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Identifier: C1002013152 (find matches)
Title: The California Expositions Opening on Time
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Southern Pacific Company
Subjects: Exposition Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco Panama-California Exposition San Diego New York City New Orleans
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Contributing Library: The Committee of One Hundred
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1 SPOFFORD—Xew Orleans, 705 Mh.es; Altitude, 1,015 Feet; Population, 500. At Spofford connection is made by Eagle Pass branch for City of Mexico and in-termediates. It is in great request for side trips to Aztec wonders. DEVILS RIVER—Xew Orleans, 756 Miles. This is an unusually beautiful romantic river, clear as crystal, and musical with liquidnotes as it finds its way over boulder and pebble, between the verdant banks. VIADUCT—Xew Orleans, 787 Miles; Altitude, 1,016 Feet At Viaduct is a wondrous steel bridge, spanning the Pecos, the extreme length of it2.148 feet, and elevation above the river bed 321 feet. This is one of the great railwaybridges of the world, airy and graceful, but solid as a rock. SANDERSON—Xew Orleans. 879 Miles; Altitude, 2,780 Feet; Population, 650,Sanderson marks change for passenger train engines. PAISANO—Xew Orleans, 983 Mile?; Altitude, 5.082 Feet. This is the summit of the Sunset Route. Paisano marks the highest reach of thistranscontinental line.
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JACKSON BARRACKS, XEW ORLEANS MARFA—New Orleans, 994 Mn es, Altitude 4,692 Feet, Population 1,100. Marfa is seat of justice for Presidio County, has a courthouse that might grace ametropolis. The surrounding country is fine grazing land. An abundance of gto be found in the mountain ravines, and indeed on the plain-, with reasonable cer-tainty of bagging quail, antelope and wolves, and bear in the mountains. Much of thecurative power of this region is no doubt due to outdoor life and to exert ise on horseback. SIERRA BLANCA—Xew Orleans, 1,100 V rrruDE, 4.512 Feet Sierra Blanca marks the junction of Texas and Pacific from its northern terminal atTexarkana, and is nincty^three milesfrom El Paso. The name was suggsingularly white mountain in the vicinity. At various points on the line between SierraBlanca and Maria, prairie dogs will be abundantly seen, and, not infrequently, bands.of antelope. EL PASO—New Orleans, 1,191 Miles; Al ittede, 3,713 Feet: Population 45.000. ElPaso, forme

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