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Show Hyde- D 601 you go the dirtier it gets. Q Canyon Large is in New Mexico? A Canyon Large is in New Mexico, on the south side of the river. Q How far above Bluff is Canyon Largo? A Let's see- one hundred and twenty - I don't know, maybe a hundred and forty or fifty miler. Q By that wagon route how far was it from Montezuma to Santa Fe? A I'll tell you, it would take us from six to eight weeks; I couldn't give you the distance. Q How far to Alamosa? A About the same distance. Q After you had been there a while did you start getting some supplies in from Thompson Springs? A Not in those days; after we had been there a while we went to Animus City, above what is now Durango, the first wholesale houses were put in there; the supplies were hauled in by heavy ox teams; we get our merchandise from there. Q Is that place the same as other witnesses have called Durango? A No; after the railroad came in a year or two they established the town of Durango; that is a mile or two below Animus City on the opposite side of the Animus river. Q Was there a bridge there at Animus City? A No, there was no bridges in those days anywhere. Q You forded all streams? A Yes sir. Q How long a trip was it from Montezuma to Animus City Durango? 2569 |
