San Jon High School - El Coyote Yearbook (San Jon, NM)

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We make our living by --- I Not too long after the ranchers came, people that were passing through began to wonder if the land would be good for farming. They bought their little homesteads and around 1904 the first crop of maize was planted, The maize thrived and soon other crops were planted until today maize, wheat, corn, kafir corn, sorgum alum, hegari, millet, and broomcorn are shipped from our valley to all parts of the nation . Almost everybody farms. It isn't at all unusual to see a rancher or store owner op- erating a farm on the side. Here broomcorn, raised on the Smith Farm, is being loaded on trucks that will car ry it all the way to Pennsylvania.

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'gm mils .S 229559 we liiflmf ., sfvigg TY? emi , Q KM We make our living by --- ' 74e77afKZc1': With the town and community solidly established the people began to think of im- proving their roads, educating their children, and getting San Jon on the map, Schools were built and teachers were hired, A post office was established and then the road con struction began furnishing jobs for even more people, In more recent years, a port of entry has been built. Three years ago a state policeman was assigned to our area, All in all, public works furnish jobs for many people, Mrs, Hawley and Mrs. Gillespie are good examples.