La Junta tribune., 1911-11-04

Taos In the New Mexican
u Mountains. siSty.fiye miles
from Santa Fe and forty miles from
railroad. is a quaint Mexican village
of som. 1000 Inhabitants. Here
In. old trail ended. That statement
of the end Of the trail may best b.
qualified II the trailer or traveller
went the way that ran by Wauous
and Las Vegas and Santa Re he
would often continue up the mountain
pass to Taos and find there the end
OF the trail II h. turned aside TO
the westward up IN. Cimarron can
yon. he crossed the Ration mountains
and went frs, Ia Taos and then ON
TO the capital Of New Mexico and
found the end OF the tran at Sauta
Fc. lie has don. we'll. therefore. In
placing the end 81 the trail marker
in the plaza Of the city Of the Holy
Faith To put In granite there
map showing traii to Taos a.
well as a trail to Santa Fe.
The Journey from Santa Fe and
down the Cimarron canyon. through
Ute Park and the new town Of cim-
arron and over the mesa TO Ration, is
most attractive Ia the traveller Herr
may be constructed a. small expense
a superb scenic highway. the most
beautiful In America. This hishNay
would give the 'rausconiinenial
traveller choice of two routes Into and
through Santa F- The one rout"
would run from R,ton through Wat
rous. Las VeFas and Cloriefa the
other through Springer. Cimarron.
Ute Park. Taos ard down the Rio
Grande river
Taos is a small village. inhabited
chiefly by Spanish speaking citizeus
Mericnns aud Indians II is ns yet
unspoilod by the coming Of ihr rail.
road OF lis 5000 inhabitants scarce
ly 200 speak the English language II
is interesting for the approach nv
the town aud attractive because of
the town itself II L. a bit OF ~.
old world set down in the midst Of
the new The shaded plaza. the
adobe dwellings. the soft syllablrd
Spanish speech, the Spanish people.
and three miles distant the large In.
dian pueblo. with half thousand IN.
dians living as did the cliff dVollers
thousand years aEo. make scene
Of rare interest Here was the first
newspaper In all the southwest Her"
Father Martinez published II Crepu.
sculo. The DrSu." and the very be
ginning OF Spanish civilization In
New Mexico. and here his grand.
nephew. lose Mouicncr, living IN
the same house publishes Spanish
Journal Her, Is the Kit Carson home
and here are the graves of the from
tiersman and his wife Every corner
off the plaza Is connected with An
historic event Mrs Taraclna Shcr
rick lives IN Taos. a daughter Of Gov
crnor Charles Bent whose masSaere
by the Indians brought about the
battle at the Pueblo and the terri
Bile punishment wrought by Colonel
Sterling Price and his Missouri
troops
II have never been able to escape
the fascination of Ia. town" said
Captain Smith Henry simpson. a.
he sat In what he called his office.
an old bench under the shade Of a
tall tree In the very center OF the
Taos plaza, II was born In New
York In 1888 he continued. came
west in 1883 and TO Taos in 1885, |
have made my HON. In this town for
sixty years" Captain simpson was
engaged In campaigns against the
Apachcs and Comanchcs. lie fought
under Colonel Corain St Vrain H.
was with Carson and few Indian
campaigns In the Mexican mountains
were conducted without the presence
of Captain Simpson rs soldier
therein. Others rll IN Taos how h.
saved the life Of Colonel William