Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-06-13
.,v REGIONS ASSOCIATED
"' WITH LOST PARADISE.
-,.s,ro Of Spot Has Always Been Ono
r" The Fascinating Pursuits OF
AGES, But Quest Seems
Hopeless.

.hoorist arises WIFI tho ~
Ut Ut that the Garden of Eden has al
NV, n hoen located. The world is con
'a'' ~ more for the restitution to the
Of large measure OF the limo
,auC and happiness that is associated
. 18th tbe lost paradise than it is with
.ho location of the place which is
~auon into the majestic lines OF
,.;,ton in his pictures Of the crea
.,on and the tragedy Of the garden
nevertheless, the strength OF human
interest in the facts of human origin
makes the location of the Garden OF
Eden one of the fascinating pursuits
- the ages. AS there is no known
cnot upon the face of the earth thai
corresponds with the features attrib
Mod TO the location of Eden, and as,
even admitting the validity of the
Bishop usher chronology, there has
elansed sufficient time for the utter
transformation of the physical as
meets of Eden as described in Genesis.
the hunt for the actual Eden seems
hopeless.
The cradle of the race undoubtedly
cepting the Indo-European theory Of
race identity of the Caucasian races,
it would seem as though the approx
innate birthplace of this branch of the
human family could be placed. But
ethnologists are themselves aStOund.
ed as they endeavor to track the path
of humanity and to trace the breakup
of the race into it's many branches,
through the evidence of language and
other enduring records They are
nonplused and cannot arrive at a
common agreement, excepting that,
after research has reached to the
farthest limit, the borderland of civ.
ilization appears to be brought little
nearer
Nevertheless, there is no tradition
among the nations so enhancing as
that OF Eden. Hardly a nation Of tt e
ancient east but that retains the sto.y
among its folklore. But the tradition
mas travelled westward and has spread
over the whole world. EveD the
sandwich Islanders, the people of the
famlrs, and it is even said the Eski-
Illus, nave traditions of Eden not dis
similar from the story of Genesis. The
records OF the .Aztecs disclose the
oofy Oh the serpent delineated unmis-
.@Aapiy IN the picture language of
na' ancient people. But while the
,aley OIL Mexico has the credit of be-
ins one OF the spots identified with
sne location of Eden, on the other
.anu 'he north pole is a candidate
n, the honor, it being claimed that
uen was wiped out by the advance
'ne Ice sheet during the glacial
ases. South and Central America
iu ,eAico' the Sahara desert, the
eras Oh the dark continent-almost
ta ,e,y tropical country-has it's de-
''uuers in this respect.
ine point of these claims usro1lv
~ .' upon evidence of the existence
bisto. .ace earlier than any of which
aucian. nas knowledge. But as these
ont 49, SUCKS are scattered through
nOtbine globe, this appears to prove
epsbr as, But tradition, worldwide
the ha,. the Garden of Eden among
pie, neis OF widely dissimilar peo-
earlv iaa ms fact itself indicates the
kind i me of the races of man
as il due ne Mexican tradition, relating
pecial in. 10 this continent, has es-
was interest. This assumes there
cont,ao race of human beings on this
ago, and th ndny thousands of years
frned h, ms is to some extent con
ciAc coss, discoveries along the Pa.
ofarace VI south America. Traces
dscoy ace and civilization have been
Of rssers there, which 90 f fsr p been