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<br /> <br />M~~er~ re~o~ce~ ~A tine ~o~~y ~re~'~~pe~r to be ~~~ted to ~a~d <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />grave;!, de~iJs,tts' ~,~ the A,:>ke.ns~s l1ivel:' Ve.1),e;y'. <br /> <br />Thel:'e al:'e no, known histo:d:c s-tt,es, in the 'iricinity of Ho~lY. A1.though <br /> <br />, , <br />the ISanta Fe :L'l:'ail did pass, near the toWn, past land uses' ha'V'e obliter... <br /> <br />a.ted the t\O~d Tl:'at~,t\ with the on~Yl:'ecognftion of its OCClll'rence being <br /> <br />noted by a. mal:'kel:' neal:' the community, <br /> <br />lllJl.U\N RESOlfflCES <br /> <br />:The population of Holly has, expel:'ienced slow gl:'owth since its <br /> <br />rounding in 1896 andha.s' been l:'elatively stable fol:' many years as <br /> <br />shown by the to11owing census: <br /> <br />Yeal:' Population <br />- <br />1930 971 <br />1940 864 <br />1950 1236 <br />1960 1108 ,<.. <br />1970 993 <br />1973 1150~1200 (estimated) <br /> <br />The BUl:'rounding rural population has also remained stable, SinCe <br /> <br />a.gri~u1ture is expected to remain the p~incipal economic activity <br /> <br />of the area, the future popu1a.tion of Hdlly,a.nd the surrounding <br /> <br />area. is expected to remain:relatively stable also. <br /> <br />Skills and occupations in the Holly ,area are those primarily <br />as'so~ia.ted' directly Ol:' indi:!;'ectly with f'a.rming, processing of agri... <br />cult\lra.i ~roducts a.nd ca.ttle l:'a.i'si~g with lllany of the farm a.nd ra.nch <br />workers a.nd owners!l'es1di'ng in the urban al:'ea of Holly, Agl:'icultural <br /> <br />type ski1is, a.nd occulla.tions in the Holly a.l:'ea. al:'e expected to rema;l.n <br /> <br />dominant in the foreseeable future, However, if the present trend <br /> <br />, <br />of r~rai to urban llopuiation shittcontinues, skills a.nd occupations <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />in fue serv;l.ces area a.re likely to incl:'eaise. <br /> <br />6 <br />