Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-15
300 MILES
FROM FREDON|A
TO FLAGSTAFF
Remarkable Trip of Piucky
Ohio Girl From North of Can
yon to Take Examination for
Teachers,
[specIn; correspondence to Morning JournaiI

(Speclni Correspondence 10 Morning JournaiI
Phoenix. Ariz., Dec. 13.-Miss Carrie
r. Fish, i fran, slender little Ohio
girl who left her native own less
than two months ago to teach school
in Fredonia, Ariz., travelled from her
new home. three days by stage and
three days By rail, through three
states ana one territory. in order to
reach Flagstaff. 1870 miles away as the
crow flies. and take the examination
that would entItle her TO a teacher s
certificate.
The journey of Miss Fish has few
parallels in the history OF tho west,
even in the days before there were
any railroads. Though she travelled
through the widest country now re-
manning Ia America. she met with no
accidents, and though she saw many
Indians which her eastern training
and rearing told her to fear, she was
never molested in IN way. In fact
she found that the trip was as safe
ms her friends in Fredonia told her
it would be, though it was very fat
.iguing and to travel 500 miles to
reach a place only 1870 miles away
was a decidedly new experience FOR
her.
News of Miss Fish's remarkable
trip has been brought TO Phoenix by
kirke r.. Moore. territorial superin-
tendent of public instruction, who was
in Flagstaff last week, when the
quarterly teachers examination was
held at hat place. Among those who
took the examination was Miss Fish
and as soon as She had passed in her
papers she commenced the long jour
ney back to F%reGonia, there to teach
the young idea how to shoot in the
latest style approved by Ohio ana
Arizona authorities.
Fredonia IS the largest Of two
small settlements situated in thai
part of Arizona lying beyond the
Grand Canyon. Six weeks ago the
gagged her. by mail. ms a teacher.
had had several years experience
and they considered themselves I'M
usually fortunate In securing her ser
vices. She WAS a little timid about
venturing into the west Of which she
knew so little, and her heart almost
failed her when she left the Salt
railroad at a little station away
in the Colorado desert. and board
ed the stage for Fredonia.
Three days from the time she left
the railroad, Miss Fish reached Ere
donna. In the midst of the wilder
ness she found civilization. In thai
settlement. almost at the northern
edge of Arizona. she found a hospita- |
bic people anxious to make her well
come.
But in order TO hold her position
had to have an Arizona c%ertifi-
cate. Flagstaff was the nearest point
she could take the examina-
lion and the road to Flagstaff was
.35 miles lons, winding through the
Widest, toughest Kind of country.
Moreover, n Little Colorado river, q
stream of shifting, t%reacherous quick
at all times. and particularly
unsafe at this season. lay between.
There is no stage between Fredonia
md Flagstaff, and the only way that
she could cover The Intervening space
VAS by private conveyance. Finally
she decided to go by stage to the
as She had come. and circle
around 10 Flagstaff by rail.
Boarding "a salt Lake train at the
point where the stage line strikes
hat road. Miss Fish Travelled through
1tah. acros Nevada to Loastaik.
al. There she Dol a train on "a lit
lc desert railroad and crossed to
ioffs. on the main limo Of the Santa
'e. From that point she travelled east
ward, across the Colorado river ana
through Mohavc. Yayapai and Coco
lino counties To- Flagstaff. She had
'oNered nearly 500 miles in six days
nd was only l30 miles from the place
had started from.
Ed Jones, school superintendent Of
'%oconino county. has twice visited the
'redonia school during his incumh-
.ncy in D office. Each time IL took
seven days 10 10 there and back.
rafeling on horseback and in rigs.
he route lies through Tuba CITY. L
rDgers the Little Colorado at Iaafq |.
cry. angles up into Utah to Kanab Z
nd then south TO Fredonia. Some Of f.
be road Is decidedly rough. but on 9