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Roy New Mexico Land Boom Promises Farm Growth
The Roy area in Mora County New Mexico is described as a developing agricultural and settlement region. The piece explains homestead and desert land acts, entry rules, costs, and required residence periods, plus local climate, soils, irrigation prospects and a booming influx of settlers. It highlights Roy’s 1903 founding, the Dawson railway connection, a growing school and church, regional fruit orchards, cattle and sheep industries, and special low homeseeker rail fares.
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New Mexico
Kansas
Roy
United States
General Land Office
United States Court Commissioner
Mora County
Dawson
Great el Paso & South- Western
Rock Island Railroad
Tucumcari
Union