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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
4
Alpine residents mix court visits and travel from Uvalde Odessa San Antonio to Green Valley. cattle shipments and mining concerns mix with civic calls to clean streets and plan a July Fourth living flag. local papers and new ventures in Sanderson and Brewster County appear amid ongoing infrastructure and business efforts.
A. B. Stillwell reportedly purchases the Chihuahua and Yacitic line to join a broader Kansas City Mexico and Orient system. The route would start at Presidio del Norte on the Rio Grande, cross to Chihuahua, connect with the Chihuahua Pacific, and extend through Sonora and Sinaloa toward Topolobampo. The project includes Mexican government subsidies and concessions, with talks held with regional governors. A related note suggests coal fields in southern county counties may attract rail development and support the new line.
From the QuickSilver Belt Terlingua Brewster County Texas May 21 1900 mining excitement grows as surveying parties and officials including W Heig of the Excelsior mine Green wood Lafarelle and Carr of Del Rio operate between here and Agua Frio. Pink Taylor Crutcher and Don Roberts visit amid dry tinajas and looming water famine as plans for a furnace at the Marfa and Mariposa mine await rain.
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