Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-05-10
New Mexico Letter.

several of my friends before leaving
home to write something 1T this coun-
try as see it. A. | have been on
|. the 90 since | have been here and
most of the time some % miles from
the post office have not had the chance
TO write to each one personally, so
you will allow me spase | will endea-
vor to tell them something through
the columns of the Press.
-. We left Marion April 3rd for Por-
y tales After two days stay at Por-
tales rambling over valleys and plains
we wlat to Mexico and took the new
roaA inch is being built WE de
Santa Fee. for trunk line from
Chitago to san Francisco.
Out e miles on this road We found
what we thought to be the Land of
Promise. Here in the beautiful
/. .Peco, Valley lies thousands of acres
of as good land as can be found in
the /. :, subject to homestead. A
land that has been the paradise of the
cattle and sheep kings. On account
N of it, remoteness from the railroad il
has layed dormant all these years.
But since the railroad has penetrated .
this heretofore neglected part of the .
territory tn homeseekers are coming
by every train, and the land j., being
filed ON rapidly it will be only short
time until the land for miles on either
side of the railroad wi. be taken.
Here is some of the most picture
sque scenery We have seen in our
travels. \, we wended oar way up
ana over the Cap Rock, to the plains
or table lands, and on reaching the
top delightful scene presents itself
to the eve. To the north a. far a.
one can see lays the wide stretch of
the plains with it, thousands Of cat
tie gently nipping the native grass,
which is sufficient to keep them the
year round Looking south We be-
hold the beautiful and fertile Pecos
Valley with its numerous focks of
sheep.
Our visit to TT. sumner and the
old Mexican town was very inter
esting feature of our travels. This
historic old fort is one of the oldest
in the southwest, which was a mill
tary post back in the ffties. Here
We stood by the mound beneath which
rests the remains Of BILLY the Kid
one of THE most notorious outlaws
the world has ever known, when we
take into consideration his age and
the length of his career-having been
betrayed and killed in this old Mex
lean town at the age OF q years after
taking the lives Of that many men.
But the most attractive sight to a
kentuckian-one that has been raised
in the sticks-was the trees, the first
we had seen for several days, which
were planted by the soldiers some 90
years ago. Along the banks OF the
river for a distance of five miles are
two rows of majestic looking cotton
wood trees on either side of 80 foot
driveway
In the quaint old adobe town we
found a population of 200 Mexican,
living in their adobe house, and in
idleness. Only one white man in
fhe town
Any one looking for home would
n do we'll to investigate this. the pearl
Of all the vallieS have seen. Above
all the financial possibilities of this
valley comes that of health it being
1000 feet above sea level. dry and
almost continuous sunshine. 1t il
undoubtedly a healthful place foI
weak lungs and many other diseases.
Health and prosperity combined are
features in life we can not overlook.
Your truly.
j. Il. SIMPSON.
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