Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-01-11
Letter from New Mexico.

an outline of my recent trip across
the plains
shipped at Marion On the evening
of Dee. 18th, to Memphis. Tenncs-
see, without anything special to note
as that part of the road mi-ht right
! !, be called home.
At Ncmphi, took passage on the
Chocktaw x Rock Island railroad TOR
Amarills. Texas. This .oad runs
through the ARKANSAS bottoms, the
grand prairie district. on To Little
Rock, the state capital, crossing the
/ Arkan,a, river. and then ur the Ma
eazinc Pass to the Indian Territory
at Monroe. on through the Territory
and through Oklahoma AMI Texas to
Amarillo.
At Amarillo wo changed ears for
/ Portalc,, on the Peco> Nai.cl road.
After leaving Memphis ", crossed
the Father of Waters. the mighty
Mississippi river. ON the long bridge
into the ,tatco of Arkansas. and down
the river. or rather through the Ar
kansa, bottoms large scope 10. coun-
trN covered with forest timber water
and negroes. The house,. II such
YOU would call them. are ON stills. a.
+ that country get, covered with water
/ II certainly will be- fine agricultu-
raj country when properly drained,
but now think the only thing, that
can live there s. frog. alligator- and
negroes.
After passing through these bot
tom, wc came through the prairie dis
trict. Here We lind a fairly good far
ming country.
Little Rock j., city OF cou>idcra-
Die Importance. We trs,cr,ed the
southern side of the Arkau,a, river
up the Magazine Pa, through some
fine country TO the Indian Territory.
Here We fud "a, fine land a, can bc
found anywhere. but it i, not open
for settlement
OF course there are lot- OF white
oople IN the Territory ON the lands
under lease
Next Ne entered Oklahoma here
We found a, fine country a, can b,
found anywhere in thi, world. but
the land Is all taken up and /, held
at high price Vet consider II
cheap. taking into consideration th,
quality of the land, aud that railroad
facilities. roads running iu every d.
rection.
| stopped of two day, at Oklaho
ma City. drove out and looked at III,
country. Out ten miles from the cit,
there is plenty of land can be pur
chased at from $50 to $50 per acre
that will be worth from $50 to $40,
in the next five years Men VII,
have money to invest, ia my judg
ment should place it here.
After leaving Oklahoma City ",
! passed on through Oklahoma Terri
tory into Texas at Texiaco. Here ",
crossed the Panhandle through a
pretty a country as the eye of maj
ever rested upon. Large cattle ran
ches making the country in every di
o rection one continuous plain, broke
occasionally by mountain range. Of
to Amarillo.
Here We left the Rock Island an
n shipped on the Pecos Valley road
and ran over similar country I
Mexico Here We crossed into Ne,
Mexico, into high plain, country
over broad, level plain covered wit
mesquite grass, and occasionally
- rugged and ugly canyon, leadin
e God only knows where; don't, 5
e this is about the scenery until "
n reach Portales
Here We find broad plain as ia
- as the eye will let you see, and a
he pretty country as one need wish I
r. see.
= This is new country, 80 far q
colonization is concerned. The pc,
pie have not been turning their a
tention to farming long enough
find out the crops best adapted to II
!, land. The soil is very rich and
think this will become a rich agricu