| Show TRAVELS IN MEXICO htmstlng Sctcnts Dtscrlpllu and Historical a1 UoI 1 ululo Jonre llMlrliln IIlee l in Ih I CoLONlAjiAKKr Chihuahua Mexico April 4 1 1804 11 tor aiimt 1 titter On the list ull Iidt I Colonla Uublan and hassled 16 miles In n northwesterly direction to Colonli Juaret J the headquarters head-quarters of the Mexican Minion On m > way I visited the Mexican town of tatS dandes situated on Iho west b nk ol the river of that lIam and jut six miles soutitvest of Colonla luMjii flic town ot Casas Crandes U said to contain iy Inhabitants and III I built partly on the river bottom and p 1 lIly on the edge of the bench I lice LJ AscmClou Its dwellings consist of I w flat roofed adobe house lu streets sr narrow and ulndinK and In I general Ep rsnc tu keotite of the people v inhabit it This I Is the seat t ol ROV t onlPnt for the municipal In Illicit tiit ColonU Juares and Uublan are i uic J and it war from tins place that tie nioui document ordering the lout of Mexico In 1885 was issued Ac m y nyof Mexican soldiers whose pore icd 1 object Is I to watch the rebels Ire tttlonid at Casas Grundes Ajouta 1 mile south of the modern totn re the ruins of the ancient Costs Grtnti which means Dig Homes T what bas given name lo the nn i the modem town and the surf sur-f rJlng country Diese mini when 1 J bv the SpanIards several hun dl 4 y 11110 nppeare I already then III t IJ I cry ancient and the present M I i npuuhtlon scents to have no IJ i a to who tin peoplu were who r I tuled the Inhibitants of the old ten lie main pile of ruins rover u 1 i ft at rem of Un 1 but there arc cat I smaller ruins apparently the r rants of large Isolated houses II 11111 I i short 1 radius Some of the wills 1i 1 tolling of the main village ale n sly thirty feet high and there are of ulor i or five story buildings S ol the rooms have recently been I t lot tie debris which has filled I i for centuries tthlch I has reveated 11 n lonn sundry ancient I rl lottery r1 wIll paintings and many other than which shows at least a degree of c tlon and skill on the part of the t t fop ilatlon l tlnuhg the journey from Casas f et q 1 I pmcii over u succession of 111 indetmit valleys i and fcl length In ell 11 the last hill I looked down up n Ihp settlement the Saints known I i olonu Juirez thus named In honor of i the Umous Mexican I general II who I 1 1 f > Irately lor Ihe Icpcndence of t r btmtry I C ma Iuare or the Juarez ward t t i the I Stints residing on liic L 1 t Ire Veidei green rocks Tie 1 an Is situated inn narrow bailey about erl to wutr hounded by blulls which ry In hr ht from tau 10 300 feel tho j I f i laid out In regular blocks 1 t ir 13 I cro ng each other at right i 5nei t i ui Instead of Jollowlng the i ir t i 11 i p tnt or the compass Cite longer i Ito t rUn < > parallel with the volley and t er hem northwest lo southeast if Itune i aw til deserved reputa It h fry seeming 1elclt 1 I residence l l tlhrtt1 vu h11da I nnlt lu tfrld ilowrr full II ii I alit lobe the best built tuan In Ih Sale 01 cllllllliua and lhli l 01001111 I of till beat houeee lave y il Jilt w ith lull iltnliou some I ol or J r o whifh has enabled the own lortatleand Ihrir surroundings so coin la l r t e nj Iknl have boela acqulreoJ Uo There Is peihapj no Letter frulthnilsIn northern Chihuahua than thorn i ululated I by our people ut lu hut Ihr iic titles for arm a I y limlled us the water u it c 1 II slot k range li I filily go J I III t i lout i ur In onrrtq I t ol About a rr uf land lyi IK In the ilnp I a lit 10 t and on both nldes of the Ic I i lies ender the red nn at leant i part of Ihls tract Is I good all the year around Jeerer contains a fine grit mill sllu ate t on the liver Immediately amt of the Mltlement II 11 t is eu nod by Iat larch Wm R R blnwell lute ol Op len Utah niiil lemons from his extrnordlnary eiperlence co inTi on mini the Echo Canyon war in SIC tf There Is also a cooper nit L two doing good basis nets n tannery a cannery a harness W and Middle hop t two shoe hops s MW mill tsituated I 18 miles up In the mountains Including n planing mill shingle mill picket and lath mills etc and lour cheese factories Most of these Induiltlvi are operative The inliab Lint of Colonla Juarez are generally upeaking a good industrious and united people exemplary In their habiis I and inoile orI living they are all r members uf the Church the meetings are well Attended not an oath or rx prcsslon ol profunltv has been heard on the streets by even some of the oldest inhabitants and there see only thane young men In the town who are known to use tobacco in any shape nr form In February 1891 there were 81 lam Iltw 1 or 674 tools In 1 the colony teorga W Sevey formerly of 1nngultdi Utah In I the present Itishop hk counselors ire Mile I I Romney all I littlest I Taylor littler Joeeith C Renlley Is ward clerk Apostle Oearge Teasdale the pre > l dent of the Mexican Mission resides at luorei also his LounMlori Alexandsr F Macdonald and Henry Fyring Elder eudale occupies the house which louts built far the sate Apostle I ratlin Si what w-hat which he neer occupied an he passed I I nwny from this sphere 11 t onion I I hut as It was being lomplelrtl LId 1 I r TenwUle keeps a terr full and complete p I tI toured t aim at the public rec orils of the Mexican lIolon he been kept very Imperfectly Indeed and In some of the settlements no records to speak of hate been kept at ail the his tiirtans In I compiling the history ol the mission will have lo depend to s very great extent upon the tnformstlenwhich I rider Tei dale may permit them lo cull from his private writings Lolonla Juarez Is I a very desirable piece to live In thoiiKh a better location could have been preferred but owing llhutl rll to the scarcity I of water I stilt I the utl limited amount of farming land along the river Cal If rt can not grow tot place of any great i Importance iiccordh g to resent pros peels t U hen the colony was lit I founded In 1886 the lonnille was urveed In the open valley about J i miles east t of the prevent location hut It was soon dls entered Hut the survey had nude outside of the purchase limits and on the Son Diego 1 ranch and thus our people were forced to move up onto their present location In the narrow canyon like alley In whlrh the present town nestles between the mils Juarei Is lo miles southwest of Caws Crandes 16 imlei from Lolonli Diiblan I 71 milMsouthwettnf Colonla Dial 1 161 ndleoseulh0eitof Demlng N M l and I jo miles west southwest ol Gallego the nearest accessible dtfltlon on the Mexican Central railway Irorn 1 here Ito I-to lo acheco I In the heart ol the Sierra Madras ANiiavvt JKNSON |
