Arizona republican., 1915-09-27
AGENT PRAISES
 APACHE TRAIL
Southern Pacific Man Tells Californians About Won dcrful Side Trip Past Roosevelt and the Cliff Dwellings

California and other parts of the | world are finding out about some of Arizona's natural and historic wonders, l according to the following, which ap- [ peared in a recent issue of the Pasa fdena Star.
 An entirely new route for tourist | travel, a two-days delightful side trip | by rail and auto through one of Ari- l Zonas mysterious regions showing 1 traces of civilization dating centuries
 back, is now open to all who enjoy the grand and novel in nature or who take pleasure in viewing interesting evi- dences of a prehistoric race"
 Thus spoke E. E. Watson, commer- cial agent for the Southern Pacific in regqrd to a train and auto side trip which includes the Roosevelt dam and the ruined cliff dwellings in the Salt River valley. The Apache Trail of Arizona" is the Southern Pacific's pie turesque way of speaking of it. Mir Watson says:
 History records that the ancient trail leading to the ruined cliff dwell ings in the Salt River valley was dis covered in 154O by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the Spanish explorer, in his search for the treasures of the seven cities of Cibola, the abode of the Zuni Indians, the fathers of the Pueb- los. Later the trail was used by the Apache Indians and this wild and rug geG region was one of their last re- treats, the scene of desperate encount- CTS with our troopers in the campaign of 1872. Today the modern motor car follows the same historic and romantic trail through scenery of unusual va riety and beauty over the highway be- tween Globe and Phoenix.
 The building of the great Roosevelt dam, which required the construction of the roadway through the widest and most rugged sections of the route, has made possible this unique mountain tour and the consequent transformation | of the Salt river and Tonto creek l basins into great lake region has | added a charming aspect to views al l ready grandly impressive.
 The eastbound traveller by way of ! the sunset leaves the Southern Pacific 1 main line at Maricopa and thence tray | els over the Arizona Eastern to Phoe- | niX, where starts the remarkable 12O- l mile ride by auto by way of the can | yon of the Salt river and Roosevelt l dam to Globe. At Globe the cars oS | the Arizona Eastern are boarded again | for the run of 124 miles to Bowie. on l the main line, a four-hours journey. | The Gila valley through which the | train passes is, like the Salt river val l ley, one of the garden spots ofArizona |
 The Cliff Dwellings
 The cliff dwellings are not far from l Roosevelt. A wagon trail leads up a l small canyon to a point where a foot | trall may be taken up the steep noun | talnslde to group of ancient cliff 1 dwellings. Another and more extensive | group of ruins can be reached two | miles farther by trail
 Roosevelt dam is set amid q region Of scenic grandeur within the Tonto forest reserve, in a narrow, rocky gorge | near the upper end of Salt river can | yon at its junction with Tonto creek The dam has a maximum height of 2SO | feet
 ou may be interested in knowing that the Salt River valley is a land of | summer, where they grow oranges. cot ion and dates, where alfalfa is a staple and ostrich farming is among the suc-
 ui enterprises Irrigation has | hastened the valleys progress and con- l ilfmed it's business stability. Phoenix IS It's metropolis and the capital of the | state. The Apache trail of Arizona is a side trip which I can confidently recommend and the extra cost is only sZo Extensions of not to exceed len nays are granted on tickets to enable 1 -n iraf f fI,;e sl-