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New Mexico the land of the turquoise sky
Frederick J. Haskin profiles New Mexico in the 1900s era view, noting vast potential, sunshine and climate draws, Pueblo ruins, intermarriage concerns, irrigation bounty, and rich resources. The piece highlights Angora goats, Rio Grande irrigation, crops and yields, coal, salt, lime, turquoise and opal stones, and New Mexico’s growing role in the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Haskin
Worceser
Mass
New Mexico
Rhode Islands
Massachusetts
Daniel Webster
Earth
California
United States Weather Bureau
America
Teller
Colorado
Senate
Sandai Mountains
Rio Grande
Mt. Taylor
Zuni Reservation
New World
Babylon
Ninevah
Picuris
P Pueblo
South
United States
Polk
Turkey
James B. Davis
Columbia
South Carolina
Alaska
Texas
Old Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Cibola
Santa Fe
United States Geological Survey
Zuni Crater
Albuquerque
Persia