The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-19

Supervisor r. F. Balthis, with head
quarters at Magdalena.
The Gila National forest is named
from the county in Arizona and the
river in Arizona and New Mexico.
The name is said to be of Spanish or
igin, but the meaning is lost The
area OF this forest is 1852 ,621 acres:
Supervisor w. II. Goddard Is in
charge, with headquarters at Silver
City.
The Jemez National forest takes its
name from the Jemez river, which de
rived its name from a division OF
North American Indians who occupied
the pueblo of Jemez on this river. Su-
pervisor Ross Mcmillan is In charge
of this forest, with headquarters at
Santa Fe. The area included is 978,-
| 720 acres.
Lincoln county, which was named
after Abraham Lincoln. sixteenth pres.
ident of the United States, gives the
name to the Lincoln National forest.
Supervisor J. II. Kinney is In charge
of this forest, with headquarters at
! Captain. The area included is 596,.
603 acres.
The Magdalena National forest is
named from the mountains of that
name. When the early Spanish ex-
plorers arrived in the region of what
is now called the Magdalena noun
tains they saw In the distance upon
one OF the isolated buttes a striking
representation of woman's face. and
with their simple religious enthusiasm
they named 1t the Mountain of Our
Lady Magdalene." On closer examina-
ton the woman's face proves to be a
rock formation. At the back of the
head a dense growth of oak brush
makes a good substitute for hair. AT
distance the face and features are
almost perfect. The area included in
this forest is 55S,445 acres. Supervisor
John Kerr is In charge, with headquar-
ters at Magdalena.
The Manzano mountains give the
name to the Manzano National for.
est. This range of mountains is called
the Manzano, from the Spanish word
meaning apple" In the heart of the
! Manzano mountains there are several
! very old and extremely large apple
: trees near the site of an old ruined
r mission. They were probably planted
by some of the earlier priests who ex
! plored the country In either the fif
, teenth or sixteenth century. These
: trees are now surrounded by a fence
and every effort is being made by tht
) people OF that vicinity to preserve
!. them because of their great age anC
g historical associations. This forest
/. includes 7,110 acres and is in charg,
3 OF Acting Supervisor A. ID. Read, will
headquarters at Albuquerque.
e The Pecos river gives it's name Il
! the Pecos National forest. The Origin
e of the name Pecos is not positivel.
+ known II was first used by Onate
s the Spanish explorer. who arrived a
/ the site of the present ruin of tn,
= village of Pecos on July "a. 1898. Thi
$ village was then called Cicuye, and tn
Z river upon which it was located
/ which is now called the Pecos river
/ was then called the Salado. In his re
port of his visit to this village O
S Cicuye, Onate referred to II for tn
II first time, so far as written histor
G is concerned, as Pecos The rive
/, then known as the Salado eventuall
II became known as the Pecos. The foI
d est is called the Pecos forest becaus
4, the headwaters of the Pecos rive
q are almost in the center OF it. Tn
e Pecos river is by far the most in
e portant river of New Mexico from a
" irrigation standpoint. Supervise
Ie Ross Mcmillan. with headquarters 8
j. Santa Fe, is in charge. The area Fl
Y cluded In this forest is 450.Ss0 acres