of the “city”, no attempt has been made to…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

of the “city”, no attempt has been made to improve navigation on the Mimbres river, the nearest approach being the construction of reservoirs and canals for irrigation purposes. But little attention has been paid recently to agricultural pursuits, a small orchard and gar- den being the only effort in that direction. Harvey H. Whitehill is probably the only in- dividual in the territory who can properly lay claim to owning an entire town, and that fenced in. A number of cattle roam at will through the streets of the once great “city”, and the majority of the buildings which once constituted the settlement are now more or less in ruins.