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English: Juarez Penitentiary, Merida Yucatan Mexico

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Identifier: mexicohistoryofi00wrig Title: Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Wright, Marie Robinson, 1866-1914 Subjects: Publisher: Philadelphia, G. Barrie & sons [etc., etc.] Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Text Appearing Before Image: INDIAN HEMP CUTTER. YUCATAN 475 and the record that remains behind him is a monument to his greatness. Thepresent governor is Sefior D. Enrique Muhoz Aristegui, who is progressive andenterprising and has followed closely the example set by his predecessors. The United Railroads of Yucatan have eight hundred kilometres of variouslines which extend to all important points of this State and to Campeche. Thiscompany was formed in 1902, being a merger of several independent lines, as

Text Appearing After Image: JUAREZ PENITENTIARY, MERIDA. follows: The railroad from Merida to Progreso with a branch to Izamal; fromMerida to Valladolid with a branch to Progreso; the Peninsula Railroad; therailroad from Merida to Peto with a branch to Sotuta. The construction of thefirst railroad was organized by Senor Jose Rendon Peniche. The principal points which these railroads touch are Valladolid, which isknown as the Sultana of the East, and was at one time a city of much more im-portance than to-day; Tizimin, where the three kings, Magos, annually met;Motul, the next largest city of the State, and a centre of importance on accountof the henequen industry; Izamal, another important industrial centre and famousfor the pilgrimages to the Virgin de la Asuncion; Tekas and Peto, important 476 MEXICO cities of the sugar industry;Ticul, the centre of the cornregion; Halacho, anotherpoint famous for its religiousfeasts. The only port in theState is Progreso. The WardLine steamers touch thisport and this company

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