shops and two bead shops.

      The controversy over Billy the Kid’s life and death started when he was shot and killed by Pat Garrett in July 1888. But did Billy die, did Garrett really kill him or was somebody else the victim of Garrett’s bullets? The legend holds that Billy, also known as William Bonney Henry McCarty and Henry Antrim, was born in New York, or was it Texas? His mother was Catherine Antrim, or was he born to her sister and raised by Antrim?

     The controversy of his life stems far beyond what documented history can tell us. However, a few things about Billy’s life are not controversial. He was raised in Silver City, New Mexico, by Antrim and known then as Henry McCarty. After her death, he had no role models, got involved with shady characters and began his brief life of crime. Also not disputed is that Billy the Kid attended Sixth Street Elementary School in Silver City