The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-27
CONCLUSION OF TRIP.
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Here many men were out on account of
the strike on the Santa Fe and no mail
had arrived or left the town for several
days. 1t was good place to camp, but
was very rough town. About 200 peo-
Pile who were taken off the train when
the strike began were being accommo-
dated at the Harvey House. Everyone
was worrying about supplies and all the
water for the use of the whole town had
to be brought IS miles by motor trucks
after the train service was at an end
The most uncomfortable night of the
entire trip was experienced by the Ham
iltons at this place. There was no OPP
portunity to secure provisions here as
all the stores were closed and no one
cared to spare much for the tourists.
Again the Vermont party had an oppor-
! tunity to share their provisions with
others, as they had ample canned goods.
Two days were spent in the Grand
Canyon of Arizona and while here Dr.
Hamilton visited an Indian hut with a
cone shaped roof with an opening in the
center about three feet in diameter. 1t
had a low entrance with blanket hung
/ for door Inside he saw an Indian. his
| squaw, two small children and a pap
poose. The ground was covered with a
| blanket, on which they sat and there
were no chairs. In the center was a
round stone stove with one section of
stovepipe under the hole in the roof
| The whole party attended a real Indian
dance at Hopi house, and this proved
very interesting.
| Then they took a new route which
/ took them to Winslow, where they ar,
i rived just before dark The town was
inhabited principally by colored people
and Mrs. Hamilton did not want to camp
there over night. A new highway was
under construction between there and
Holbrook and they were advised by mer.
chants and man who had come over the
Dad not to proceed in the dark They re.
manned over night and when they hat
gone a few miles in the morning they
passed Ford car hanging by the real
wheels with the front part of the cal
down in q big hole in the road washed
out by a cloudburst. What became OF
the occupants of the car the Hamiltoni
! never learned.
!, The petrified forests of Arizona wer,
, the most beautiful of any they passed
, through and their route covered sever
, miles of this section. Then they crossed
, many rivers and streams. No bridge,
. suitable for automobile use were found
in that state. There are very steep bank,
J on both sides of the rivers and at on
: place the Brattleboro tourists droppe,
down q six-foot bank to the river. Auto
mobile springs always were broken il
these places and at many towns thu
garages were filed with cars waiting t,
have new springs put in. Some garage
bore the sign. Especial attention given t,
spring repairing" At Springerville
where they camped one night and wher
from 10 to II other tourists stayed. tn
Vermont party was the only one whic
did not have broken spring.
Here they took on provisionss. waite
and gasoline to carry them l35 miles t
Magdalena, New Mexico. over a dry des
ert, where about the only things to b
seen aside from sand were a few cact
This was very hot drive and hardly
house was seen on the whole trip. The
they began to cross the Continental d
vide at an altitude of more than SEQ
feet and camped at Socorro. the thir
oldest city in the United States. The
saw some of the famous zinc and lea
mines and passed by Profile mountain
just before reaching Socorro the roa
took the party through Bluett pas
where everything seen was red or whit
Going UP the mountain through the pas
q sharp curves were encounters