El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

historical associations; to HuecO Nat
! ural park, q scenic wonder that sur
! PASSES COlOradO's famous Garden of
/ the Gods" a trip of but two hours,
! all these are enticing, but are only a
! few of the pleasures Of the mOtOrist
! around FL Paso.
Westward HO!
Travelling westward to California
( the mOtOrist goes through much in
/ teresting country and sees the great
copper camps of BiSbee, Douglas,
Roosevelt dam and the ella valley If
he Wishes-the beautiful mission city
Of Tucson, with its historical aSSOCia-
tons past the ruins of Casa Grande,
the Oldest town in America; through
the orange and olive groves and the
rose gardens and the Egyptian cot
ton fields of the Salt river valley;
over the picturesque Granite Gap
mountains near LOrdsburg, N NJ,
through a wonderful forest of giant
cacti 40 miles long, the biggest in
interesting, historic town Of Tomb
stone, and the picturesque pineclad
Catalina mountains.
All Through EI PasO.
There are numerous routes all of
them interesting in the southwest,
but passing to or from the east all
these must pass through Ell PaSO-
Westward from FL PasO, the official
routing Of the BOrderland route
passes through Deming and Lords
burg, n. NJ, Douglas, Bisbee, Tomb
stone, Tucson, Florence, Mesa, Tempe
and Phoenix, Arizona There is an
optional route from LOrdsburg, how
ever, by way of the ella valley one
OF the earliest settled agricultural
communities in the west, and through
Globe, Miami, the great copper camps,
or past the great Roosevelt dam. A
side trip from Deming into the noun
tains of Silver City, Santa Rita, Mo-
COLON and COOney IS often taken and
never regretted. The scenery is grand,
the hunting and fishing good and
the mineral springs found at FAY
wood and Mimbres, between Deming
and Silver City, have great curative
East Of FL Paso, the Borderland
and the Southern National Highway
both lead to Las Cruces and the Or
san mountains, AIamogOrdO, the Mes
calero indian reservation, and the
White and the Sacramento mountains
with their cool summer breezes, their
shady pines and their splendid trout
fishing. Through these mountains
both roads lead to the orchards and
the artesian irrigated belt Of New
to the plains. the BOrderland turning
north, the Au-Southern east to Fort
Worth.
Eastward From FL PasO.
The other routes out of Ell PasO /
lead out either over the county high /
way, near the Rio Grande and Mex I
leo, through the richly irrigated FL /
Paso valley to Sierra Blanca, or east /
From Sierra Blanca the routes fol- /
low the same road through Valentine. |
Maria, Alpine, Fort Stockton and |
OZOna. Texas. A side trip from Maria (
into the Davis mountains. a summer /
and winter resort noted for years for /
its pleasing climate, is one of the !
pleasant automobile journeys Of the {
southwest. From Alpine, many enjoy /
able trips are made into the pic t
tureSque mountain canyons and from
both Alpine and Maria it is possible |
to cover some very interesting coun-
try southwark to the Mexican border,
among the quicksilver mines and the
big ranches of the Big Bend country.
From Sierra Blanca a trip to the Hot /
Springs, south near the Rio Grande,
is considered interesting and also
profitable to those seeking health.
The possibilities for the motorists
in and around Ell PasO are numerous /
and, with the increase of traffic, the
z, PasO Automobile club is going to
advertise these advantages so that /
they viii have their weight in draw
ing others here.