Field Notebook: Mexico 1906
Page 116
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S alt ill o, S und ay, Se p. 23-1906 Set up at 5.30 to catch the 6.30 train for Laredo. Had rained much during the night and all the day it threatened and the clouds hung low. Consequently saw little of the lots and secured but 2 pictures and these with have no great value. Five miles south of Saltillor is the Buena Vista battle filed. While I did not see it last night, it is evident this morning that the "Bad lands" scenery is due to dissecting of one of the modern adobe mesas. It is also made from are farther south than Buena Vista to Saltillor. The dam grade continues from Saltillor through a rolling country - a small valley - surrounded by low hills in which the Cutaneous rocks all lie at low depth. As we approach Ramos Arizpe (9 miles n.w. of Saltillor) the hills become more and more prominent and the railway descends through narrow gulles. Soon the valley material begins to disintegrate and the road runs through a constantly narrowing gorge. In other words the material