The herald., 1893-05-20
A VIEW OF FLAGSTAFF
THE CENTER OF RICH And oURr.
sUs PART OF ARIZONA.
rhs Gste to the Colorado 0anyon--s
Painted Desert and Pstrfned
lorsst - Many Improve-
ments Being Made.

Correspontence to the HEnALDl
FLAesr.FF, Ariz., May 17.--Arould
Flagstaff, within g radius OF 65 miles,
there is more picturesque scenery and
more interesting points Ter tourists than
other placein Arizona. 1t Is the gate
wav to the9rand csiion of the Colorado.
There is a sage running from Flagstaff
to the eafloi. q distance of 65 miles, and
reaches it's destination at q point where
the widest and grandest OF natures
scenery cones to view. At this place
the canon Il IS miles wide and over one
mils and qtarter deep. Flagstaff is eit-
uated in til, great pine forest OF North-
ern Arizsnf This forest atretches from
the Grsndsahon on the north to the rim
of Tonto bssin on the south, and then
bears in al es stern direction, total
length of 80 miles py 80 in width. Back
OF Flagstaf, about IL miles, the San
Francisco ,eaks rise to q height OF l2,-
| 900 feet.
There il a good wagon trail running
within thee miles OF the top, then q
bride trail the balance of the way. The
round tri, from the town to the peaks
and return can be made in one day, and
lsaye thre hours Tor Sightseeing on the
| mountains. Near the top is the crater
of an extinct volcano 600 feet deep and
one-half mile vide. Standing at the
top of tie mountain and looking east
werd distance OF 18 miles, the eyes
rest uptn the Sunset crater. Lava beds
cover tie bottom and form the walls of
this crster about two thirds of the way
up; thin come layera of decomposed red
stone. covered on top with msss OF
materiil containing mixture OF borax.
These different shades have the appear
ance ofthe last rays OF the setting sun
falling on distant hills. Hence the
name, Sunset crater.
The view from San Francisco peak 10
the besi in the couAtry. The following
points ire visible to the naked eye from
the topof the mountain: Superstition
mountains on the south, distance of
I 100 ml,s; the White mountains on the
southeast, distance of 800 miles; the
buttes bf the Moqui villages, 80 miles on
the moth; the Psinted desert, on the
edge O the Navajo reservatioD.
Thisde is covered with rocks con.
tanning all the colors of the rainbow.
There are also Visible from these peaks
mountains in New Mexico, Colorado, U tab
and Nevada. On the 4th OF last July
there was heavy snowstorm on these
mountains, and wster froze to thick
ness Of three-sixtesnths OF an inch, In
a deep canon on the north side there is
glacier 800 feet long, 70 feet deep and 20
feet thick.
This mass of ice and snow has been
there since the time when the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary.
About 12 miles east OF Flagstaff are tGe
cliffs, the remains OF the old Aztec dwell
nga Then the petrifed forest, south OF
Holbrook, ia one of the greatest of the
many wonders in Arizona. The trees
(they are stones now are tumbled
around in ell positions. Some logs are
three feet thick and 10 or IL feet long.
Ranchers in the vicinity of Flagstaff
grow grain and vegetables without irfi-
CATION.
The school district voted bonds for the
erection of Sic, 900 school house. and
the last Legislature appropriated $50, ,000
for territorial reform school, to be
built at Flagstaff. A yearly amount oi
s14, 900 was slso provided for the MAIN
tenance OF this school. The county
court house will be built this summer.
All of these buildings will probably be
built of the famous Arizona red stone,
found in such large quantities just east
of Flagstaff.
Odd Fellows from all over the territo-
rv are in town this week to attend the
annual meeting of the grand lodge.