New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-08
SIERRA COUNTRY OF THE
RIO GRANDE VALLEY
(RY A NJ. Hovel

This district would be of greatest
interest to farmers, live stock men,
fruit growers, miners, and investors
if they even remotely grasped it's pos
sibilities.. Tourists find variety of
cenery, good roads, and up the mar
row valleys u~nspoiled attractive set
Elements that make one think a bit
of the old word has has been dep
osited on our American soil.
Hidden back on the west side OF
the Caballo mountains in Sierra cotn-
ty, New Mexico, lies a wonderfully
rich but undeyeloped district. At the
foot of this range flows the Rio
Grande, much of its valley still in
native vegetation and trees. West of
the valley rise high mesas that ex-
tend back to the Black range, the
Cuchillo, and other mountains. Down
from these mountains come narrow
valleys along streams that flow into
the Rio Grande.
The district has that
range from agricultural and live
stock to mining and numbering. In
variety and richness of natural re-
sources this section has few equals.
1t is undeveloped and unknown be-
Il 1t is of the beaten path and
has had no organization to tell about
the variety OF opportunities here Of
fered.
There are old but small settlements
hidden away up the narrow noun
de. These early settlers are salts
fled and have given no thought to
invite wider development. But a day
of bigger things is at hand. New
people are at the helm in the valley
and settling down to build it up and
develop the mines, the forests, and
water power.
This part of the valley begins at
the Elephant Butte dam, the key to a
dependable water supply for the Rio
Grande, government irrigation pro-
Ject. Further down development is
making wonderful progress in the
Mesilla and FL Paso valleys. 1t is
coming, as well, to this district-the
first fltty miles under the great dam.
Alfalfa and all field crops grow to
perfection. So does every class Of de
truit-apples, pears, peaches,
and grapes. English walnuts, chest
nuts, hickory and other commercial
nuts, have been tested and found to
produce satisfactory.
The water supply is dependable.
The irrigation works are built by the
government to stay. The soil is deep,
rich and new. The climate unsur
passed. Enterprising people to make
full use OF the natural advantages so
literally Offered here, are all that is
needed to convert this district into a
yeritable garden.
In the mountains are great deposits
OF copper, gold, silver, lead, iron,
tluorspar and other metals and min
erals. Back in the Black range are
virgin forests with millions OF feet of
commercial timber. There are great
water power possibilities from the
Elephant Butte dam and from noun
tam streams. In the Cuchillo noun
lies one OF the richest and larg-
iron deposits in America.
Wonderful curative hot springs arc
located a few miles south OF Elephant
dam, The town of Hot Springs
IS a progressive, quantity interesting
place, located at the springs. The
climate is healthful and delightful.
The waters have marked curative
powers. 1t is a natural location for
a great sanitarium and tourist resort.
The Canine Real, the great scenic
highway of New Mexico. from the
colorado state line to FL Paso, passes
the Elephant Butte dam and goes
down the valley through Hot Springs,
Las Palomas, Derry, Garfield, and
to Hatch, on the Santa Fe
Railway. \ drive over this road re-
rcals the wealth Of of this
section. The Elephant Butte dam is
one of the great engineering fcats of
world. 1t is worth going far to
see.
This district would be OF greatest
interest 10 farmers. i've stock men,
fruit growers. miners, and investors
I they even remotely graspcd its pos
'ibiliticS, Tourists find variety of
scenery, good roads, and up the mar
-ow valleys unspoilcd attractive set
Elements that make one think a bit of
he old world has been deposited on
1ur American soil.
This wonderful valley has some
thing for evcrybody-yet him seek
or it.