1893 
Chihuahua 
perhaps the most prominent plant* At Jiaulco a stream of water comes 
out of the high barren hills east of the railroad and furnishes water 
f ‘ ' ' t . i * & v ! • . t ‘ : ^ '■ i -t 
for quite a tract of country. Cotton* earn, alfalfa, ©to,, are raised 
from Jimuleo past Torreosa and Lerdo some miles, From a tm miles north 
of Lerdo to Santa Rosalia extends an unbroken barren country fit only 
for grazing where water ©an be had for stock, A common scheme to get 
water is to dam up an arreyo and catch the water in the rainy season* 
this lasts some time, -he only parts of the country where the ground 
would not absorb the water are alkali tracts and cattle and men drink 
from the caramon pond. The latter part of the road ran through a country 
on which grew a good growth of a kind of bunch grass. There were no 
stock to ©at it and the country ms deserted. 
dust before dark of the evening of the 17th we passed Saceteeas and 
got a fin© Tiew of the City* it lies among the hills and the railroad 
runs along the hills above it so that one can look right down on the 
City. The country all around is full of holes and many mines are being 
operated. About 9 o'clock in the evening the boxing got broke on on© 
end of a pair of trucks under a water ear In the train and the trucks 
ran along inside the rails until we came to a culvert then the end 
dropped down trough and stopped the train as we were going slowly. Wo 
damage was done but if we had been going at a fast rate, we might have 
had a smash up. We left the place about 11 hours behind time. 
October 12, Thursday - We reached Santa Rosalia September 18th 
about 10 o'clock in the evening. Found a hack at the station and were 
taken to the Hotel Caraargo, the only one in town here. Wo found a 
one-horse outfit common to the country. The rooms in the house wore 
only seven or eight in number and not over clean. There had one© been 
brick floors but they were gone in many places. The ground served as 
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