As I First Saw It Ten Years Ago
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

As I First Saw It Ten Years Ago The conductor called out Doming, and as Doming was our destination, I and my two companions stepped off the cars as soon as they came to a standstill. There were no other pas- sengers for Doming, which was not surprising, considering that the town was only a few days old. As near as I can recollect, there was not a single house there, nothing but tents from a decent wall tent, to an old wagon sheet thrown over a mesquite pole. The whole city, in fact, might have been loaded on a government wagon, and not have been a very heavy load. Where fine brick blocks of metropolitan propor- tion now stand, there were absolutely nothing but fine Italian climate and mesquite brush.