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Cerrito owning only 118 acres (48 ha) of irrigated land and house lots. Over time, as private ownership by outsiders of formerly-common lands expanded, residents lost the
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Cerrito is on the Pecos River in one of the many land pockets formed at irregular intervals where the valley widens out to allow space for a few houses and a little bottom land. The valley land has never been sufficient in extent to allow full-time farming, but has constituted an indispensable
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