The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05

Supervisor r. F. Baithis, 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 1,762,621 acres.
Supervisor w. II. Goddard is in
charge. with headquarters at Silver
City.
The Jemez National forest takes it's
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 97S.-
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 ]. H. Kinney is in charge
OF this forest, with headquarters at
Captain. The area included is $780,
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
tairs they saw in the distance upon
one - tlie ianlats6 Su.tes a striking
reprr sentation of a " oman face, and
with their simple religious enthusiasm
they named it the Mountain of Our
Lady Magdalene." On closer examina-
tion the womans face proves to be
rock formation. At the back of the
head a dense growth of oak brush
makes 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
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 the
people OF that vicinity to preserve
them because of their great age and
historical associations. This forest
includes 567,1 acres and is in charge
of Acting Supervisor A. d. Read, with
headquarters at Albuquerque.
The Pecos river gives its name to
the Pecos National forest. The origin
of the name Pecos is not positively
known. 1t was first used by Onate.
the Spanish explorer, who arrived at
the site of the present ruin of the
village of Pecos on July "a. 1898. This
village was then called Cicuye, and the
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 of
Cicuye. Onate referred to 1t for the
first time. so far as written history
is concerned, as Pecos. The river
then known as the Salado eventually
became known as the Pecos. The for
est is called the Pecos forest because
the headwaters of the Pecos river
are almost in the center of it. The
Pecos river is by far the most i'm
portant river of New Mexico from an
irrigation standpoint. Supervisor
Ross Mcmillan, with headquarters at
Santa Fe. is in charge. The area in
cluded in this forest is 450.ss0 acres.