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Show -lB·!:) - lO 1 took the Denver and'Rio Grande train at 2 A.e .d 'C,_ 0' 110 it Pas 'acou' 7 A.M. Eere' 'the scenery was grand. a G w a ole vy a.nd 1. t ·t,ook tlt110 ho Tl e ena1r.tea to pull us up t. u t'1.inn hero ar, eover-ed wi th a thiok growth 0.' ,lloles of' a u« ound the' snow about six feet !monrio qu 1· "c,y. eep and, very nnd eolia. *ar Shortly after oomaenoing the decent'we otoppe and V.O passed th ough an iIamense ·oo, b el'" 'e.il. leld ot S8t.gC7 and' ,:'H! ma£Pli.floo V ! to e ,11@:1 of the Sa.J1 Louis. 'rhis' vall· y ia 150 n.ilea loDu and sixty mi lea wi.de. It is surrou.nded on the east. nor l,.h' end VIva by. h1e;h mountains ,whioh are oovered wi th onow he mos' 'of 't;t e year. The vall ey i 5 qrti t e level. The Rlo Gran.:le Hi 'fer t al"ld severa.l streams come' in from ei thor side. !"' ows til ough 1':'th1s I(l. to'S' i' a well tfatered 'valley.' The 90i 1 is a little gro:geAly an.d i 'I'he altitude is 7600 fee·t. S:nall grain and. places a. dar_\. oo Lor pate ocs do 11 here but it is t06 cold for corn. we arr1 ved at' An'ti11eto at 1 P.M. I had been here fo:r about two hours when my brother-in-lav/, John C. Dalton) came 11'1 and I went to t3.1a aah WHih him, a d t at.ance of aboub ten mt le. Hare I met my tri e delaide. She was not vary 'well. 1 spent the two follo·ine This place has prospects of' being dsys in loo:d g about' the place. ',' a lourishing 'and prosperous settlement.' Silas S. Smith, Jesse'H. Smith and Let Smith ce_'110 in Apr. 12. t liS ar ter-noon from Utah where they had been to' attend conference. 'J. pr. 13. I, nt-tended S'tUlda.y School, which Vlas a vGry good one At tho mee 1ng at 2 P.M. Jesse N. and Lot Sm! th Yiere the speaker-a, In, the meeting held in the' evern ng I spoke a part of the ,tir.1e.' 'There are qui te a .number- of saints in the valley)' but th,ey are mostly from the couthern states. Many of them hnve apostatized lately 8.J.-d at the present time m1 ssionariea ar-e kept among them to instruot e'1.d gi ve t hem a more per rec t knowledge of the principles of the gospelo We started home, our company consisting of Jesse N., Apr. 14. tot Sr::i t n , m;lelf and wife. John C; Dalton took Us to Antineta vhere se too" the train at 11 A.M. We passed over' a dry, r-ough and unpr-oduct.t ve country and err! \fed at Espano1.1a.· at about 6 "P.M. ,Here we erllainod' all night. This place is on the Rio Grande. The majori ty, of the inhcbi tants 'are' MSJ,ioans. The trui t tre-es are ill ':full blossom' and loolc· 1i.rell. Apr 15. 'W ,took the stgga for Santa Fe where we erri veri ·li'bOl..r 1o"m., I put up at the P.lace Hotel. j'lhey charged $1.00 a meal and had l lenty of" 8i lver' wnre but' 11 ttle to eat. we spent the rest of' the day in looltine about the City'. Mr. Staa.b tool{ us through his store and dr.'elling house j which, waS, a fine building and l.vel1 turr.,1shedo mhere .ar-e qui to a number' 9>good building,s in Santa Fe, but, the flat A . 1"'" 9 c· • I .. 0 . . . , ' ... , , .. , ., " ' . roofed f..H)cican houses prodomlnnte. ," They are' gradually giving way tor the Americr'Sl bu11dingo however." 'The country, around ',the 01 ty seems. qui t e br-oken and unpr-oduct t va.' It haa little to boast of ,except that it is the oldest settlement n thG Uni ted states, be Lng over 300 years old. 'YJe heard some. good' '"" nuafc in 'the, Pla.za by the ,mili "Gary bm1d. ,"" : : .'. \'fTo took' the' train at 11: 20 P. M.. and soon :arr i ved s.t 'LamA' , , .' " " " ' , , Junction " vhere vie changed cars. ',We arried in Albuquerque abo,t :3 .A.!,.' where 'V1$ ,a.ga1n changed cars "and tp .,he A., ami P. Railroad fo Holbrook. "" ,,' ,t;le t601,, breal<tast a.t ,Coondge and ,arri,ved in Holbrook Apr. 16 at 1:20 P.!1.' Here Lot, smi,th··went on, to Winslotv. ,We star-ted for T:;')odruff \11 th 'Clarence QVlcns" 1: ,fount.. We 'went' un to sno'lrtlake 'wi t"h Eft-a. Palmer. tipr 17. tho fam11r qUite well 'but two,'of the ¢hildran'had been. qUite aiel: ;·t U.·,'! ;vas " ,', .. ' " , . ' ' , ". . , .• , ' . " , " , ' goe. . _ , . : , ' |
