Pueblos De Mexico: El Triunfo Mining Town

OVERVIEW

Explore a once-thriving mining town whose dramatic rise, fall and rebirth is told through vivid exhibits in two museums. A wonderfully picturesque drive through the arid countryside will bring you to El Triunfo or The Triumph, a name given the boom town when huge volumes of silver and gold were mined there. While browsing the mining museum – parts of which were built to resemble a mine shaft – you will see tools and artifacts, black-and-white photographs and historical documents that bring that time period to life. Similarly, at the Cowboy Museum of the Californias, you will discover how the vaquero and ranchero culture shaped Baja California Sur. Those cowboy traditions still influence this part of Mexico. Both museums have spurred a renaissance in El Triunfo, which you can explore further on your own. Feel free to shop, dine or follow the guide to a former mine, whose smokestack Gustav Eiffel of Eiffel Tower fame supposedly designed.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Browse museum exhibits that detail how El Trifuno boomed while silver was mined there.
• Mosey through a cowboy museum that showcases the vaquero and ranchero lifestyles.
• Independently explore El Trifuno, a town now experiencing a renaissance of sorts.
• Visit a former mine with the guide if you wish.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.