Silver City, New Mexico

When silver was discovered above La Cienega de San Vicente (The Marsh of St. Vincent) in the 1870s, Silver City, New Mexico, was born. It soon attracted the likes of Billy the Kid, Judge Roy Bean, lawman “Dangerous” Dan Tucker and even the Hearst family. The town’s current residents aren’t fighting foils on the frontier, but they are working hard to turn downtown’s “Big Ditch” into a riverwalk, a la San Antonio’s version. Everyone Knows: Porter Kasten, whose family owns Porter