. The fertile lands of Colorado and northern New Mexico .. . A Kitchen Garden, Alamosa THE FERTILE LANDS OF COLORADO 49. A Fine Stand of Oats in the San Luis Valley, near Mosca MONTE VISTA—DEL NORTE The San Luis Valley is bowl-shaped, with Alamosa at the center, almostat the lowest point, and the land rising in every direction. On the higherslopes the soil is coarser than lower down, and this coarse nature, with therapid slope, gives it quick drainage. The first highly successful farming in the San Luis Valley was done aboutDel Norte and Monte Vista, on the Rio Grande del Norte, near where ite
. The fertile lands of Colorado and northern New Mexico .. . A Kitchen Garden, Alamosa THE FERTILE LANDS OF COLORADO 49. A Fine Stand of Oats in the San Luis Valley, near Mosca MONTE VISTA—DEL NORTE The San Luis Valley is bowl-shaped, with Alamosa at the center, almostat the lowest point, and the land rising in every direction. On the higherslopes the soil is coarser than lower down, and this coarse nature, with therapid slope, gives it quick drainage. The first highly successful farming in the San Luis Valley was done aboutDel Norte and Monte Vista, on the Rio Grande del Norte, near where itemerges from its canons upon the level plain of the valley. Del Norte, at themouth of the canon, is the oldest town in the valley and in some regards themost beautiful, with buildings of stone, with streets edged with large trees,and with gardens in which are grown a wide profusion of fruits and vege-tables. Here are the Federal headquarters for the San Luis Valley—theUnited States Land Office and the United States District Court room—andDel Norte is also the county seat of Rio Grande County. The fields first
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