Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-23
A TRIP IN ARIZONA.
A LANDSCAPE OF slkAlI DESERT
AND CLIFFS OF BARE ROCK.
Across the Desolate Plateau - Thu
Painted Desert Which the Red MAJ
Tcars-A Remarkable Natural Curios-
ify-Pe:rificd Forest.

rcars-A Remarkable Natural Curios-
iy-Pe:riied Forest.
ANY one who crosses southern Arizona I'm
the summer season-from January - No
ye,ntcr-wili decide tina. the territorys
weat ler Il UNI earthy hot, and the chief
features of the country are alSali desert aud
SOME cliffs OF hare rock The surveyors OF
the Southern Pacific road selected The rout,
which wou.d require least grazing, there
fore, wouid lie the choaD-s:, but il gives
most unfortunate impression OF the region
it II desisnel - opoa up After leaving
Dominy, on the New Mexican border, the
tavsler eaters UPON twenty four hours 81
torment, The beat j. ssyclieTing, the glare
from the desert inilam-s the ewes. through
every chink and cranny pours the white
alkali dust. coating every surface. ami never
10 lie cean ell from dars, garment The
Pullman porter opens u. windows III five
minutes the choking pa seasers pray that
they may BE- close; Patient John shut
therl-iie has sc srceiy returned to the tiny
compartments whers le bla ks the boots aud
philosophers upon the vagaries II his charge
before from parcbed Threats and cracked
lips comes the cry. Porter where is that
porter' Quick, open these windows, give
Us air.
ACROSS THE DEsoLArs PLATEAU.
4 good dinner in Japanesque restaurant
can lie hal at Tucson toward afternoon. but
tourists arc generally to ho., dusty and ex-
aSpc-ntei 10 prof; by Z; At Yuma the in
dams have accepted the situation; they hang
about the train and lounge on the traci
dressed beconingly in bad necklaces. with
out accessories YUM marx, the western
boundary Of Arizona. the train has passed.
through the entire southern portion of the
territory. and the pass myers, as they gasp
and fan, dsvoutly thank heaven for bringing
them out of the Ordeal alive
But this desolate plateau destitute Of
water and vegetation, l. lnnI Of marycls
TO the scientist AMI the sight7eer. In the
western portion Of Arizona, where tho de ierf
runs uorthwsrd 20 the parallelof - degree
lies the remarkable rag.on known a. In
Painted Desert II j. a will solitary
level plain, the entira surface covered
with lofty columns and isolated Laites
composed Of santlstolr AMI WORE in'o
fantastic shapes by the storms Of ages THIS
weird desert is ver!table Fsta Morgan,
presenting the most marvellous mirnges On
its dazzlingly clear air arc depicted yalarc
hanging gardens. colonnaies, tegnpl,s foun-
tains, lakes; Notifications with fags flying
on their ramparts Iafdscapes herds Of cat
t'e. deer and antelOp-: cotnpanies Of nirn
and women, e;c-ali raiatei with sub an
admirable mixture Of Hight and shafe tia, II
Is impossible To form any conception Il thu
picture without seeing H. The Iniiins eail
IT III, -Co,intrT Of Departed Spirits AM
carefully avoid Il
Fire and food have let inielih,e taos
on tine face Of Arizone. csd Ia this regina
~ "a - safa aFtF .
geoloSist fin'lz in an opsu bopl the rs-y-,l1
OF countless agc-S Va alir a. tiof, 6. every
whore visible. IS well ns that ~ water, it
heinz evident that t1r csrtIri-s sat inlan
seas covered IL sa-fa-e Iso'at = p-al. ~.
like islsez at-ove tie valleys mi plains a.
show clearly the evasion camel ~ retreat
iny waters GraD;ts, prrulYry. micnsriisi.
t-schyte. quartzite, iedslsr snt NAVY
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ton
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one Of The mos. rernsr'ra.is natural curi0-.
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