Now 65 years later I saw no evidence of that revival, but as you enter San Luis from the south a brightly painted chapel on La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia overlooking the town stands out against the sagebrush and irrigated fields. The footpath leading up to this chapel begins across the highway from a local tourist office. A series of dramatic sculptures representing the stations of the Cross line the path winding up the hill. From the top the whole town is visible, and if the breeze is blowing in the right direction you can hear dogs bark and the shouts of children playing outside. At one edge of town is the new Costilla County Library. Jessica Aragon is a young woman who began working there as a high school student, and now she runs the library. She was surprised when one of the MIRA groups, the Valley told her they wanted to donate a computer for public use. She had not been included in the decision, though she was pleased to be included in the project. We talked about computer usage in the library. She had her own Internet account at home and used the library computer to do her own cataloging. The Gates Foundation, which was aiding many libraries around the country, was not going to assist this little library because it was not considered rural. Aragon said that was ridiculous and that she would contact them to let them know just how small the town is. In the 2000 census it dropped to 739 people.