The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . i I! M i I i 11* BUILDINGS AT PORTALES. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 233 Eastern Railway of New Mexico forms a junction at this pointwith the Pecos Valley and Northeastern Railway, and surveyshave been made out of Texico for railroad purposes eastw^ardto Floyada and Quanah, Texas. There are already at Texicoeighteen business houses and the population of the town andimmediate vicinity is not less than 500. A school house hasbeen built and a weekly newspaper, The Texico Trumpet, ispublished. Bethel, whic
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . i I! M i I i 11* BUILDINGS AT PORTALES. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 233 Eastern Railway of New Mexico forms a junction at this pointwith the Pecos Valley and Northeastern Railway, and surveyshave been made out of Texico for railroad purposes eastw^ardto Floyada and Quanah, Texas. There are already at Texicoeighteen business houses and the population of the town andimmediate vicinity is not less than 500. A school house hasbeen built and a weekly newspaper, The Texico Trumpet, ispublished. Bethel, which is nine miles from Portales has a post office. A schoolis maintained here by the Christian church, which has erectedbuildings at this point for the accommodation of land in the vicinity of Bethel for several miles in everydirection has been entered under the homestead act, and isbeing occupied and cultivated by actual settlers. Floyd. Nine miles west of Bethel is the settlement and post officeof Floyd. Floyd has a general store and a neat school build-ing only recently completed.
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