Milford chronicle., 1919-10-24
october T. 1919.
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1plAt uA luAa TRIP Aol lue NAlouiCle
October 7. 1919
Z Well Col:
wish you could see this gypsy
camp. We tour party and one from
Colorado are in the open camp about
% miles from the Grand Canyon in a
beautiful pine forest Supper is all
over and we are all gathered around
a nice big camp fire. lighted TO keep
away bears. ] am trying TO write while
telling and listening TO stories
Since sending my last Letter from
WINSTON, where we had stopped 20
grub up. we have detOured from the
main highway (after we saw a new
set of tires cut up that had come over
this main road from Flagstaff, which
is worse than the Rocky Road to Dub
lin). We struck out across the
prairie where We did not see habita-
ton until we came to the Leupp In
dian School There was also an Indian
Trading Post across from the school
which we visited, for there were sew
eral Indians in trading One squaw.
with her papOOse, was buying several
yards Of bright red (as she called iD
silk plush. also some black velvet.
/ know that dame is going to be dolled
up. There was nice young chief who
had beautiful silver bracelets on, and
Mr.. Indian had silver half-dollars made
into buttons for his coat. if you please.
The Indian wife OF the store keeper
told US that he belongs to a very
wealthy family, but he. unlike her,
had not been educated and could not
understand a word Of English. But
10 travel on.
Across the rocks and lava beds we
drove through stun just like cinders.
10 made a pretty good road at that. ,
Just after we left WinslOw we came ,
IN sight OF some snow capped peaks: .
all day long they were in sight, first ,
10 our right and then to our left, until /
after winding through what these peo- {
pie call the largest pine belt in the
y. 5, and TO us it is, we came to Flag
'tan. The camp was at the foot of the :,
Mountains. a part Of the San Francis
% peaks, 1900 feet high Maybe Il A
wasn't cold before morning No. we n
eally were not comfortable toward h
morning. | broke the ice to wash my NJ
ace when we finally decided to get ,(
p After breaking camp we drove 6 a,
iiles south to Walnut Canyon. to see IN
he site Of the prehistoric cliff dwell a
rs. The spot was a beautiful canyon h,
nd there had been tier after tier of =,
ldian dwellings all the way up the
de OF the Cliff. Some of them were 70
a better state of preservation than W,
hers, but such a primitive way to n
We. We could imagine them scaling Nj
ose steep walls, not going the trail
az we did, and it was climb enough W
at way. :"
On our way back we stopped at the 70,
'ttomless Pit. out in an open field
me on had caved in the side. the wi
'oor to Hades" 1t was an ugly old
ace so we did not linger long. but on,
'rted on our Grand Canyon wav. ~
rs took us past the largest lumber era
IL we ever have seen. Some pine \
nber in Arizona.
forgot TO mention the three mirages IN
saw coming over the prairie from 80
lDrook. | called the folks atten- jo,,
D to the pretty lake on our left ia;,
len we got closer it had completely '
appeared. Then we saw one on our go
NJ. and II. too. was a fake. can" WI.
] u was the reflection of the large Ia
directly in front OF US. and bles, nj MDix
dhess there wasn't any more water Ho7
re than there had been before. H.,
an to get worried. yet | knew that b,, Z
e OF us had been taking any rat s3i,
make medicine" SO | felt better -
N our friends from Colorado had
the same thing. or rather thought
: had.
ut to go on to the canyon. Our Nj
e took us by the Grand View. This and
Is 1927 feet high. Here one gets cord
grandest view of that awful hole Cahs
ne earth l3 miles wide. When MI
over this route four years ago I at IL
the donkey trip down the canyon lotte
ie Colorado river so this view was MI
ely new to me. How beautiful Mrs.
emed with its strata after strata Vislt'
ellows' reds, and brown. forming Mr.
nns' peaks and humps. But good daug
am as much at a loss. If NOT end
So to describe this as I was 90 Mrs.
'ver the Ration Pass. This Is an Mr.
one OF the things one must see dren
able to understand OF realize ana
what II is. at tn
pm the Grand View we drove on Griih
le Grand Canyon station. where MT
me Motel, "El TroOar" (iust an move
Fred Harvey house). Bright An bens'
.afe and trail are located. Here ed 70
Is the Hopi (show) house, where purcl pun,
Hopi Indians live and have their wiz !!
ing exhibits by the women and Qui
smithing bv the man II san. place
have all sorts of handiwork for rart
We wandered around here for rev
pie OF hours or so looking at the sI'si -
/, pictures, etc, and then started On Su
'illiams, which we will take up = :
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Very truly yours. "k
p. G. Stidham. ~