Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-07-16
Las VEGAS.

Mexico, is the county seat Of San Miguel county, tn
most populous and wealthy county Of the Territory
It Is situated in latitude 80 degrees 40 minutes north
on the Ganas river at the eastern base Of tn,
Rocky Mountains, at altitude Of about $500 fee
above sea level. A few miles to the west ore tn,
mountains, to the east and southeast a vast pialr
stretches away and affords flno stock and agricul
tural country. IL has enterprislng population Of
between and eightthousand people and Is grow
Ing steadily.
1t is situated grant Of 10000 acres, Of which
only few thousand had good title, but the legsia
ture has Just passed law which settles the title and
viii throw the balance of the tract open to settle
ment
The town is nc by electric light, has water works
gas, streetcar line telephone exchange daily pa.
per- churches academies, public and private schools
number Of solid banking and financial institutions
| and mercantile houses some Of which carry stocks
of $4,000, and whose trade extends throughout New
Mexico and Arizona. II Is the chief commercial
TOM Of vast tributary country rich in resources,
| the development Of which has just been commenced.
West and north of Las Vegas, reaching TO the Colors
| do line is mountain and mineral region, covered
with forests Of pine timber, Rifording an excellent
] quality Of lumber. just west OF town, TO two
miles, ls an unlimited supply Of the finest red and
white sandstone pronounced by. Prof Hayden the
| finest In the United States.
The valleys Of the mountan-streams are very rich
and prolific producing wheat oats. corn, grass, etc.
in abundance East and south Of the town and like
wise tributary to It, the vast and well grassed
plains and,yalleys of the Canadian and Pecos rivers
and their tributaries constituting the nnest stock
| region for sheep and cattle in all the west This
great country lie already well occupied with prosper
Gus cattle rasers and wool growers, who make Las
Vegas their business town and supply point Build
ing material Is excellent, convenient and cheap. and
the business houses and residences are handsome,
well built and permanent. Las Vegas is, without
question, the hest built town in New Mexico.
The headquarters Of the division OF the A. 7. q s.
F. Railroad extending from La Junta to Aibuqucr
que located here well as their tic preserving
works.
Besides its railroad connections It has regular
stages east to Cabra Springs Fort Bascom and Liber
ty, and the Texas Panhandle southeast to Anton
Chico Fort Sumner and Roswell; north to Mora via
sapcllo and Rocada northeast with Los Alamos, Go
londrlnas and Fort Union. Telephone lines extend
to Los Alamos 10 miles distant, and to Nora IS miles
via sapello and Rocada.
Water is supplied by gravity system OF water
works, the water being taken from the river seven
miles above the city and has pressure Of 40 lbs.
While so far there producing mines very
Las Vegas the prospecting done has developed
the that there very good prospects here
that will, with proper working, pay well. Ma
chnery has lately been purchased by some Of these,
and, undoubtedly they will soon be making regular
output
Five miles northwest of Las Vegas, where the Gal
linas river breaks out of the mountains situated
the famous Hot Springs. The river here runs from |
west to east, and the springs the south bank
almost central in a natural park surroundedby pine
clad and picturesque mountains. The water Of the |
springs clear crystal Of high temperature and
the mineral constituents subtly dissolved and
blended TO render It wonderfully beneficial to the
human system. In addition and supplementary to
the advantages possessed by the mineral water the
c1im m fp IL no of 40 MOI I'm hp
tezuma hotel there is very commodious, spendldly
furnished and the management and tables are all that
be desired, and the accommodation for guests is
unsurpassed anywhere. The bath house is large and
very complete in all its appointments.
A branch line of the Santa Feralroad runs from
Las Vegas to the Hot Springs, connecting with all
trains. At present round-trip tickets are sold from
Kansas City and eastern points to the Hot Springs
good for ninety days at greatly reduced rates.
About IS miles above the Hot Springs, at Hermits
Peak, generally called Old Badly detached spur of
the Rocky Mountansis some Of the finest scenery in
New Mexico, The peak is broken abruptly OF on Its
face, rising almost straight up 2OOfeet while on the
south side of the mountains the river cuts through,
coming from the top Of the range, In a narrow
canon 1000 feet deep rising in some places with
out break the entire distance Good fishing and
hunting can be had In the mountains anywhere
from 20 to 80 miles Of Las Vegas
The average temperature for the year1s9C taken at
The Montezuma Hotel each day was as followsi jan
nary 40 degrees; February IS; March, IS; April 60
Nav GO; June 20; July %; August a; September 40:
October. 62; November, 50; December, 50.
San Miguel is the empire county of New Mexico.
Il is on tho average one hundred and eighty miles
ong by ninety.hye miles wide and containing about
10000 acres embraces within its boundaries rugged
md wooded mountains, extensive plains and fertile
ialeys Its elevation on the east is about 1900
eet and on the west 1900 The thirty-nfth parallel
II latitude runs centrally through IT, II Is bounded
IN the north by Mora County on the south by Berna
ulo and Cbayes Countleslanl extends from the sum
NIT OF the main range Of mountains on the west to