The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-07-20
VACATION TRIr.
pREsoorr, July II, 1877.

!
 notony of the dingy workshop and take an
 airing in the country. So having procured
 \ horse | was of at about o'clock on the
 llth instant, and dashing out of town was
 very soon brought up by light sprinkle Of
 rain at the beautiful farm of the Miller Bros.
 where sheltered short time. The ram
 over | proceeded on my way, viewing "lth much delight he green waving corn on the 1 farms of the Miller Bros, NIT Sanders, Mr.
 Simmons and several others, and particularly
 the fiourishing crops on that renowned iafm ! known as the Burnt Ranch. Continuing my
 ride. communing sometimes with myself anu
 sometimes with the beautiful groves Of
 Junipcr and Live Oak that skirted the way till I came in sight of that magnificent man
 sion of the American Ranch. Ky this tune
 my ride had tempered down into a jogging trot till reached the summit of the hlgh | lands, and instead ol gazing out over those fabled sandy plains of Arizona, heheld as l far as the eve conld see nothing but green | hills and verdant valleys, and while l was | wondering if my ride would yet bring me
 to desert dropped unexpectedly on my ! friend $. C. Rogers and several of his neigh 1 hors from Walnut creek m camp en route from Prescott to their homes. It did not take a very pressing invitation for me to stop and partake of the hospitalities of their camp for the night The wit and many jests
 that were freely exchanged, caused me to
 believe that had found my coveted phy-
 sician.
 Morning came and we were soon travelling.
 A few miles brought Us into Mint Valley
 Wash. where a continuous chain of corn
 fields, from the upper to the lower end of the wash where 1t opens out into Williamson
 Valley. greeted my eyes; and if any country can show a better prospect for good crop have failed to see il.
 At the last farm in the wash l called on
 its proprietor, MT. Joseph Bridger, and was
 introduced 10 his better-half. Both were at- tending chcerfully to the domestic concerns of farm and house and seemed to enjoy a halo as though they were yet sweet sixteen. Notwithstanding l was informed that the credit for the freedom from weeds of those beautiful corn fields was due to the industry and manipulations of his three step sons. A
 short distance brought Us to the hotel of NIT. Ralph. al the bar of which NIT. Hoffman does the agreeable. Then a short cali at the beautiful and wel-arrangcd store of Dawes X Goldman and We were off over the table lands. upon which were grazing several thou ] sand head of sheep, winch l was told be 1 longrd to Mr. Marlow. who furnishes such ! beautiful mutton for our tables in town, and 1. I could no more wonder that IL is always so fat and juicy, for the grazing appeared to be ! ineNhauStible.
 A little further on the plains were dotted | far away with sleek fat horses, the property | of our enterprising friend, Jerry Sullivan. Passing over and up q long incline and and through a thick growth of timber, we came at last to Charming Dale, where NIT. ! Rogers kindly took upon himself the task | of showing us around. In this little valley, | which is rightly named, are but two farms l that of NIT. Rogers and hat of Peter Marx. | Mir Rogers is not cropping all of his place | this year, but his garden IS extensive and | hard to beat. He has large crop of po- tatoes which look well. MT. Marx has the | finest crop of potatoes that saw on my ! whole trip.
 The next day surrendering myself to the | guidance of MT. Rogers we were of on ! horse back, and knew not for where. We called first on Messrs. Young and Mulhol- l land. who are running the Dan O'Leary farm on which they have an excellentcrop of corn and potatoes Next came Mr. Sentency, on Mrs Stcinbrook's farm. and who also has a good crop Then MT Dovd's, with a fine crop. All the crops along this creek seem to stand th2 want of rain surprisingly. as there has been none since the spring rains ceased Our next call was on NIT. Scoley, whom. unfortunately. we found prostrate on a bed of sickness. His ease was considered by some as critical, yet great hopes were en- tertained that the skill of Dr. Lincoln would soon set him right.
 Next to the school house, and an introduc ton to the skillful and patient teacher, Miss Tucker X short stay and again on the road, passing a grave on the roadside, where was told, were the remains of Milton lladley. a man whom Arizona's early settlers were glad to respect. but was slain by the wiley ln- dians and buried by his friends.
 Then over range of low hills to the farm of John Geaver and Isaac Goodman, on a small stream called Turkey Creek, q tribu- tary of Walnut Creek Here the crops corn and potatoes look well, but arc just com mencing to suffer for the want of rain. Then to MT. Halls on Apache. another tributary 1 of Walnut Creek, a beautiful little farm with flouriShing crops. Then back to Walnut Creek and turning up the creek first came to the farm of Mir. Ralph, upon which this year crops have nearly failed. X call on NIT. Wilkes, on the farm of MT. Eppcrly, whose crops look well. Then to the cytcn- 1 sive garden of NIT. Scolcy, manipulated by Michael Graham, several acres of flourishing s with an abundance of water for 1 irrigation. Passing next to the house of . Mrs. Harris noticed thirty or forty fine fat calves in corral by the roadside, and as we s rode along up the creek hundreds of head I of cattle were either feeding on the luxuri- ant grasses or resting beneath the shade of . the trees that studded the hillside fir up to I the top of the Aztec range of mountains.
 On arriving at the summit VIC rested l and grazed our animals an hour or so on I the luAuriant grass which was liho meadow. -ide over 6 high level plateau i II ,'le.. nen a c. ~'0ant!c pines, and car g 'nI"uS" VI 'o,cSt o' mammoth ( peteu "ith 'hicN grasses nNe H~a, ( park, of seven miles, brought Us to the a. large spring at the head of Camp Wood | settlement. Around this spring are being t made some very fine and permanent i'm a provements. NIT. Schultz is erecting build II ngs for dairying, while NIT. T. B. Carter 0 has. mp to the roof, a fine, hewed log build- r ing, for residence, 24x2G feet. In sight of Ii this spring were vast numbers of dairy COWS b md large herds of horses, "all looking as b though they were fed at the Kings crib s
 l consider myself very fortunate in hay ng such q guide, for he seemed to know f, every crook and turn of the different traiis. T very rock and every tree. he knew every r body, and to whom every COW belonged by r, ts brand a