Mowry was backed in his schemes by a…

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er this time, the crossing of the Mimbres was a station on the southern overland route from southwest Mis- souri to El Paso, and thence by way of Mesilla and the Mimbres on to the Pacific coast, touch- ing at Tucson and the military posts in Arizona and southern California. Mowry was backed in his schemes by a New York company, to whom he probably made glowing reports of the agricultural and mining possibilities, of the country. He builded better than he knew, and if he could return in spirit form to the scenes of his former triumphs, he would no doubt be considerably astonished. The company published pamphlets, maps and prospectuses, and among their views was Mowry City represented as a fairly populous town on the banks of the Mimbres, while in mid- stream steamboats and other crafts were plying to and fro.