Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-10

American town OF Albuquerque Her
father wss commas snt OF Tie military
post there at the time she hecxnae .
dAsAing young so4aleE. The A1ofs
house where abe Ma barn is sslsa IA
good repair At the ancient place. ss-
gans was the next place OF Importance
10 The hungry Traveller. Ncx, Was
Grants, then blue~sssE. Here We
passed through deep gQlch. sepArst-
ing tDe continental DIVIDE OF anorn-
lalns south westerly and northeasserls.
Oar next stoD was al Coolidge and -
intermediate poslts. Alnsste saa De-
nance. The lssg town ana lssi stop AZ
New Mexico Was al Msnnellto- Cross
.ng the line Of New Mexico aad Arr
IONA % Ailsntown, the fret place n
Arizona Some distance north the Al
iante-Pseltlc divides TIE Navajo In
dian reservation Fort Denasoe Is TO-
Gated GA Doth sloes OF the territorial
line. TIE reservation runs south 10
the Colorado and Utah hnes- Branches
OF the San Juan river, Canon de Slaeiby
ana Canon &c Cnusco are parts of thus
reservation. TIE small Moqao Indian
reservation joins the Navajo ressrsa-
ton on the wesi; the Mesa La Nscs
mountains joins The Ia Nacs Oh the
north aud the AoQui reservation on the
south. We passed maay waterless
riyerbeds.
The natural channels and water
courses are there but the waters that al
one time covered them have entirely
disappeared. The Zuni reservation Is
south OF the Atlantic Pacific line IN
New Mexico. running 10 the territorial
line OF Arizona on the east Fort Win
gate 10 located On the northeast corner
OF the latter reservation and just south
OF the Atlantic Pacific railroad.
Navajo springs
We are now IN Arizona, at Navajo
Springs, 81. Joseph and intermediate
points are passed, and Wlnslow 10 our
next stop 10 partially feed tie hungry
editors.
Cannon Dlablo Is reached, q stop
made on the bridge 10 view Is rugged
depth OF 2s5 feet. 1t is called the
Devils Ditch. The country IN every
direction from this point appears per-
fectly wild. Mountains OF snow
are 70 be seen IN the distance.
on each side OF Va. They APP
pear to be but . abort way from ne, bot
we are told that they are from fifty 20
100 miles away. These are the San
Francisco mountains, and beyond are
seen the peaks OF the Rockies. over
u 900 feet high.
We have now reached Flag Staff
among the most rugged part OF these
mountains, between two peaks OF rocky
cliff. and have passed through places
where the tram nearly touched each
side. Our engine gave out on 8 short
curve at this point and fiagman was
dispatched back To intercept The second
and third sections which were follow
ing US. The second came upon US
slowly and pushed US into the station,
where We had q 10 O'Clock dinner
instead OF breakfast. as We expected
according TO previous arrangements.
But We may consider ourselves fortu-
nate IN not having this occur during
the night.
At Williams the train stood nearly zoo
feet above the level of the sea. We
had q grand view OF the mountains,
with their marble, canon and piateaus.
The curves n the tracks are most grace.
| full and the succession of changes most
grand and exciting. We now 60 &c
Prescott junction. North of thu
lies Fort Whipple. A short stop
is made and We pass all points
for q stop At Peach Springs
| which is located north of the Grand
| canon of the mountains. From here
we pass eight stations without stopping.
| We approach the Colorado river al
Mellen, the last town in Arizona OF
the line of the Atlantic Pacific. The
river passes through the EldoradS
canon southwark into the Gulf Of Cali.
fornis. 1t also passes through from
the Needles north, thence east, theme,
southerly into the end through the
Grand canon. thence northerIy, thence
through a plateau southerly, thenc,
north through Marble canon, changing
its course 10 a northeasterly direction
passing through Cataract canon
through Utah, nearly touching the Re
Grande. Western Colorado and Md
land.
We cross the Colorado river Just south
of the southern point of Nevada, ant
at the Needles points, portion o
| which is at the east, and the largee
portion on the west banks of this notes
river. We shall start our next let;el
from the Needles points.