Roy Purcell Murals - Chloride AZ by Richardphotos

Photography • Landscape • posted on Sep 23, 2016

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Roy Purcell Murals - Chloride AZ http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/chloride.htm The Journey In 1966, Roy Purcell took a break from pursuing a Master's degree in Fine Arts at Utah State University to labor as a miner in the Cerbat Mountains near Chloride, Arizona. While he was there, and with the support of local residents, he painted "The Journey," a 2000-square-foot set of murals on some boulders about a mile and a half outside of town. His work, executed in the abstract Modernism tradition, led to early world-wide recognition for Purcell and helped launch him on a professional career that continues today The town of Chloride was founded in 1862 and was the center of silver ore production for the area. In the early 1900s, Chloride was the county seat and had a population of more than 2000. Today, Chloride boasts the oldest continually operating post office in Arizona. The village is a collection of vintage miner's shacks and heaps of rusting equipment left over from the glory days. Many of the current residents are artists, and whimsical sculptures made from mining artifacts line the streets. Local miners still prospect in the area looking for undiscovered seams of silver from the now-defunct Elkhart lode. I did not climb to see all of the murals. had only half hiking boots. I would require rattle snake proof boots to climb through the large boulders along with arm length gloves and heavy pants