FERTILE VALLEY

NAME: Fertile Valley COUNTY: Roosevelt ROADS: 2WD GRID: 6 CLIMATE: Southwest desert BEST TIME TO VISIT: 365 days

COMMENTS: Fertile Valley. Located in northern Roosevelt County, 35 miles southwest from Clovis, or 35 miles North West from Portales if you are starting from there. It is also about 60 miles north of Kenna in case you are going to approach it from that point. That would be a poor choicebecause there is no road. REMAINS: Nothing. In navajo you could say dota.

Fertile Valley. Has a nice ring to it. Really the truth too! All that was needed is some seed and then WATER ! These early settlers and homesteadershad absolutely the worst odds of surviving on this earth. Then came the drouth of 1906/1912 and that was the coup d grace. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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