History and government of New Mexico . ? :: • • *C:*:~£:ZB-l *f^f^^v:^^. Cattle Seeking Water two ends of the Union Pacific Railroad approached eachother from the Mississippi Valley, and the Pacific coast. I. THE COMING OF THE RAILROADS 224. The Santa Fe. — After the Civil War the easternend of the stage line moved slowly westward for more thanten years as the Santa Fe Railroad crossed the prairiestoward the Arkansas River and then crept slowly up that RAILROADS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT \ IQI stream toward the mountains of eastern Colorado. Bythe end of November, 1878, construction reached the
History and government of New Mexico . ? :: • • *C:*:~£:ZB-l *f^f^^v:^^. Cattle Seeking Water two ends of the Union Pacific Railroad approached eachother from the Mississippi Valley, and the Pacific coast. I. THE COMING OF THE RAILROADS 224. The Santa Fe. — After the Civil War the easternend of the stage line moved slowly westward for more thanten years as the Santa Fe Railroad crossed the prairiestoward the Arkansas River and then crept slowly up that RAILROADS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT \ IQI stream toward the mountains of eastern Colorado. Bythe end of November, 1878, construction reached the topof the Raton Pass. The first passenger train came intoNew Mexico, February 13, 1879. Passing Las Vegas inJuly, the road reached Santa Fe, February 9, 1880, andAlbuquerque, April 22. -&
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