Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. This is the county seat and home of the University of Western New Mexico. At the 2010 population census was 10,315. By 2015 the population is estimated to be 10,004.
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History
The valley that is now the site of Silver City was once an Apache campsite. With the arrival of the Spaniards, the area became famous for its copper mining. After the American Civil War, a settlement evolved and became known as "La CiÃÆ'Â © nega de San Vicente" (Oasis of St Vincent). With a wave of American miners, the pace of change increased, and Silver City was established in the summer of 1870. The city's establishment occurred shortly after the discovery of the silver ore deposit at Chloride Flat, on the hill west of the captain John M. Bullard and his brother James. After the silver strike, Captain Bullard unfurled the streets of Silver City, and the crowded tent city quickly jumped to life. Although the trajectory of Silver City development is different from the hundreds of other mining towns established during the same period, Captain Bullard himself never lived to see even the beginning of immortality, as he was killed in a confrontation with Apache robbers less than a year later, on February 23, 1871.
The crime rate of the city was enormous during the 1870s. However, Sheriff County Grant Harvey Whitehill was elected in 1874, and gained a considerable reputation for his ability to control the problem. In 1875, Whitehill became the first lawyer to capture Billy the Kid, known at the time under the alias of Henry Antrim. Whitehill caught him twice, twice for burglary in Silver City (Sheriff Whitehill testified to the Peace Judge that he believes Henry Antrim did not commit actual theft for a second time was arrested, but helps in hiding the property stolen by Sombrero Jack Whitehill would later claim that the young man was a delightful child, who stole is a more important result than crime.My mother was buried in the city cemetery.In 1878, the city rented marshal his first city, "Dangerous Dan" Tucker., who has worked as a representative of Whitehill since 1875. Butch Cassidy and Wild Bunch were also reportedly visited Silver City in the late 1800s.
Mrs Lettie B. Morrill, in a lecture given to the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter at Silver City on September 19, 1908, stated, "John Bullard placed in the first grave excavated in Silver City, has been killed while punishing Indians for attacking the new city, the brothers were miners about the country for years.The last went to the old house circa 1885, saying, 'It's only a matter of time until the Indians get me if I stay here'. "Silver City also a starting point for many treasure hunts, such as Lost Adams Diggings.
In 1893, the New Mexico Normal School was established. He became known as New Mexico Western State Teachers College. In 1963, his name was changed to Western New Mexico University. Today, WNMU offers eight undergraduate degrees, 41 baccalaureate degrees, and 18 associate titles and certificate programs. WNMU's mascot is called Mustang. The recognition for the university includes the 2003 Zia Award, the 2005 Best Practice Award (for School Education), the 2006 Chambers of Commerce of the Year's Great Business Awards, the Pi Award in 2008, and the 2008 CompaÃÆ'Â Â ero Awards.
The city was originally designed with roads leading north to south. It was also built without adequate planning for rainwater runoff. Businesses are popping up, and people are learning to cope with the discomfort of the summer rains. Silver City is built with high sidewalks in downtown to accommodate high flood waters. However, uncontrolled grazing and deforestation over time in adjacent areas contributes to higher runoff rates. On the night of July 21, 1895, a swift wall of water rushed through the business district of the city center, leaving a trail of destruction. Sewer 55 feet (17 m) lower than the original road level made in what used to be known as Main Street. Businesses on Main Street started using their back door on Bullard Street as the main entrance and finally, permanently used as a new front entrance. To this day, a strange/improper convention on the east side of Bullard Street is a reminder that the buildings were addressed on Main Street originally, not Bullard Street. Main Street now ends near the back of the Silver City Police Station, where Big Ditch Park begins.
The Mimbres Mogollon Indians (A.D. 200-A.D. 1140/50) once lived in the area, along with other prehistoric groups, including Salado. The Mimbres archaeological site is located throughout Silver City and surrounding communities on federal, state, city and private properties. Collect Mimbres pottery by landowners and the others are documented as far back as the 1870s. Collecting is something that happened during a Sunday picnic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some individuals maintain collections that can now be seen at the Smithsonian, and other museums, which sent people out to obtain collections in the nearby Mimbres Valley in the early 1900s. Others are digging ancient sites and using the pottery they find for target practice - something that happened in the 1930s according to oral history. Collecting and plundering, the Mimbres Mogollon site does not stop with archaeological research conducted on private land during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1970s, or with the passage of the New Mexico Cemetery Act in 1989. Unfortunately, unlawful looting continues. today, and many prehistoric sites have been severely damaged or completely obliterated.
The Apaches occupied areas around Silver City from the late 1500s to early 1600s, based on archaeological evidence.
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Geography
Silver City is located near the center of Grant County, at the southern foot of the Pinos Altos Mountains in the Mogollon Mountains. The city is 3 miles (5 km) east of the Continental Divide, in the valley of San Vicente Arroyo, a tributary of the Mimbres River that flows south.
The US 180 route passes through the northern part of the city, heading east 10 miles (16 km) to Bayard and northwest 29 miles (47 km) to Cliff. New Mexico State Road 90 (Hudson Street) leads southwest 45 miles (72 km) to Lordsburg and Interstate 10, and State Road 15 leads north 44 miles (71 km) to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
According to the US Census Bureau, Silver City has a total area of ​​10.2 square miles (26.3 km 2 ), which is 0.02 square miles (0.04 km 2 ) , or 0.17%, is water.
Geology
The local geology of the Kota Perak area is complex. The sediment gravel is found in the form of the alluvial Mangas Valley gravel. Metamorphic and gneiss sekis also found. The downtown area is mostly made of granite outcrops.
Climate
The Silver City climate can be classified as a cool semi-arid climate according to the KÃÆ'¶ppen system. It is characterized by hot summers, and mild winters with significant rainfall in the form of rain, occasional snow, and intense summer monsoon rain rains.
During the period 1901-1964 when the reading was done in the city center (colder and wetter than the remote in the southeast), the coldest temperature was recorded -13 Â ° F (-25 Â ° C) on January 11, 1962, and the hottest 105 Â ° F (40.6 Â ° C) on July 5, 1901. The coldest month was January 1949 with a monthly average temperature of 28.7 Â ° F or -1.8 Â ° C, and the hottest July 1951 averaging 77 , 4 Â ° F or 25.2 Â ° C. The wettest calendar year in this time span was 1914 with 24.97 inches or 634.2 millimeters and dried 1947 by 6.77 inches or 172.0 millimeters. The most snow in a single season is 48.0 inches or 1.22 meters between July 1912 and June 1913, featuring the coldest winter on record with 33.1 Â ° F or 0.6 Â ° C as the average of December until February.
Demographics
In the 2000 census, there were 10,545 people, 4,227 households, and 2,730 families living in the city. Population density is 1,040.1 people per square mile (401.5/km ²). There are 4,757 housing units with an average density of 469.2 per square mile (181.1/km²). City's racial makeup is 71.72% White, 0.86% African American, 1.14% Native Americans, 0.45% Asia, 0.05% Pacific Island, 22.42% of other races, and 3.37 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 52.43% of the population.
There were 4,227 households in which 30.0% had children under 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 15.4% had non-husbands female households, and 35.4% is not family. 30.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 3.00.
In the city, the population by age is: 25.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% aged 65 years or older. The average age is 37 years. For every 100 women, there are 91.0 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 85.7 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 25,881, and the average income for families is $ 31,374. Men have an average income of $ 28,476 compared to $ 18,434 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 13,813. Approximately 17.7% of families and 21.9% of the population are below the poverty line, including 29.2% of those under the age of 18 and 10.0% of those aged 65 and older.
Economy
Silver City was established as a mining town. George Hearst built a smelter after Silver City, Deming, and the Pacific narrow railway reached Silver City in 1883. The Santa Fe Railroad provided standard rail service in 1886, and Commanche Mining and Smelting expanded a narrow-sized Silver City 2 meters, Pinos Altos and the Mogollon Railroad to Pinos Altos in 1906.
The closest mining operation, formerly Phelps Dodge, remains the basis for the local economy. In 2006, the Chino and Tyrone mines produced 125,400 tonnes (127,400 t) of copper. The mine's work is 1,250, with salaries and salaries of $ 73 million. However, a Phelps-Dodge spokesman said in 2007 that "based on current economic projections, our property in New Mexico will not operate in 25 years". Phelps Dodge was acquired by the Freeport-McMoRan international mining company in March 2007, and operations on Chino and Tyrone operations continued under the name of Freeport.
Tourism, pensions and trade are other major components of the Silver City economy. In 2006, an average house with three bedrooms, covering 1,500 square feet (140 m 2 ) sold for $ 160,000.
Art and culture
Silver City is home to many musicians and artists and has a thriving urban art district. The Silco Theater, built in 1923, was renovated and reopened on February 26, 2016 as a community cinema building with a capacity of 156 seats.
The Mimbres County Arts Council (MRAC) has been named the # 1 art council in New Mexico for a decade and is a recipient of the 2013 New Mexico Gazette of Liberty Award for Excellence in Art. MRAC presents the Silver City Blues Festival every May and Pickamania - Bluegrass, Americana, Folk and acoustic festivals - every September, alongside a number of other art events throughout the year. The MRAC Youth Mural Program has brought school children together with artists and community members to create more than 40 public murals across the region.
The Grant County Community Concert Association presents a variety of show events every fall, winter, and spring. The first Southwest festival of the Written Word was held in 2013, in several places in the historic downtown of Silver City. Over 50 presenters - fiction and nonfiction writers, poets, bloggers, journalists, lyricists, editors, playwrights, and publishers from all over Southwest - are represented.
The Red Paint Pow Wow, Chicano Music Festival, Silver City Clay Festival, Red Dot Studio & amp; Tour Gallery, Chocolate Fantasia, Gila River Festival, Red Hot Children's Fiesta, Tamal Fiesta y Mas and Silver City Fiber Arts Festival are also held at Silver City.
Education
Public schools
Public schools are in the Silver School Consolidation District, as well as an official state charter secondary school. The district includes Kota Perak Kota as well as Cliffs, Pinos Altos, Tyrone, and White Signal. The system has five primary schools, one secondary school, and two secondary schools.
Primary school
- Basic Cliff
- G.W. Stout Elementary
- Harrison H. Schmitt Elementary
- Jose Barrios, Jr. Elementary
- Sixth Street Elementary
Middle School
- La Plata Middle School
- Aldo Leopold Charter School (high school and high school)
SMA
- Cliff High School
- Secondary School Opportunity
- High School Silver
- Aldo Leopold Charter School (high school and high school)
Private school
Private schools include:
- Kalvari Christian Academy
- Guadalupe Montessori School
- Meadowhawk Erdkinder
Colleges
- Western New Mexico University
Transportation
Airport
- The Grant County airport, a public airport owned by the government is also served by a commercial airline, located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Perak City.
- Whiskey Creek Airport (FAA LID: 94E), a public airport located four nautical miles (7 km) east of the downtown business district of Perak.
Main highway
- US. Route 180
- New Mexico State Road 90
Destination
Gila Cliff Monument National Monument is located about 44 miles (71 km) north of Perak City, via NM 15 winding. In the monument, the remnants of the Indian population in the five caves on the cliff can be found. They were built between 1275 and 1300 AD by the Mogollon culture. In addition to the ancient ruins, there are plenty of places to camp, hike and fishing at Gila Wilderness.
The Catwalk is a trail enclosed by a metal path suspending 25 feet (7.6 m) above the Whitewater gorge embracing the canyon wall. It follows a piped water route built by miners in 1893. When the pipes need to be repaired, the miners walk on it. Visitors can explore the walkways and walkways, picnic, and enjoy the river. The location is 70 miles (110 km) north of Perak City on the 180 US Route near Glenwood.
There are several lakes in the area. Lake Roberts covers a 72-acre (270,000 m 2 ) about 27 miles (43 km) north of Perak City on NM 15 near the NM 35 intersection. Other lakes in the Silver City area include Lake Bill Evans, Snow Lake, Wall Lake, Bear Canyon Dam. Anglers have a selection of brown trout, rainbows, catfish, and bass. In addition, several mountain streams can be found nearby. Some notes are the Gila River, Negrito River, San Francisco River, and Willow Creek.
The Nunung Kneeling is a natural rock formation located about 20 miles (32 km) east of Silver City with NM 152. Some legends have developed explaining its origins.
Nearby is the Fort Bayard Historic District, about eight miles east of Silver City, outside US Highway 180. This district is a Fort Bayard location, established in 1866 to deploy US Army troops near mining camps in the region.. In later years the fort was converted into an Army hospital, specializing in the treatment of tuberculosis. In the early 1920s it became the US Veterans Hospital under the Veterans Administration. The property was sold to the State of New Mexico in 1965, which used the facility as the State Hospital. With the construction of a new hospital in 2010, the property was vacated. Fort Bayard then became home to a museum, run by the Historic Conservation Society of Fort Bayard. The museum personnel offer a good tour of the building and the grounds on a regular schedule.
Famous people
Alfred Shea Addis (1832-1886), the home photographer of Billy the Kid's mother, lived in Silver City and acted as a sheriff in 1886
In popular culture
Silver City is the finish line in the 2001 movie Rat Race, where several people race from Las Vegas to a $ 2 million locker at the Silver City railway station. In fact, there are no more railway stations in Kota Perak and the movie is not filmed in Silver City.
Silver City is mentioned in the 2007 film There Will Be Blood , whose screenplay was written by Paul Thomas Anderson and based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. Upton Sinclair based his novel on the experience of Edward L. Doheny, a prospector and oil tycoon who lives in the Silver City area (near Kingston). In the film, Henry, the man who claimed to be Daniel's half-brother, said he had been in Silver City for two years of drilling by himself.
In 1956 Backlash, Jim Slater, played by Richard Widmark, went to Silver City with the body of the sheriff's deputy he killed. Slater was advised to leave immediately to Tucson by the sheriff, who advised him, "We do not like shootouts here, in Silver City."
In the 2010 travel movie Friendship! , both friends Veit and Tom were stopped and arrested by Silver City police for driving naked. Because their car is broken, they need to rest and collect money in Silver City to repair their car before they can continue their journey.
A Boy Called Sailboat Movie was filmed at and near Silver City in 2016. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2201211/? Ref_ = nv_sr_1
In 1954 the Salt of the Earth film, one of the first images to advance feminist social and political outlook, centered on a long and difficult strike, based on a 1951 strike against the Imperial Seng Company. in Grant County. The film features many non-local actors, the film was not filmed in Silver City but in a small town 17 miles east.
References
External links
- The official website of Town of Silver City
- Silver City Art & amp; Cultural District
- Silver City & amp; Grant County Chamber of Commerce
- Silver City on the New Mexico Dept of Tourism website
- Crazy Tour, bicycle race held in Silver City
- Fort Bayard - Tour Information
- [http://www.health.state.nm.us/about-state.html Fort Bayard Medical Center
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