This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...his report immediately. Owing to the commencement of hostilities in the Indian Territory, Lieutenant Anderson was not allowed to prepare as full a report as would have been desirable, and as he was in the field for six months, and shortly afterward his regiment was ordered to Arizona, I have not been able to obtain as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...his report immediately. Owing to the commencement of hostilities in the Indian Territory, Lieutenant Anderson was not allowed to prepare as full a report as would have been desirable, and as he was in the field for six months, and shortly afterward his regiment was ordered to Arizona, I have not been able to obtain as complete details as many points require. I shall now proceed to give a brief description of the present lines of cornmunicatiou between the railroad and Fort Wingate, and then, by comparison, invite attention to the principal features of the new route. DESCRIPTION OP EXISTING LINES OF COMMUNICATION. From the Arkansas River to the southern points Sangre de Cristo range.--The present point of departure for New Mexico from the railroad is West Las Aniiuas, Colo. The recent extension to this point from Granada of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Eailroad has concentrated here for the present all trade passing over this and the Kansas Pacific Bailways. The route followed by freight to the south is known as the Dodge road. This, going to the east of the Eaton Spur, avoids the pass of that name, and is more direct. It joins the stage-road, which goes through Trinidad, in the vicinity of Fort Union, and is, by some eighteen miles, the shorter of the two. The regular stage-road from Pueblo to Fort Union is only five and a half miles longer than the short road from West Las Animas to Fort Union, and the farther extension of the railway up the valley of the Arkansas to Pueblo, as is proposed, would not materially alter the freighting distance to New Mexico, so long as it shall be necessary to make the easting requisite to pass the Eaton Mountains, a condition apparently unavoidable by the east flank of the range. From Fort Union to the south a distance ...
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