El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-27
Fhe Ocean To Ocean Automobile
and Deming's Relation To 1t
r. R c. HOFFMAN. chairman Of

R. R. c.. HOFFMAN, chairman Of
the good roads committee Of the
Deming Chamber Of Commerce,
t.rfres Interestingly Of the old trans
this section IN the llu ts = - -
edition Of the Demins Graphic as IOi
In these days when we read ana ana
hear so much about marking me ~
Trails. and when so mucn Is Se.hS IT.
about the overland routes o. 6 IN
neers we are reminded IAaI Gimme
location is unique .,..- -,,,+ra-.,
part Of New Mexico that t1e -,
1raf1s can be found, although ne
bava not been receiving the amount OF
T0tfce they deserve, from a historical
standpoint 49,. - ,,-os hack
I'm 1900 that trails through TINS statS
were oDened or TO be more exact We
have good grounds for DenevlnS S St
this state was first entered by WAiLS
peOple about July, 1910, being over -9V
Years before the Mississippi Eailey @as
traversed by the Lewis and Clarhe e.
Dedirfou so we have some right ~
claiming a place in the Ola Trans
Old Spanish Trails.
From that time forward for years
the Spaniards Travelled from '.-gi5 5
HEADQUARTERS in New spain INTO aIlu
ona ana California But our interest
in the different trails does noL colu-
-rence until about 1876, When lNedIh ny o
in command Of the army OF IlS "sst;
entered this section. although PIKE hau
gone before in 1907. but without ALt
Their result than a description OF tne
country so far as he was ehaDleo 10
see IL while passing through
at the time of Pixies trip ne was
taken south from Albuquerque through
the valley of the Rio Grande ana re
scribes with much interest," tEe H 49,.
DDS OF irrigation and what they We're
able to grow. He tells US tnat they
cultivated corn, rye, wheat Darley, 70
bacco. and all the common cullnaIy
plants. 50 we see that even before
fhis early date the valley or the 4-lo
C5rande was not only an old tran, DuI
under cultivation long beIore the 91lllL "a
Fe trail was thought or, TOT II w.
not until after Pixies return tnaI ne
Americans knew anything ABOUT SSllll
Ie and the possibilities OF IraQe tLSl .
and il was not until about ~ 80
any use was made Of the santa L e IFali
SDd Drior 70 that time all goods had
been received from Mexico ana It's
ran from there throughout the sOulA-
west. the principal one being up ne
Rio Grande from Paso gel -ND-e -
an 1915 Gen. s. W. kearny' N
command Of the army or ll.e -,
. came into New Mexico. ana aIter teL tS
santa Fe and establishing q cltL Lot ~
Z OF government. started for California
/ leaving Col. DOniphan with MS MS
1 souri troops TO await the arrival OF
{ Col Price. Wnen ne dlSo S+aAA ~ ~
/ on his way to chihuahua
Travel the Santa Fe Trail
Now TO take VI the question or ole
trails we find that both Kearny AND
DoDiphan followed the trails that hal
beeD used for about three hundred year
and when the Santa Fe trail is tho4
81 and written about, we cannot Aeip
wondering why the continuation or
that trail is not given its proper place
I For Iii is over this trail that the IWg
{ military men in command OF the Irs'
/ conquest OF what IS now New AeAlCo
/ Arizona and California, marched
/ .'Kearny marched south from Sanls
/ TIE through Albuquerque ana crosse
the river at that point following ths
( valley to the tornado del Muerto an
E then across the plains into the NaAss
I of the Rio Nfimbres, thence west to
/ the ella and on to san Diego, can
"He did not go west from Alou-
+ -uaro7re as we are led to believe o:
! enc society interested in the MARKING
81 the Santa Fe trail, for he found ina
/ sucb a route was not practical ana al
3 the travel into Santa Fe from the ives
and south came up the valley OF tny
+ Rio Grande and he was wise enough u
+ take the only route for MS tourney
. that could be travcrsed ut that time
F Of the year. l. C., september
Has Historic Interest
I'VE see by the above that the tIal
D followed By Kearny is one that mas
I ,.-eat historical interest for not on!
the southwest. but the entire Cnltee