Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-14
u The PctnGied Forests Of arizona ii
IT. pr o-csr ;. Brown :" pousl"- International"

lu east central Arizona Is one cot
the most magnificent natural wuuG
pIs OF IA, world. the potriiiCd forrest
Ia Apache county, Arizona, are acres
and acres ut p,tritiCd wood varying
iu size from the end ui your ling"t
go trunks ct trees more than ten lCrt
iu diameter aud over sUO tcct o.
length The forest b. divided into
lIiNr distinct tracts, all easily Access
sibic from Adamnna, % station ou th'
Santa l'v railway, The tir~i, ut IA"
( l;HinbuW forest. b. distant about tN"
miles. aud covers about four thous
aud acres Here one sees thn htur-
! 81 trunks ut trees tossed about hHI.
| hazard. bee lengths ut some iWo %"
I four feet The wood has every rulur
I 80 The rainbow n b. IA appearance
much like flint llcr' huge log
/ uts put over th, traveller, uud iuukF
much Ike e cannon. su much So th.t
/ So M one has named 10 'bcWc} p
| Cannon Another formation su,u
I fiity feet high, has been named tho
Eagles N'~t.' from the ia't that
. tor four successive wears 70 puir vi
/ bald eagles built their nest on the
! top which is inaccessible tu man ur
/ beast
! Thc trunks ot the trees seem &C.
l have washed here" as 10 the bed Of
]
! covered boy sand and mud THIS cuN
/ vrng iu time has changed 60 surd
/ rock aud ia, entire country around
/ has been elevated, ana the 'l'uvut-
1 have worn away the soft earth uu'
i dor this layer and allowed the petit
fled trr, trunks iu tho sand rock u
break OF into lengths ui mostly about
three feet ln many instances, those
pieces have rallou down iut" WHsh,d
N.t. IA
bred feet hollow th, balance "t th,
trees aud rocks. Ia other tnst1Hcc'
the, ARE l"u projecting from u''
sand rock much like guns from u tuti
THE Natural br6gc.
Ia tai. first forest. be- the "uni Uru'
bridge" which is pCtrifird log lNiil
across "a rt,inc ruuc sixty or mu'
feet lea width aud about ~" same 70
depth This trunk measured bN th,
writer ls one hundred ana eight tee
long. and about tive tcvt iu dtdWt
tor Here the guide has his huud
run plotting the timid tourists o,"l
the bridge. Tor no one hur seen th'
forest vino hHs not crossed the
Bridge" From this forest are TAKE
most ut the specimens su much treas
urod by The visitors.
/ Here likely you're to meet p'opl
from uil parts ut th, world. uutUl
l
ubiquitous globe troitcr." VII
comes onlN to be- alb" "a say he ha,
seen the FOREST the schoulmuru
with her little note hook and pencil
the railroad man aud hls family u
their annual vacation. have eve
met the eastern farmer who Wake
the entire distance that he might sc
the worlds wonder" as he cNprcsse
u to me
The second forest h about thrt
4 miles south of the tirSt I'm b. IA
trees are more instHrt. and, whtl
cracked across in lengths much lih
q timber sawed irto single belts thc
are lying pieces. Two immense tree
Il lying side by side. the Twin sisters
i are over two hundred feet in longt
and about four feet IN diameter or
place In this forest b. like an "urici
chip yard where wood has hoe
chopped and "hips thick on u
ground The coloTing here b. mu,
the same as the first Ia area II
about two thousand acres.
pHf-lpR southwest about five MT
one rehches the third forest lie
the trees are much better preserve
beine N fhh lengths Many OF q