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the earliest pioneers amoi g the
Franciscans. Manzano in the
Spanish word for Apple, and it is
from this remarkable grove that
the great mountain range take3
its name. The village of Manza
no is typical of New Mexico
mountain villages. Its straggling
line of houses can hardly be said
to form a street. The adobe build
ings are or.c -stcry.prirtf d white
with high corrugated iron roofs,
painted a brilliant red. Against
the brilliant green , of tho pine
clad hills the village muy hi; seen
for miles and miles from the vast
Estancia plains to the east. The
present population are descended
from colonists sent up from Mex
ico City about 1800. Tlires of;
these colonies were established; I
the Manzano the Torreón and the I
OWesiflDDie
Tajiqre, all along the 1 ate. of the
Manzano range To each was
given a grant of land, later con
firmed by the Unit"d Suites con
gress, and now; owned by the peo
pie as community grants. The
day of the oxcart long since gone
from these villages. " The pne.-t
at Manzano and the village doc
tor ride through the country jn
high "power automobiles. Saw
mills are hamming in the moun
tain canyons and mines aro being
opened up- The vast Estanci
plains once the undisputed graz
ing ground of these mountain p-o
p!e, are now cut into 160 acre
farms. But Manzano is still the
most picturesque of New Mexico
mountain villages. It cannot be
robbed of its charm so long as
the hills, the great spring and its'
grove frf ancient trees remain..
