Our Lady of Guadalupe Mural in a Restaurant Poster

"Our Lady of Guadalupe Mural in a Restaurant" by Catherine Sherman A brightly colored mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe with the Mexican flag dominates the left side of a Mexican restaurant wall in Silverton, Colorado, adjacent to a rustic landscape scene. Wooden chairs and tables are neatly arranged for diners, with the restaurant's warm interior complemented by natural light coming through the large window. A tin-plated pressed steel tile ceiling adds a vintage tone harkening to the days when the mining town was established in the 1870s. Expired license plates from around the United States line the walls. "Our Lady of Guadalupe" appeared on the cloak of Mexican peasant named Juan Diego. Juan Diego reported that Mary appeared to him on four occasions and once to his uncle, Juan Bernardino. The appearances are believed to have occurred in December 1531, when the Mexican territories were under the Spanish Empire. The cloak (tilmahtli) with the image of Mary is enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The basilica is the most-visited Catholic shrine in the world, and is the world's third most-visited sacred site. Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe. With a mean elevation of 11,240 feet (3426 meters), San Juan County is the highest county in the United States. It's also the county with the smallest population in Colorado. Silverton is a former silver mining camp, most or all of which is now included in a federally designated National Historic Landmark District, the Silverton Historic District. Silverton is linked to Durango by the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a National Historic Landmark. Tourism provides the gold and silver in Silverton, not mining. Also supporting the population is maintenance of US 550 (which links Montrose with Durango via Silverton), mine pollution remediation, and retirees. In 2002 an extreme ski mountain, Silverton Mountain, opened near the town. This photograph was taken in June 2015. The Mexican restaurant has since closed and was replaced by a Brewpub. Was the mural saved?