The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ROOSEVELT COUNTY SCENES. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 227 It is crossed from the northeast to the southwest by thePecos Valley and Northeastern Railway, a part of the SantaFe system, operating seventy miles in the county. Not toexceed 250,000 acres have been appropriated or reserved, thearea subject to entry under the land laws being 1,035,934acres, while the remainder is included in public school sections16 and 36 and other territorial lands. As late as the year1900, with the exception of a few cattle
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ROOSEVELT COUNTY SCENES. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 227 It is crossed from the northeast to the southwest by thePecos Valley and Northeastern Railway, a part of the SantaFe system, operating seventy miles in the county. Not toexceed 250,000 acres have been appropriated or reserved, thearea subject to entry under the land laws being 1,035,934acres, while the remainder is included in public school sections16 and 36 and other territorial lands. As late as the year1900, with the exception of a few cattle, horse or sheepranches, long distances apart, the whole region was unoccu-pied and unappropriated government land. Since the year1900, there has been a steady inflow of settlers, so that bythis time 1,560 quarter sections are occupied by actual settlerswho are mostly engaged in farming without irrigation as ameans of earning a livelihood. There is throughout the InlandValley, an inexhaustible supply of water, from surface springsto an underground flow, at a depth of 100 feet. This makes aconve
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