Identifier: reportofboundary00inte (find matches)
Title: Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: International boundary commission (United States and Mexico) 1882-1896. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY. 17 journey. Beyond these lakes they reappear no more. Lake Palomas is the first natural waterencountered near the boundary after leaving the Eio Grande, distant 75 miles by road. Waterhad been obtained, however, before reaching Columbus, from a well at a ranch on the edge of thevalley about 3 miles northwest of Monument 15. An excellent road leads from Deming, via Columbus, to the Mormon settlements in Chihuahua,but the road to El Paso, after leaving the Mimbres Valley, is sandy, very heavy, entirely withoiitwater, and practically impassable unless an abundant supply of water is carried along. After leaving the valley of the Mimbres the line passes for several miles over the rolling,grass-covered ridges lying south of the Tres Hermanas Mountains, a region marked by abundantevidences of past volcanic activity. Beyond these ridges a wide, flat valley is crossed, and the line then passes over the Carri-zalillo Mountains, a spur of the Sierra Boca Grand

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