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A street scene in the American colony at Herradura, Province of Pinar del Rio. The fine, cozy 

 houses would almost make the visitor believe he was in the United States instead of Cuba. 



Una vista en la via publica de la colonia americana en Herradura, provincia de Pinar del Rio. 

 La bonita y comoda casa que se ve en el grabado, hace pensar al viajero que se encuentra en los 

 Estados Unidos mas bien que en Cuba. 



Herradura After Four Years. 



Four years ago, or about June, 1905, 

 Americans began to settle and cultivate the 

 soil at Herradura, in the Province of Pinar 

 del Rio — some with sufficient capital, some 

 with very little but their labor to provide 

 for their families. Most of them are living 

 there now, in the best of health and pros- 

 pering financially. Two hundred and nine- 

 ty-six Americans and Canadians have pur- 

 chased land, and every year more come to 

 settle and improve their farins. 



The present population is between one 

 hundred and fifty and two hundred. The 

 colony has both American and Spanish 

 teachers in their schools, regular church 

 services, their own agricultural and horti- 

 cultural societies, ladies' social clubs, two 

 daily mails, money-order post office, tele- 

 graph, stores, hotel, good streets, modern 

 American style houses, packing house for 

 vegetables on railroad siding, and are now 

 preparing to build a canning" factory and 

 starch mill. 



During the past four years over twelve 

 hundred acres have been planted to citrus 

 fruit trees, and for the last three years to- 

 matoes, egg-plants, peppers and other vege- 

 tables have been grown in sufficient quanti- 

 ties to ship to the New York market. 



The soil is a sandy loam, free from rock 

 or stones, and underlaid with a clay sub- 

 soil. Water of excellent quality abounds 

 in springs and creeks, and wells from thirty 

 to sixty feet deep, which furnish water 

 the entire year, are numerous. Some of the 

 American farmers grow tobacco of very 

 fine quality, which is sold at good prices. 



Eight miles of the new calzada in the 

 Province of Pinar del Rio is on the Herra- 

 dura tract, and the company proposes to 

 run automobiles from Havana to the town 

 next winter. The Western Railroad from 

 Havana runs for seven miles through the 

 center of these lands, and there is also a 

 good calzada or highway from Havana to 

 Pinar del Rio City, passing through the 

 northern portion. The company is ambitious 

 of seeing the seven miles facing the railroad 

 all planted to citrus fruits. About three 

 and one-half acres are already planted. 



Off for 



ride 



The pastimes of Herradura'^ 

 young ladies. 



Disfrutando las dt-licias de un peaseo matutino. 

 Pasatiempos de las seiioritas que habitan en 

 Herradura. 



