Dating to 1946, this 16mm, silent, amateur shot home movie shows views of New Mexico and southern Arizona. It begins in New Mexico, with shots of Indians — possibly members of the Piro-Manso-Tiwa tribe — posing for the camera. At 1:31 are views of a bandstand and a Catholic church. This may be the Basilica San Albino Catholic Church in Las Cruces, New Mexico. At 1:57, a Las Cruces State College bus drives past the La Posta Cafe (probably now the La Posta De Mesilla). At 2:03 cattle are seen being driven by cowboys on horseback, and at 2:36 sheep are shown in pens. At 3:19, sheep are sheared by cowboys. At 3:35, sheep are painted red — for many years and in some places still — sheep were grazed on common land, which belonged to the whole community so different flocks mixed together. Farmers used paint marks to differentiate their sheep from others.) At 3:53, a Continental Divide sign is seen. At 4;11, the Calumet and Arizona Smelter, built in 1902 in Douglas, Arizona. At 4:28, the Phelps-Dodge mercantile store is shown in downtown Bisbee, Arizona. At 4:42, Copper Queen Plaza is shown near the mercantile. At 5:01 the city limits of Tombstone, Arizona are shown as a car drives past. At 5:28, footage of a sign about the shootout at the OK Corral between the Clantons and the Earps. At 6:04, a sign for Boot Hill cemetery. At 7:46, shots of an F.H. Hogue produce transshipping point, where vegetables and fruit are packaged, put aboard trucks and shipped. Hogue produce had facilities in Yuma, Arizona and Firebaugh, California. At 8:08 are shots of the Wedding Bell neon sign, possibly in San Diego’s Old Town.

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