Monday, January 24, 2022

Altagracia, Camagüey, en el año 1909

 
Elevado de Altagracia. Foto reciente.
Tomada de un video de Lourdes Cruz.
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Altagracia. - Barrio and village. Village is about 12 miles northeast of city of Camagüey along the Puerto Príncipe and Nuevitas Railroad. Contains 16 houses and 2 stores. Population, about 100. People are engaged in raising cattle and there is a molasses mill, Las Dos Marías, about 1 mile south west. Water is obtained from wells and cisterns; supply poor. Railroad station and telegraph. No telephone. Railroad siding of 75 yards at station. 

Roads: North, logging roads. Southwest, fairly good road over savanna to Camagüey. East, Camino de Camaján; fairly good road toward Minas. (Military notes on Cuba, 1909. War Department, USA)

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