WHAT'S DOWN with the BREHMS ON 30, OCT. 011

AN ILLUSION OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Yes, this is the Bisbee Welfare Office, but like so many other words used as an accurate description, but offended the liberal mind, they have been renamed. Hence "Community Provider of Enrichment Services".

We are still having a wonderful time here in Bisbee with friends Mike & Marsha. We have gone into Sierra Vista several times, Tombstone a couple of times, out to the firing range, and yesterday, went to Ft. Huachuca to see the Museums, particularly the Buffalo Soldier Museum.

THE INN at CASTLE ROCK, BISBEE, AZ.

Bisbee is a very colorful little town. Kind of a hippee art villiage. Not much traditional art, but art just the same. The town is built on steep cliffs, so it sets on many different levels. The "INN" actually sits below road level. The Copper Queen Hotel can be accessed from the rear at several stories from the street level. That's how steep the road is. Many of the buildings are painted in bright contrasting colors.

GRAND HOTEL, BISBEE, AZ.

"STACKEDVILLE"

As I said earlier, the town is stacked on itself. Bisbee was built by the same copper mining company that built Jerome AZ., Phelps Dodge, so there are many similarities, between the two.

We will probably be leaving here on the 4th, and head to Yuma, where hopefully we can visit with friends Andy and Linda Clarkson. From there, on to Pio Pico in San Diego County. Will look forward to rendesvous with our friends there.
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BUFFALO SOLDIERS, a major force at Ft. Huachuca

We were particularly interested in visiting the Buffalo Soldier Museum at Fort Huachuca. They have a long history of service and leadership at the Fort, from 1877 to 1945. Buffalo Soldiers contributed significantly to Army Intellegence at the Fort and as deployed. And on several occasions served as Commanding Officers of the fort.

BUFFALO SOLDIERS on the TRAIL

I particularly liked this old photo of the "wild West" Buffalo Soldiers.

Everything is fine with us. We have a few things to do at Pio Pico to get ready to go again, but we are healthy, happy, and raring to go............

Geronimo, captured by, and encarcerated Ft. Huachuca

The illusive old Chiricawa Apache, Geronimo

lived and marauded this area. He was captured by soldiers from Ft. Wuachuca, and returned to the fort for encarceration. These were some of his weopons.

MUSEUM ANNEX, FT. HUACHUCA

Statue of soldier and Apache scout outside the Museum Annex.

FUTURE DESERT SITE OF FT. HUACHUCA, 1877

Large indoor diorama of the desert where Fort Huachaca now sits.

Hope all is well with you, Love and God Bless.....

Diane and her boys....