Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-02
FOREST RESERVE NAMES RECALL
 ROMANTIC PAST
Thrilling Periods and Incidents
 Suggested By Alamo, Kit Carson and ChiriCahua At-
 taChed 10 N. Mexican Parks.

In the process of redistricting the national forests which has just been completed, numerous changes Of name were made. These changes were by no means haphaZard or arbitrary The new names have been chosen on account of their importance in local and national history, and they will serve for all time as reminders of men and events prominently connect ed with the country's progfess from the pioneer days. Merely to read them understandings is to trace the salient facts of western growth and development.
 Three of t.e national forests in New Mexico, with the significance and derivation of their names, are as follows:
 The Alamo national forest is named from Fort Alamo which received it's i name from the old Alamo mission of Texas. This fort is the site of the most memorable battle which has ever been fought on Texas soil, be- ing the altar on which William R. Travis, Davy Crockett, James Bowie, J. B. Bonham and their heroic com panions offered up their lives in the cause of liberty and popular gov ernment. The name Alamo signi- lles cottonwood" or poplar" and was probably given it by the troops | quartered there who came from Fort Alamo de Parras, in the province of ! Coahuila, to which province Texas was annexed. This forest includes 1 I,164, ,906 acres, and is under the su- pervision of Acting Supervisor Arthur | NJ. Neal, with headquarters at Ala | mogordo.
 The Carson national forest takes
 it's name from the city, pass, lake, river, and valley in Nevada, all of f which were named after Rocky Noun | tain guide, Kit Carson, one of the most picturesque figures of western history. His early life was spent on the plains, where he met Gen. John | C. Fremont, by whom he was en- | gagged as guide in subsequent explora- | tions In this capacity be was emil
 nentIy useful and to him is probably | due much of the success of these ex'
 plorations. He was perhaps better known to a larger number of Indian | tribes than any other white man, and from his long life among them | learned their habits and customs, un- derstood their mode of warfare and | spoke their language as his mother 1 tongue. No man did more than he in furthering the settlement of the northwestern wilderness. He was ap- | pointed Indian agent in New Mexico and under this appointment was large ! ly instrumental in bringing about the | treaties between the United States and the Indians One of the most interesting spots in the territory is
 the grave of Kit Carson at Taos
 where he died. This forest Is in charge of Acting Supervisor Ross McMillan, with headquarters at Santa
 Fe. The area included is 966,OOC acres.
 The Chiricahua national forest Is
 named from the Chiricahua Apaches
 which were one of the most warlike ! branches of all the Apache nation
 They made their home in the depths
 of what is now .&e Chiricahua forest
 and the Cochise stronghold where Cochise, their great warrior of mod ern times, for years defied the white man, is an important point for sight i seers in the region. The word meanf
 mountain or lawless," that is "ln dians living in the mountains and hay i ing little respect for the white mans laws" This forest includes 46e.49I acres and is in charge of Supervisor
 A. H. Zachau, with headquarters al Douglas, Arizona.