History and government of New Mexico . Crossing Raton Mountains by the Switch-back BeforeDigging the Tunnel 225. Transcontinental Lines. — When the line down theRio Grande turned west to Deming and met the SouthernPacific, which was building in from the Pacific coast, March10, 1881, all-rail communication was established across the 192 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO continent at the south end of the Rocky Mountains, runningthe whole length of New Mexico from northeast to south-west. The line down the Rio Grande reached El Pasoand the coast line went west from Albuquerque to theArizona line that sam

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History and government of New Mexico . Crossing Raton Mountains by the Switch-back BeforeDigging the Tunnel 225. Transcontinental Lines. — When the line down theRio Grande turned west to Deming and met the SouthernPacific, which was building in from the Pacific coast, March10, 1881, all-rail communication was established across the 192 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO continent at the south end of the Rocky Mountains, runningthe whole length of New Mexico from northeast to south-west. The line down the Rio Grande reached El Pasoand the coast line went west from Albuquerque to theArizona line that same year; while the Denver and RioGrande had already built into the Territory from the norththe same year that the Santa Fe reached Santa Fe andAlbuquerque (1880)..

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