Silver City, New Mexico
Fort Bayard
1863 U.S. Infantry post, once housed Buffalo Soldiers. Original officers' quarters still in use....
Fort Bayard
13th-century cliff-dwelling ruins. * RVs, trailers, large vehicles take NM-152 east of Silver City 21 miles to NM-35, then north for 26 miles to NM-15 and 19
Silver City, NM MonumentsSite of March 9, 1916, Villa raid on U.S. Camp Furlong site. Botanical Garden, visitors center, 61 campsites....
Location of the world's first atomic bomb explosion in 1945....
Rural approach to history, Southern Pacific Railroad depot....
Mining artifacts, antiques....
Rocks form centuries-old volcanic-ash flow, some 50-feet high. Visitor center, botanical garden, campsites, handicapped-acces...