Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-01-18
A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
Casas G rsndes and the Three Prosperous
Mormon Iowss.
A RICH MINERAL DISTRICT.


NINaN N ItMMEN
may not be unipteresting to TgE CITIZEN
feaders. knowing that many of them are
f,miliar with the place from Information
neretofore ATTAINED. the followiny ia sub.
Joined;
A hundred and ifty miles ride In the
comfortably eauipped ears of the Rio
3rande. sierra Nadre a Pacific railway.
which speed over AN excellent roadbed.
almos, as smoo,bIy IA "A bieyele ON an
asphalt street. and n finds himself At
Casas Grandes. the presant terminus Of
he railway and the out0ttinz point for
che great Ysqui gold fields. the northern
Mexico timber belt and the agricultural
and Cattle raising eountry beyond.
Casas Grandes lies in a beautiful valley
seventy i've 10 100 miles long and fifteen
miles wide. between the Sierra Nsdre and
.condid ,angs nj uonntains Tho
own itself ia a. vet small. but IL must be-
remembered that the railway thai now
conducts its BUSINESS. in n handsome alta.
lion and hotel building. had only tbe nae
# a box car living along ths track a few
months aRo. and nearly ali of the build.
nes now erected were bullt in the same
jpace Of time. But the oh ,eryinu person
viii 900 that the surrounding ara such
that n good sized toxn mnst i'm N shor,
time be set down into this most correc,
location for such. and Casas Grsndas cor.
tainly nr.sents the mos, ,sasibIa ,o.,,,on
for its site.
Now no aonb,Issa anna n, ,hoso ,or,
ing ,bis NAV hail from uisaonr, :, ,yon,a
be we'll IN be0,n IN .sho,y. so,na,h,na .,
tina Granada IN wh,oh caaaa o,aa,s.
maintains ia nrs,an,,ons 10 sr,r,o 800
nsss
Tboncb tina ra,lwav ~o,o,,o, No. Aha,
mama 10 naw ,ha ,ou,na ans aa.."a
ybich 4, "a Tho ao,o
ara M, P
Iiks A,hronaro,a ,,o,o :, ...,
an ala Caaas &C., ~
vat NV a a,,ea, ,ai,us, 90 ha,moan 49,
fo,mar hn, ,hts ,.,,i 60 g. 80
doubt Albsit tho ~nr,ncina, moana n
comotion ins, now 90 nv ,ha nxaO on
oaOed in nIoU,ng in vonder ge,a
0Id Cosas arandoa H. ,n,, u A..
clea, and h,a,,,,n, pio g.. nsa.sae
rom do noy 80 81, a., %,o
Doldest inboniten, 10 aaI,.,'.s Nv
mar, thst i-msorma,,on u,,n ,au - ~.
W" WI "" NhoN
Tho ,pins ., uha, 90 - -.
castle" (han.a ,ho namo 60
ara noin,ad on, ao ~. 49,
place of Mocteznma ,s,o 60 sa,, o. 80
tackled tbs n-rasidan,,o, oha,, ., ,,,s
~eonntry soma TINA nroy,o,a 90 -.
victory at Manila
This Casas Granaosis,,o oovs..,
,eat Of tbe immsnse osisna d,s,r,o,
which incln ,sa a baIs doy,n 90 $50
municipaIities eacn with 40 m.,rono,,s
All the officials Of thu dist,ic, hayo ,ho,r
~headauarters bere.
The town has n nonu,a,,on y, osoo
9ouls. The inhabitants ara mostly an.
gagged I'm farming and n,oanca Good
crops OF alfalfa and grain va%oaf,h,ss q,
all kinds. and in fruits annlas nsaehos
APRICOT. watermelons mustme,ons a,o
Colonia Dnblan. Colon,a Janrav and
Colonia Disz ara tbraa Normon oa,,ia
menta. Tho boundary of tha Arc, named
meets tina bonndarv NJ tho ,owns,,o NJ
the new Casas Grandes. Colonia .Janra,
lies In a rich frult and Agricultural
country watered nv tbs piedras yardas
river. IL il fourtaan milas from cosos
Grandas. a good road and a s,o,o I,no
connecting. A cannarv "a Io.o,od haro
AZ are also a shoe ,ac,orv ,annor, ho,
ness works and Tin wa,o oo,shI,ahron,
and a wooIen mill 20 20 ,olou ma ann
,eet Of lighting tina town with aIac,,,,
are Light ia nndar disens0,on Goo .,
the few telenhone svs,ams IN Nm NJ
leo connects Dnh,an Cassa crans.s ana
.Jaurez. FolIoving ,ha Sol, Toha C,,.
nlan tha little oronn Of ,owna be-
have vida st,sato with a,raam.n, -.
flowing down eitbar la % ,,,nish i,rt
cation for tha rows ~ ,roas ,ha, a',,,
stretch The nil ,sn,,h 81, y a~a,"a"
Tbere will ha -srao,.at na,,. 49,
ma we'll .Jap,oy hasa ,noa,oa,..,"aa.
amy and DnhIan w,I, 49, 10. ""a
also ana NTH Gee e.. 80 w
teres, vi,I no 49, IN -, -