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roar of the storm waves as they rolled and beat against the 

 cliffs which contained this inland sea of the past. 



To the east and south of the Estancia lies the Pecos valley, 

 similar in some ways to the Estancia but the most developed 

 of any valley area of the state, It is the greatest fruit sec- 

 tion of New Mexico and its possibilities have in no way been 

 exhausted. A very elaborate irrigation system has been 

 worked out and applied in this valley and the development of 

 this section of the state has been most phenomenal. The 

 place the Pecos Valley now holds in New Mexico's fruit pro- 

 ducing areas is one which may be duplicated many times when 

 other similar valley areas of the southern part of the state 

 experience like development. It is proper to consider these 

 parts of the state as the coming fruit country of the south- 

 west. 



CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 



ELEVATION 7548 EEET 



"The Backbone of North America." 

 THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 



If we recross in part the area just sketched to the fault 

 scarp of the Sandia and Manzano Mountains, we must then 

 begin the long climb of about one hundred and forty miles to 

 the crest of the Continental Divide. 



This upwarp of the earth's crust is two hundred miles or 

 more broad at its base and measures from base to crest 



