Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-10


 quette across the barrier that anything was known of it. These men who came to match nerve and muscle against the entrenched mystery were | in their natural element when battling with danger and difficulty in the will derness.
 At last. the Mississippi valley being known, explorers pressed on beyond the snowy peaks of the Rockies. Among shis band of sdventurers was John c. Fremont. "The Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains" He was the first to follow paths for the sake of the paths thcnselyes-the first to pay attention to the botany and geology, and to present drawings of new plants and fossils. ns well as to give accurate details of geography.
 Though the canyons of the Colorado had now been crossed midway of the great six-hundred-miie stretch and farther north near Green River valley had far back in the century been pen etrated to limited extent, almost nothing was actually known about them. Even at the most favorable points, approach to the brink was ex- tremely difficult. and descent to the wEter generally impossible. On each si0e, the country was for many miles
 forbidding wilderness, for the jour reys of the trappers, where they had penetrated. had left no impression. it was as if no white man had ever | looked upon it. These were thus the l final problems of the wilderness. A stout heart was required to launch \ forth into the unfathomed mystery Especially, as by this time numerous | tales of underground channels, of fear l ful cataracts and chasms impossible | of passage, went the rounds of the | camp fires. For time the Civil War | withdrew attention from the western | exploration, but when it was ended one
 of the officers, who had gone through the weary four years, and who wore ih consequence an armiess. right | sleeve, turned his attention once more | to scientific studies, and finally found
 himself exploring in the Parks of Col oiado Here Major Powell learned
 of the wonderful and forbidding can.
 yons of the. great river, and became tenthused with a desire to explore this | remnant of the original Wilderness. | He organized an expedition and started I IlsNCi ctdllOAs T" Being a geologist, his experienced eye | and quick judgment doubtless soon dis | closed to him the probable nature ol | the interior of the canyon, the proba
 bilty that no insurmountable obstacle existed to prevent his triumphant
 descent through the whole series
 Many were the hardships and trial' they had to endure. Food grew scarce and they became nearly exhausted bI
 starvation diet and exposure, but th' exkilaration of success sustained them , and at last they emerged triumphant : ly from the Grand Canyon. The vic
 tory was won, the last problem of tn II Wilderness was solvedi
 Perhaps, a few years later, even il , our own county, the pathfinder was work. Hugh Jones, followed a yea later by George Warren. discoveret !; the mine. whose development ha caused he growth of the now floui , isbing City of Bisbee.
 al What would there be here today i it had not been for the pathfinder f Would the sides of these mountain P be graced with the magnificent builc r ines and beautiful homes? No! Tn } monotony of the landscape would b r broken only by the sage brush. tn I mesquite and the cacd; and the s
 fence disturbed only by the voice c q the coyote, or mountain lion, Or pei l. haps the war whoop of the Indiant f So bold must be the man that brave s ithe unknown" There are many a & soon as the way has been found. read | togo on and bring it toa greater d' p gree of perfection, but they do nc P have the courage to make the hrs $ move into the regions of the unknowl a It requires nerve, muscle. strengtl r energy. courage, bravery. strong d. q termination, and a stout heart to | si a pathfinder. Greatness mantles
 the brow of the man who stakes ot ,- new lands, or trods the paths of tn f unmapped wilderness.
 Thus alone can We attain
 F. To those turrers, where the eye , Sees the world as one vast plain ,- And one boundless reach of sky.