Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-09


band ! shan never forget that spot.
80 filled with memories Of brave and
tender women.
From the Ferry the road turned
west and north along tho foot OF tho
Vcrmillion cliffs, n huge wall Of gor-
geously tinted sandstone which makes
the western rim OF the Pah-roah pla-
toau. a hundred miles ana more IN
length. The many tones Of red and
cream. woven together like the coll
ors In some ricn Turkish carpet
chnnged hour by hour as the sun
moved along the sky and az sunset the
whole mass Of wall was n royal purple
deep and luminous beyond dcscrlp-
tion.
We were now going up the lonely
basin Of House Rock valley with the
white limestone ribs of the Buckskin
mountains on our left IN sharp con-
trast 10 the red sand under foot and
tho red wallis on the right II was IN
this valley that we saw the buffalo
herd, and a little later we camped AT
tiny stone house built by n son o..
Brigham Young. who had herds OF
cattle In the region long ago
The little house stands alone on q
long and droary road and the walls
inside were covered with the pencilod
thanks OF travellers whom Il had shell
tered in storms and cold. II was beau
tful 90 read the THANK you, little
house" Thank you, Mister Fire
place" and all the quaint expressions
OF gratitudo--so deeply does the VIII
dor Ind a. III al
thing.
A days drive beyond the house we
came TO the read Rock House
Spring" OF Jacob Hamlln. the old ex-
plorcr. and found Il 90 Do named from
q remarkable erosion OF the red sand
stone into the shape OF a house. Shell
toring a. a cave under the hill we
wrote IN The wallis Rock House no.
tel ana the place has been Rock
House Spring ever since. The erosion
shapes are here most wonderful
above the spring monster frog In
stone seems just ready TO leap into
the little valley, and all sorts OF fan
tastic shapes are lined along the cliffs.
We were on the road TO Frodonia,
the largest settlement In Arizona
north OF the Colorado river. II was
settled by Mormon cmigrants IN the
early eighties, but we were 20 have
some days Of rough travel over the
backbone Of tho Buckskin mountains
before we caught sight or the tall
green popular trees which mark this.
as they do nearly every other Nor
mon settlement.
We found 10 "a beautiful little village
with wide streets lined with trees and
diches full OF water. The neat homes
stood In pretty yards and we saw
kindly faces and were directed to a
home where travellers were offered
all the comforts Of a hotel. II Seem
ed good 10 get out 81 the bright sun
light and to sit IN a chair again
Many OF the settlers OF Fredonia
are pioneers OF still older places and
came across tho plains IN the hftios.
They are of the truest American type.
the New England stock that pushed on
to New York and Ohio and Indiana
ana Illinois. and stlll westward. II Is
a long time since have seen so many
iinc old faces, whito-haircd men and
women worthy OF the brush of "A mas
ter vanishing types OF race
that were indeed giants in the land.
shall always regret that no worthy
artist has cared To paint for us our
finest frontier pooplc-as picturesque
as the Indian types so eagerly sought,
and more valuable In our human his
tory
Northwest Of Fredonia some twenty
miles we came to Moccasyn Springs,
the most northerly settlement In Ari-
rona. We found the same noble isom-
hardy poplars IN rows down the streets
and fields OF alfalfa and corn and fine
orchards within a mile Of the Utah
lire.
At Pipe Spring, mile away. we
stopped TO explore an old stone fort
built by the Mormon settlers la the
days OF the Navajo war, and still
showing the loop holes in the walls
and the water led from nearby
spring into the house through stone
covered ditch under the floor south
ward from this spring great valley
sweeps away, running on the west 10
Mt Turnbuli. one OF the unknown but
truly great mountain peaks of Ari-
zona. This valley viii some day give
homes TO hundreds of people, being
an ihtttt ui9 lNfINlHN lhiAtihhf
From Pipe Spring the road Ted still
northwest toward the beautiful 'hur-
ricane Fault which biologists say is
the greatest slip or slide OF the oarth's
crust In the whole world For miles
the great wall OF cliffs marks the
break and below them a deep valley
lies In witness of the lost section OF
the plateau.
Probably the road we followed, mere
cattle trails much OF the way was
about the same which Padre Escalanto
took In l776 when he tried TO get
across from New Mexico TO Santa Fe
by northern route. His party be-
came afraid To go on and at or near
TOquervilie he turned toward the
Lees Ferry crossing OF the Colorado
and probably passed the Pipe Springs
and the Vermillon cliffs on his way
At the ferry ne was afraid u cross
and went up over the ellis ana on
10 the crossing Of the Fathers, as II
Is still called. higher up the river.
Beyond the Hurricane Fault We
could see the Virgin river, down which
trapping parties passed as early rs
1N2i-25. and which was known TO the
Spanish priests sim earlier. As we
neared the edge of the ellis, straigh,