The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-07-07

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At this moment any intorma
ton or new light thrown upon the
available resources situateupon the
line Of FL Paso's new railroad, the
Kansas City, FL Paso & Mexican
h. r. cannot fail but to be read
with interest by the citizens of this
city. With that end in view our
reporter has hastily gathered the
following data touching the rich
country, which this road to, White
Oaks will render accessible to the
merchants and manufacturers of
Fl PaSo.
Within the past four weeks and
under the stlmulous of immediate
connection by railway with FL
Paso over 5000 acres of land has
been located in the vicinity Of Tul.
arosa, n. NJ. This valley is made
productive by the waters OF the
Rio Tularosa. In connection with
this stream tue position taken by
the Bullion year ago, in which it
announced that the waters which
had rendered agriculture possible at
the Grand Quivera, had been di-
verted by seismic causes, is to a GER
tain extent, corroborated. The
ruined city Of the Grand Quivera
is we'll known to our readers
through series OF articles that ap
peared in this paper. That in the
year 1880 the Spanish missionaries
and in fact the entire christian pop
ulation ofNew Mexico, were eNpell- !
ed by the uprising Of the Pueblo |
Indians is matter OF history and |
by the remains Of acqueducts, reser-
voirS and bitches, yet to be seen
there in the vicinity OF the gloomy |
and colossa! ruins no doubt exists
that agriculture was the leading in
dustry OF the people thar inhabited
them and Of whom we know 50 lit
tie. Now the nearest water to
these interesting records OF dead
civilization is found about 40 miles
distant, and the cause that lead to
the disappearance Of the water sup
ply has been a problem to the in
vestigating student for years past,
and has caused no little difference
Of opinion among profound think
ers. AS stated above the Rio Tul-
aroso to a certain degree furnishes
A solution to the problem, for last
spring 4 party of citizens of the vi
oinlty OF the town OF Tularosa dis
covered Is miles from that place
that the river at that point lost
much OF its volume of water
through subterraneous channel.
lhe gentlemen at once proceeded
to divert the flow to its origional
course, thus materially increasing
their available water supply sufiic-
lent to largely augment the produc-
tive area Of the locality.
An incident of a similar charac-
ter also occurred near Penasco, Lin
coin county, where the Penasco /
river now runs toy miles further
through the valley than IN former
years.
Tularoso, Rio Bonito, Eagle
Creek, Rio Felix, Nogal, Roswell,
Lincoln, Picacho, Penasco, La Luz,
Three Rivers and other point s sub
iect to the influence Of the new
railroad are all important agricul-
tural communities. Several OF
them also possess no little import
auce as mineral fields. White
Oaks is well known as one Of the
prominent gold and silver districts
of the southwest, but has been re
tarded in its development by the
want OF speedy and economical
communication with the outside |
world. The NogaI, Gallinas, Sac
ramento, White Mts., Jicarilla and |
{ ther ranges in Lincoln county and .
in Dona Ana county are the repos- .
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