The central RIO GRANDE VALLEY 



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around the suburbs of Albuquerque, many of them of three or more 

 rooms, fitted with electric lights and water and as comfortable in every 

 way as the average small cottage. The accommodations for healthseekers 

 are being constantly enlarged and improved and while no especial effort 

 is made to induce the sick to come to this region, the unequaled climate 

 is the magnet which draws each year a constantly increasing number of 

 those who need its beneficial influence. 



A considerable portion of the happy, prosperous population of this 

 valley is made up of former invalids, men and women who have come 

 in time. 



The Central Rio Grande valley and its adjacent territory offers special 

 attractions to the tourist. Not only are its ancient adobe settlements of 

 interest, but the Indian pueblos dotted along the Rio Grande from Santo 



Domingo to the typical Isleta village are 

 THE INDIAN VILLAGES well worthy of a visit and careful study. 



The Jemez pueblo in Sandoval county, 

 with its ancient church and mission, the Laguna village in Valencia 

 county, with its nearby pueblo of Acoma and the Enchanted Mesa, are 

 points to which tourists are flocking every year in steadily increasing 

 numbers. The larger portion of the proposed Pajarito national park, 

 with its wonderful cliff dwellings, lies in Northern Sandoval county. 

 The village Indians are a peaceful, unobtrusive people, busying themselves 

 with their farms and orchards, flocks and herds and with the pottery 

 making from which they derive a considerable portion of their mea- 

 ner income. 



Jemez Canyon, Jemez Hot Springs in Distance 



