The Amerind Museum lies in the heart of Texas Canyon and all its rock formations. The museum and art gallery are really worth a visit. the museum part explains the history of The Apache and all the different branches of that group of indians. The coming of the Spanish and Anglo/Americans and the effect on the Indians. Basket making how they made rugs and the european influence on weaving, sounds boring, but we found it very interesting. No photos, not allowed, sorry, same for the art gallery which of course is mostly local scenes, paintings and sculpture. The lack of pics of the inside I hope will be compensated by the pics of outside, I just hope you like rocks, there is no shortage of them in Texas Canyon.
The first three photos were taken yesterday on our way to Cochise Stronghold, you have to drive through Texas Canyon to get to the Dragoon Mountains, yesterday was bright and sunny, today on our visit to The Amerind Centre it was a hazy day, so not quite as good a light.
You pass by the Texas Canyon Cemetery on your way into the Amerind, its a wonderful setting for a Cemetery, very peaceful.
Around the Amerind Centre they have made a huge picnic area, the road weaves around all these huge rocks.
I took a close up of one of the rocks? they are not like a piece of stone, limestone or granite more like tiny stones glued together with sand.
Hazy day out, But very interesting, to find out how the native Americans lived and thrived in this desert landscape.
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