. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. f the State, but has given placeto mining. Farming is carried on in a primitive way. The land is rich andall kind of fruits grow in abundance. Alfalfa produces several crops a timber is found on the mountain slopes. Escalon is the junction point with the Mexican Northern Railway runningto the great mining districts of Sierra Mojada, seventy-eight miles east of one of the largest carbonate campsin the world. Paso del Norte, nowknown as Ciudad Juarez inthis State, is the connectinglink between El Paso, Texas,and
. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. f the State, but has given placeto mining. Farming is carried on in a primitive way. The land is rich andall kind of fruits grow in abundance. Alfalfa produces several crops a timber is found on the mountain slopes. Escalon is the junction point with the Mexican Northern Railway runningto the great mining districts of Sierra Mojada, seventy-eight miles east of one of the largest carbonate campsin the world. Paso del Norte, nowknown as Ciudad Juarez inthis State, is the connectinglink between El Paso, Texas,and the republic. 11 gets itsname from Benito Juarez,the first president of Mexicoand during the occupationof Mexico City by Maxi-milian it was the seat of RESIDENCE OF SENOR DON ENRIQUE C. CREEL, CHIHUAHUA. gOVemment. The people of this cityhave stood foremost and served as an example for their patriotism and loyalty andit was to them that Benito Juarez owed his great assistance of food and money in1865, when the Liberal cause was passing through dark and uncertain CHIHUAHUA 407 One of the most interesting spots in the State of Chihuahua isCasasGrandes,a town of a few thousand inhabitants on the San Miguel River. This place isnoted fur its ruined houses, which are probably the relics of some Indian metrop-
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