The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-04-03
GHLL,INAS ERNDS
NOW OPEN FOR
H0MES1EADlNG
Ceddrvdle, the New Town east OF
Blanca
ON The SANTA FE CENTRAL
Will Make Available for Homesteaders
Large Tract 3f Land in Southeastern
Torrance County

The Gallinas mountain section Of the
Estancia Valley, noted throughout this
section of the territory for its rich soil
end abundance of grass-the real para
disc of the sheepmen-is to be made
available to homestead entry by the
opening of the new town Of Cedarvale,
situated in the midst Of broad level
country between Willard and Torrance,
on the Santa Fe Central railroad.
The promoters of the new town are
W. NJ. Taylor, S. Wolfe and E. L.
Smith of Willard Temporary accomo-
dations in the way of railroad facilities
have beeh provided by the Santa Fe
Central and depot and siding will be
constructed as soon as possible. A
commodious real estate office is being
built this week by the townste com
pany, and a general store will be open
ed as soon as a building can be con-
structed for its occupancy. The town.
site company will provide public we'll
as a temporary aid to settlers, and be.
fore many months the level stretch of
prairie and timbered land extending
from the mountains to the Pinos Wells
breaks north,s will be dotted with the
claim houses of homesteaders.
The Gallinas mountain country has
been gradually settling for several
months. The one drawback has been
lack of adequate facilities for the
homesteader, there being no store
closer than 25 miles away. Although
traversed by railroad, there has been
no town of sufficient Importance to
maintain a store closer than Willard.
The Santa Fe Central map shows two
stations between Willard and Torrance
Progreso and Bianca-but they are
merely sidings to afford places for
trains to pass each other, and located
without regard to their convenience to
farming lands. The new town is five
miles east of Blanca siding, and is in
the center of an eXpanse Of chocolate
loan country embracing ab. ut 500
claims. The land is all surveyed, and
open to homestead entry.
Cedarvale will command trade ter
ritory occupied by ranchmen and home
steaders, some 40 miles east and west,
and an equal distance north and south.
1t will doubtless be the shipping point
for lumber for Byrd's Mill in The
Gallinas mountains. One Of Byrd S
Mills, now operating in the Manzano
mountains, will be moved to the
Gallinas to work up a large traet OF
timber recently acquired. Pmos Wells,
an inland Mexican town, which now
procures its supplies from Willard will
find trading point at Ce1arvale, eight
miles dis ant-25 miles closer than any
other town.
There is no gyp land in the Gallinas
mountain country, the soil being com
posed mostly of an alluvial deposit from
the mountains. The snow and rainfall
in the Gallinas mountain country is al
ways abundant, as evidenced by the eX-
cellent grass, the entire country having
sufficient pasturage in spite of the
depredations of the sheep herds for gen
erations past to support a large number
of stock on any quarter section. The
grass is gramma and mesquite, the lat,
ter being very luxuriant in Mesquite
valley, which is about three and one,
half miles wide and extends from the
foothills IN the mountains to tie Santa
Fe Central -four miles above the town
site. The gramma grass is found If
Buffalo Draw, another but smaller val
10y and everywhere upon the leve
prairie lands.
Cedarvale is so named because of the
proximity of the cedar belt which eX