Mexican History Mural in Brawley California

Left: A Stern-Looking Lady Liberty; Right: Pancho Villa Headline


The headline reads “Villa Captures Carranza Garrison, …” referring to Francisco Villa (1878 – 1923), nicknamed Pancho Villa, a Mexican Revolutionary general, and Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (1859 – 1920), a leader of the Mexican Revolution who became President of Mexico. It’s not clear which of the many skirmishes with Carranza the headline refers to.

The designers seem to want us to read the mural as a very compact timeline from left to right starting with the Maya, moving to the Aztecs, to an eagle grasping a snake (as on the Mexican flag), to something in the middle no longer visible, to the Mexican Revolution, and finally to a very stern Lady Liberty.

The mural is on the east side of a building at B St. and N 9^th St.

Mural of Mexican History and Imagery

Brawley Cattle Call – Casey Tibbs Bucking Bronc Statue

Bucking Bronc, Park Plaza Downtown Brawley, California


This statue in Brawley California represents the American cowboy Casey Tibbs riding a bucking bronc. This is one of two statues celebrating Brawley’s signature event, the Brawley Cattle Call Rodeo. These photos are of the statue located at Park Plaza downtown (here). Read more about them here: Brawley Cattle Call horse statues get a make over.

Notice the small bucking bronc that caps the street sign post.

Bucking Bronc, Park Plaza Downtown Brawley, California

Added: 2014-05-01
Photos of the statue at the entrance to the River Park / Cattle Call Arena