Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-06-13
STAGE ROAD,
Where Men are Shot to Start
Graveyards.
A FINE GRAZING COUNTRY.
Vast Herds of Fat Cattle 2oaming
the Hills.
A FINE GRAZING COUNTRY.
Some Stock Figures--MiniEg Proper
ties ENTHUSIASTICALLY Freight
Bills.

the ROAD from Fort nOtnaH 10 w III
COX was good enc, ] hardy expected
to find it up to as high standard Of ex
cellence as was proven 10y nay experience.
Taking passage on oneOf VIM. Roberts
stages, with B. S. Steel as knight OF the
ribbons, on the morning of the End
inst, at least ten miles had been skipped
over before the grey dawn appeared,
and by o'clock We were ct Wham's
station, twenty miles south of the Old
fort. Here I had the pleasure Of meet
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Roberto, and par;ak-
ing of good breakfast, for which The
brisk drive through the fresh morn
ing air had prepared Il keen appetite
This station, which is just bsing fitted
up with hotel Accommodations, stable
room for AT least eighteen horses, and
for the forsging o: government stock, is
named in commemo-ation OF the famous
Wham robbery. The robbers fort,
built OF rocks on the bluff above, vas
pointed out, and as We passed along the
skeletons of mules killed on that occa-
sion was observed.
Having now changed horses new
driver, Mr.. Schwevin, took the reius for
the next thirty miles, which landed us
at Bonita for lunch. Thus far our road
bad been through continues stretch of
the finest grazing country l had yet
seen in Arizona. There is an abund-
ance Ct grass, fresh and green, as we'll
as considerable CT the old not eaten CTS
Vast herds OF cattle could be seen graz
ing over the bread plain. Sirewn foJ
several miles were 20 be noticed runler
Gus carcasses OF the bovine species
which upon inquiry | was informed wa
the result of overdriving on the part OF
the employees CT the Chirucachua Cattle
Co, 40 head having been lost recent,
by this act OF Encouragement.
Bonita is only three miles from For,
Grant, OF which We have here q gooC
view. Bonita, the Spanish name toI
pretty" is appropriately p)iied TO tn
place, though many Incidents hay,
transpirsd here that woud not tend it
exait our opinion of the deal stan
dard adopted by some Of ii former in
habItants. At least five 81 YES, whose
occupants bad been the vic; MS OF VIC
lence we're pointed out this verifying
the OFT repeated assertion Il at in Arizo
mas earlier history II was so health
that it was occasionally necessary t.
to shoot people to start graveya:ds
This vast mesa, which we next en-
tered after leaving the Gila "a Fort
Thomas as is called Sulphur Spring
Valley, extending southwark to the
Mexican line, over hundred miles il
.ength, and more than twenty in breadth
Ga our left the valley is bordered will
The Graham mountainR, the peaks OF
which rise 10 a height Of 10,550 feet
Upon these mountains may be seen
growth OF evergreen timber. and The
SUBMITS are frequently adorned with
snowy mantle. On our right are
series Of ranges, designated by Spanish
agmes, and apparently of Lesser height
than the Graham.
Another change Of horses at Bcnit;
with S. y. Apple as driver, and we ar,
again spinning along at a liv,ly rate over
he finest part OF The very exec lleni
Dad from Fort Thomas TO Wilcox.
vas reminded OF the artificial drives
through Golden Gate Fark, San Fran
cisco, aud am free TO confess that if all
stage roads were OF such q character as
this one much Of the usual objection to
the old stage coach would be removed
Eleven hours drive and seventy-five
miles travel from Fort Thomas brings a
halt IN front of the Wilcox house. Here
all patrons are extended a warm wei
come by that natural born hotel man,
G. A Wilson. Or the following morning
| made the quaintance Of most of the
business men of the