The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-15
Yuma County-Its Geographical
 PosItion and Advantages.

rall and by water, no part of Arizona
 can surpass Yuma County, which il Edestined to become one of the richest
 and most prosperous counties in Ari
 zona.
 It lies between 32' O0' and 34c 20
 north latitude and 1I3' 20' and l14e
 40' west longitude. It contains G.,
 488, 320 acres. It is about as large as
 the States of Rhode Island, Connecti.
 cut and Delaware combined, or as large
 as either New Hampshire, Vermont
 or Massachusetts.
 The western boundary of Yuma
 County IS formed hy the Colorado
 river, which separates Arizona from
 California. The county is bounded on
 the north by Williams Fork and the
 Santa Maria rlvery whose waters flow
 into the Colorado, on the east by the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Va
 vapai, and on south by Sonora, Mexico.
 Its county seat is the town of Yuma,
 The Colorado river is navigable f, r greater distance, without portages, than any other river on the American continent which flows into the Pacific ocean. Large river steamboats, towing barges laden with freight, steam up the river from the gulf of California, northerly, a distance of 605 miles. One can scarcely imagine a more de- lightful trip than that up this grand river, through its magnificent canyons in the north to the mouth of Virgin river, in the State of Nevada, a dis tance of 40 miles above the town of Yuma.
 The grand and awe inspiring scenery of the Williams Fork, Mohave, Bulls Head, Painted and Black canyons, where III places the precipitous banks rise thousands of feet above the bed of the river, would we'll repay the tourist for his voyage. The powerful stcrn-wheel steamboats, "Gila", l76. feet in length by 36 feet in width, commanded by Captain J. A. Mellon, and the "Mohave", l87 feet in length by 36 feet in width, commanded by Captain Isaac Polhamus, furnish every accommodation to passengers and are so admirably managed as to render such an excur sion one of continuous pleasure of the whole distance travelled.
 From the Virgin river, the more ad tourist can make his way to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the most stupendous chasm on the globe. 1t Is a tremendous gorge, about | 100 miles in length and from 1000 to 7 1000 feet in depth and is without a paralled in the world.
 The Colorado river drains the entire territory of Arizona, and every drop If water which falls on its mountains and plains finds its way to this mighty river. It is formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by jhe streams which rise in the Rocky and the melting snows ;auSe a greater depth of water in this 'iver in summer than in winter, thus the most water at the sea ;on when it is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 It will be seen that for the entire distance along its western boundary, Yuma County possesses the great edvantage of cheap water transporta- ion.
 The Gila river rises in the western ,art of New Mex1co and is fed by |, numerous streams, among the most f prominent of which are the San Pedro, Agua Fria, Hassayampa and Salt ivers. It flows west through Yuma County and empties into the Colorado t the town of Yuma.
 Yuma County, traversed by these reat rivers from it's northern to it's and from it's eastern to it's 1estern boundaries, possesses a far reater water supply than any other ountry in the Territory, and far more han can be found in all California,
 The water is now being diverted rom it's natural channels by means of numerous large irrigating canals, and utilized for the purpose of retaining nd irrigating the immense tracts of ands which lie in this favored county, nd which are as fertile as any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad cross s the Colorado river at the town of Yuma and runs through the county,