The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-06
LAS CRUCES, new MEXICO.
The TOWNS AND COUNTRY BETWEEN
FORT WORTH AND Ell PAS0.
The Texas Pacific Route Splendid Scenery and
Prosperous Section A Tourists I'm
pressions Of Western Texas.


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LAS 'kuChs, N Me- FEBRUARY 2S'-
leaving ror' worm one pright sunny
winter morning. OH WESTWARD Dound
'raih, we are soon III the midst oil a large
prairie, renewed Dy occasional skirts OF
small timber, winding streams, fertile
Valleys anu solhetimesayo mountain
range Is 10 DC seen among the variety OF
country on the Iexas Pacific route west.
f"ssihg through several little villages
ana one OF TWO GOOD towns we reach
Cisco toward evening. This rising young
town IL doing uuite n trade and I'm a
genero1 uoy nroeonts I,yoi,, ,unoor-
e ""' Pi'9."'' h'oi! appear
aIce' III pelhg the crossing OF the
Houston and Texas Central and Texas
Pacific railroads has some pretentions
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'o'oooi,"s soo' s"iPi"nS poi"'' oui
westward course, over, for the most
part beautiful prairie country, carpeted
with an abundant aunnlv or Vrasses and
700 noso ,nonr sn,oii ,.,,i, I'D ,ha
W Pl99 i.''''' 'Di"i. images oesue INC
important towns OF Baird, Abiline and
the morning. After breakfast we fake
s+ro, .ro,,,a A.. -" w., G.,
sum aio""" 'ne p"iS anu hhu
place or no mean pretentions,
but on the contrary, real thriving. 20
obaad town ronidlv r;s;ro In ;n,nor
- 81 "po
'"hce' i nc vim anu energy MANIFESTED III
every line OF business, together with its
5000 people, and the substantial manner
IL is buiit nm o,vos II a i,s+ olo;,, a. h.
~, P' 80 :. jus, ',ai" 40 oo
Texas.
Whirling onward over the se,-like
nloirs ooroso ,ha s.r;l,tn,,, ,,,.,s,,
rrictnraso,,o a,J fo,,;i, pnsy,, ,'l,i'
ppightfo n tinda ne az H. ,a,,, h'. ANY,,
Of Rio Snrings iust In t;,na e. sVT IN
nant s,rpar 81 Iyrioi,in,,, ~. ~ ~; M
Snntber 1ivaIv town md - foat Laa ,s 10
inc n rival ~ Colorodn hayino son,o eV nd-
vantares over The Later ntoco Tha
railroad machine sbons and Div;sion
Observation-Disclosures Office nye ioaotod b hson
which adds largely to the trade Of F tbe
town. A very Handsome three storv
stone conrt bousa is haino onns1,n 500
Mt n cost of S35, 00o rio SnringS boasts
the residence Of n connie EnaIIsb Tarl
fine Earl of Avlesfard lie o,yns n IN ano
acres we'll stocLed ranch naar har. r.
sides one of the leading saIoons
lie seams Tn nrefar thso "ntdnnr
ranch life to tbe societv of
Lords. Dukes and nobIemen N tbs
realms of Her Maiestv,s Jominio, uare
we take n Pullman car for M Paso AN
miles distant. and after n nights ride w.
awake at early morn and ace. FAR in the
distance. the dork-prsv outlines If the
mountains in Western Texas "A tbe
clear morning sun shines on the dist,nt
peaks TO the north thew LOOK lie huge
banks of snow. "A we GET nearlv ONO
site. the Reelection seems to chance hen,
into a huge hody of water and one ,ninbt
Imagine Il was an ocean in the distapca
This scene ia called Mirror ate tbonoh
not drop of water canses IL nothi5n
but the snn,s ref,ections on tho nnuntaiS5
side. For bonrs we o,n Gee the Sierra
Blanca mountain seemingly inst ahead
of Ms. hut perbans a hnndred w;iles awav
AS we near this. the highest neal IN
Texas. II looks 10 he standing fbera %
the grim sentinel Of the hiIlewv nlo;ns
TO the east. md king of the other peaLs
in this western range. Finally an IN.
ward winding course from one mountain
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