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Land of Sunshine New Mexico Promises for Homesteaders
The article extols Roy Mora County New Mexico as a thriving rail linked land with fertile valleys and abundant water via shallow aquifers. It outlines homestead and desert land acts with entry rules and costs, irrigation plans, and farming potential along with cattle and sheep prospects, climate, and evolving infrastructure. It promotes railroad fares to Roy for homeseekers from major cities.
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New Mexico
Health Weeker
Kansas
Roy
United States
General Land Office
United States Court Commissioner
Mora County
Dawson
Great
el Paso & Southwestern
Rock Island Railroad
Tucumcari
Roy Bros
Union