Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-01-17
Great Scenic AT.
fractions; Many
Rich Resources
DESCRIBED IN RED BOOK
Northern New Mexico il
Gwen Valuable Adver-
tising.

The New Years edition OF lne Rall-
road Red Book which has been cir.
culated by thousands of copies
throughout the United States and
Europe by the management of the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad com.
pany, contains among 20 original ar
ticles upon Southwestern attractions
and resources write-up Of the coun.
try tributary to the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad and especially to
Santa Fe, written by Colonel Max
Frost and which is herewith repro.
duced This is but one instance of the
extensive advertising given Santa Fe
gratuitously and which could not be
bought for thousands Of dollars. An
other instance Is a series of five beau
tifully illustrated articles, including
one on the cliff dwellings, which have
appeared the past few months In the
Northwestern Miller, which reaches a
uniformly wealthy and Intelligent
clientele and therefore will do much
good In attracting tourists to this truly
wonderful region. Here follows the
article from the Railroad Red Book:
Article From Red Book.
The narrow gauge line Of the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad from Antonito,
Colorado to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
is the route to a veritable wonderland.
Rich In natural resources, mineral
wealth and. agricultural possibilities,
it is also of rugged scenic beauty, his
toric and prehistoric interest and
blessed with health.giving climate
that Is unsurpassed in the United
States. 1t therefore offers attractions
not only tc'the business man and the
homeseeker, but also TO the scientist
the hea1thseeker, the prospector and
especially the tourist.
To the west of the railroad lies a
high plateau, broken by canons, ira.
versed by bountiful streams and
stretching to the Continental Divide.
with mountain ridges running parallel
to the railroad On this plateau are
the immense Jemez Forest Reserve,
the mystic cliff dwellings. the famous
Oio Caliente hot snrings. To the east
flows the Rio Grande, and runs the
famous old stage road. a branch Of the
Santa Fe trail, over picturesque
mountains through fertile valleys by
romantic nueb'oes into the citv OF San"
ia Fe, which more than any other city
in the United States offers scenes
quaint and historic to the tourist.
After leaving Antonlto, Colorado,
the railroad swings around massive
San Antonio peak on the west, while
far to the east are seen Ute peak and
the Culebra range shimmering In col.
ors that change each hour and seem
to be different everv dav. This volcan,
ic plateau is timhered with pinon
and cedar and provides good range TO-
livestock. especially goats. The first
station Of importance is Tres Piedras,
the gateway to the Bromide and Hone.
we'll mining districts, and the Petaca
mica mines.
From Servilleta. the next station,
the same as from Tres Piedras, runs a
wagon road to the far-famed pueblo
Of Taos, the pyramids Of America, a
thousand years old and inhabited by
the Pueblo Indians, an agricultural,
peace-loving, advanced, aboriginal
race, that still practices the customs
Of the forefathers and performs it's rit.
ual dances with the same fervor as in
the days Of 1880, when Taos took the
lead in driving the Spaniards from
New Mexico. Nearby is the ancient
Spanish town of Fernando de Taos, the
county seat, the home Of Kit Carson,
with history more thrilling than that
Of any other southwestern community
excepting Santa Fe, itself. The beauty
Of the Taos mountains, rising to a
height of 10000 feet, the fertility Of
the we'll watered Taos and tributary
valleys, the abundance Of trout In the
streams and game in the hills, should
make Taos prosperous resort On
the road to Taos are hot springs, ct.
ficacious in various diseases, and trib-
utary are number Of mining camps
that need but development TO make
them big producers From Taos Is
reached the Pueblo village Of Picuris,
one Of the most ancient Of the Indian
towns and beautifully located on the
Penasco at the foot Of the Picuria
mountain and In full sight Of the four
Truchas Peaks, the highest IN New
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