Gloodcroft the Beautiful and Majestic Scenery
The article extols Gloodcroft as the most beautiful and majestic scenery ever seen by globe t rotters praising its superior beauty and novelty over prior travels.
05 Jul 1900
Page 1
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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
1
The article extols Gloodcroft as the most beautiful and majestic scenery ever seen by globe t rotters praising its superior beauty and novelty over prior travels.
Excursionists praised Cloudcroft climate and mountain scenery and many bought land and signed contracts for summer cottages. Travelers from Texas and beyond, including F. L. Blanchard of San Antonio, expressed astonishment at Cloudcroft after prior world travels and tours.
The El Paso & Northeastern railway, termed the White Oaks route, covers 163 miles main line plus 28 Cloudcroft and 3 Jarilla branch miles. In El Paso County 19.3 miles of track are valued at 125,? including payroll of 63,000 monthly for railroad, New Mexico Fuel Co, and Alamogordo Lumber Co. The line opens a vast coal district. four months after coal field reach, shipments reach about 30 cars daily, constrained by miner shortages.
John A. Eddy drives Cloudcroft promotion with 5000 pamphlets and El Paso and Alamogordo press backing. The plan draws 1200 names on a question card and 1703 tickets sold for excursions, boosting real estate and regional tourism while promising future conventions and sustained rail traffic on the White Oaks route.
Enthusiastic praise from Cloudcroft locals describes the town as wonderful with pleasant cool evenings. H. O. Barthold, a Weathersfield merchant, says he will invest in lots and bring a group of thirty investors to make Cloudcroft summer residents, attracted by relief from heat.
The Alamogordo and White Oaks contest in Lincoln county over the Baptist college ended with Alamogordo securing the site. White Oaks bid cash 1120 and land 4400, Alamogordo bid cash 8500 and land 25000, prompting local pride in Alamogordo’s growing town.
El Paso readers describe Cloudcroft as a favored excursion site with hundreds expected to visit annually. A hotel building push is under way, and Prof J B Dodson proposes a summer Chautauqua at Cloudcroft with broad teacher support. A Tulare cabbage gifted to a railroad official weighs six pounds, illustrating local agricultural potential.
Alamogordo celebrated the Fourth with a well organized program led by Messrs Laurie Quinliven Jackson Stuart Bryan Beidleman and Rhomberg. A Mexican band from El Paso delighted locals with national airs and quicksteps. Prizes were awarded for foot races bicycle races and horse and fat men's contests with about 1 500 visitors attending.
Gov. M. A. Otero, in Washington, touts the territory’s finances and recent coal and railroad gains. He notes the Republican platform endorses admission to statehood and highlights strong tax collection, growing revenues, and expanding grazing and mining activity in Salado, Los Blosburg, Gardiner, Gallup, and other mines.
Two Alamogordo girls send an eight dollar twenty cent money order to the El Paso Herald for starving Indian sufferers and pledge further help. The note praises the paper and helpers, while a local shop ad notes new silverware and Jane pottery at Rhombergs for wedding gifts.
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