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Title: The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration Frost, Max, comp Walter, Paul A. F
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Publisher: (Santa Fe, N.M.) J.S. Duncan: public printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the western edgeof a wide plateau of tableland, stretching many miles eastwardand at the foot of the main range of the Rocky mountains,occupying a commanding site in a commercial as weh asclimatic respect. Its history commences definitely with theyear 1835 when a colony w^as established there by theRepublic of Mexico. A grant of land comprising nearly500,000 acres in extent was given to the community of LasVegas for homestead and agricultural purposes, and throughcolonization the population gradually increased and the townor community of Las Vegas was permanently established.Las Vegas of today which is a modern city, is composed,strictly speaking, of the incorporated city of Las Vegas andthe town, also incorporated, lying west of the river. Whileportions of the old town have a quaint and picturesque appear-ance, adobe houses, narrow, crooked streets, old customs,handicrafts and occupations, always of interest both to localresidents and tourists, yet it, as well as the new town east of
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 247 the river, constitute distinctive modern cities. The streetsare wide and well graded, while cement sidewalks line almostevery street and many are lined with growing trees. Threeparks, with lawns and trees, add to the beauty of the place, asdo handsome and well filled stores, elegant residences withattractive environments and nice lawns. Its thermal watersare of great healing quahty, while its climate is very super-ior, there being no malaria, no excessive heat nor cold andthere is freedom from mosquitoes. The air is pure, dry,rarified and highly electrified, a certain cure for consumption,if the cure be taken in time. The mineral waters of the hotsprings nearby are a specific for hver, skin, rheumatic andblood disorders. For the year 1903 the mean annual tempera-ture was 51.7 degrees. There w^ere 286 clear days, sixty-fourpartly cloudy days, and only fifteen clouded days. On fifty-three days more than 0.01 of an inch of precipitation fell witha total rainfall

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