Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
exte1,,sive(, and equal in fertility to a,ny agricultural
districts of the ULited States. The San Pedro valley, over one hundred miles in length, is, perhaps,
the best farminig district south of the Gila River.
The Sonsita valley, which opens into the Sanr.a Cruz
near Calabaras, is some fifty miles long. In each of
these valleys there is an abundance of water for
irrigation, and both whites and Indians have raised
large crops with little labor.
The table lat)ds of Pima County are covered with
a short and luxurious grass, upon which immerse
herds of cattle have been and still may be raised;
and the grazing districts include many of the mountain ravines as well as the lesser hills, where
gramura grass is found in abundance, and which is
greedily eaten by horses, mules, sheep, and horned
cattle. This grass is very nutritious, and even when
dry and parched by the summer heat, is eagerly
sought after by the animals.
Tucson, the principal settlement of Pima County,
is in the Santa Cruz valley. It was a prominent
station upon the Butterfield route. Of late years it
has beei miuch improved, and the recent opening
of several rich mines in close proximity to the towii,
will give it increased business and importance. Its
po)pulattion is largely Spanish, an(l the samne tiiay be
said of' all the settleme'its in thlis c,(llnty. Other
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