and the Railroad Towns on the Belen, New Mexico Cutoff
by
Dixie Boyle
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
In 1903 the AT&SF Railroad began laying track on the Belen Cutoff from Belen, New Mexico to Amarillo, Texas. The railroad company encouraged settlement of New Mexico’s eastern plains by sponsoring emigrant trains, a quicker method of transport for settlers moving their belongings and livestock...