Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-09-06

acres, and is covered with a good |
soil which is irrigated from the |
springs and produces abundant crops |
of fruit and alfalfa. A small portion |
of the north end of the cultivated !
tract is apparently not underlaid |
with travertine, but is formed by |
sediment carried in by small |
stream
The GoodfeloWs came here directly |
from Scotland seventeen years ago, |
not only new to America, but new |
to everything that belongs to life in |
an isolated Arizona canyon, ninety |
miles from a railroad and eight from
the postoffice and four miles from |
even an infrequently travelled road. |
Mr.. Goodfellow's uncle David Gowan, |
had discovered the bridge and the big |
springs years before and had built |
a small shack there, cleared off some |
land and planted a number of fruit |
trees. For twenty-five years the |
whereabouts of GoWan were unknown |
to his Scottish relatives, when one !
day in the early nineties Mr.. Good |
fellow read in his copy of the New
castle Chronicle a story by a British
traveller about remarkable natural |
bridge in fdr-Off Arizona and of the !
old Scotchman who lived there !
Thinking it might be the long-lost |
uncle, he wrote. Months afterward /!
came the reply and sure enough, the |
Gowan of the story was the wander
ing kinsman. Anxious to get back
to his old life of prospecting, GoWan
finally prevailed on his nephew to
take his young wife and three little
children and make the six thousand
mile trip by steamer, rail, wagon and
horseback that led from the quiet
little Scottish home to the wild
mountain spot that seemingly Of
feced so little.
Some day there will be a book
written about Dave Gowan his ad-
ventures as a sea captain, later as
pioneer Arizonian sheep-raiser and
prospector, of his work in beginning
the development of the little ranch
at the bridge, of the Goodfellows, of
how they came, of what they did
There will be a chapter about the
winding trail over which the burros
hauled down a board or two at a
time FOR the little buildings that were
put up before the road was blasted
| out. There will be chapters about
the remarkable orchard, the delicious
apples, pears, apricots, peaches, flaw
ored perfectly by the mile high eli
mate There will be a chapter on
the old fashioned vegetable garden.
IF oil hA oil fa-lt
| flower beds with the hundreds of big
/ velvety butterflies that add another
lovely touch to the iry-land nature
of the place. And the meals that
| Mrs Goodfellow prepares are famous
from Roosevelt to Flagstaff, and for
a wonder are really as good as we
were told they would be. Severa!
! hundred people visit the Bridge and
eat with the family every season
now, and as the roads are smoothed
out and the fame Of the place is
spread about by its loving friends.
thereH be thousands registered on
the interesting visitors book.
About sixty rods from the house.
and Just below the peach orchard is
q little grove of immense black wal
nuts, from two to five feet in dj-
ameter. Here is "the camp" where
travellers may pitch their tents and
make free use of the wood and
water. Milk, bread, vegetables and
fruit may be purchased from the
GoodfelloWs, and meals too. when de-
sired. Charges for everything are
very reasonable, and there is no fee
FOR the use of the camping place
Visitors are each charged one dollar
II they inspect the bridge itself; this
includes the services of Harry Good
fellow as guide. and his knowledge
OF the trails, caves and beauty-spots
more than doubles the pleasure of
the trip. The camp is 200 feet above
Pine creek, and from 500 to 1000 feet
lower than the surrounding hills So
the sun shines for an hour in the
morning on the wooded hills across
the Canyon before its breakfast time
at camp, and shutdown comes an
hour earle. in the walnut grove than
OF the mountain behind the farm.
Farm work stops at shutdown at the
Bridge, so the topography of the
little valley beats even an active
labor union as a sweat saver for the
hired hands
Ito be continued.)