Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-11-17
The Ancient Cliff. Dwellers.


We LETT Winslow on Sept. % for a
visit with the cliff dwellers We
came to forest rangers home in
the mountains and inquired the path
! to the cliff jewellers. We were dir
ected down little path through the
/ forests and we soon came to a spot
/ where the bottom seemed to drop out
I of the earth and leave a space of gil
gantic walls very beautiful indeed
Here this vanished race of people
built their homes under the cliffs
4 The rooms on an average are about
10x14 with the exception of of one or
j two about 10x20 and one we noticed
about 4X10. There are no windows
and the doors are very narrow. The
walls are nicely laid and the corners
nicely squared UP and the inside COW
! cred with coat of thin mortar which
was well preserved. The greater por-
/ ton Of the walls have fallen but there
are some in perfect condition
/ There are IL miles of these ruins in
! this canyon. Some rooms were built
on lodges above with ladders leading
to them and just path in front of
the dwellings,. Below the valley
| is hundreds of feet down.
From here we drove to Flagstaff
where the road leads to the Grand
Canyon Sorry to say we passed up
the most interesting sight along the
route. This canyon is 217 miles long
and 5000 feet deep. AT Flagstaff
north is the highest point in Arizona,
an elevation of 1900 feet, and is
visible for a radius of 200 miles
We drove to Williams and camped
and reached Kingman the next day
in time for a late dinner We then
drove to little desert town called
Yucca Sure enough some camp in
the sand but one is never without
company.
Arizona Land of Wonders.
Before leaving Arizona / can't help
but say more about the wonders of
this state Arizona was admitted to
statehood in 1912. The Spaniards
came as far back as 1886 and the
great historical ruins are said to date
back to 500 A. d. Scattered over the
state are many historic and pre-his-
toric sights OF amending interest to
the tourists. Here are the Indian
Pueblos of today peopleed by a brown
race whose ancestors have lived in
the same place for centuries.
located here namely the Navajos who
own large herds of sheep, cattle and
horses, and weave fine blankets the
Hopis who make fine pottery. The
annual snake dance occurs in August
Here both Mexican and Indian life
modified of course, exist today side
by side with the up-to-date American
The first half day after leaving
i,,fn III,
huge cactus trees and desert shrub
berry that was very beautiful. 1t was
like driving through a forest except
that the trees were not tall. The de-
sert is not much inhabited-some
quail, few jackrabbit, some lizards
and gila monsters. The last are rep
lillian and very poisonous.
This Sept 80 and we are at Topaz
just ready to cross the Colorado rlvel
4 into California. Our first stop is al
Needles where we had dinner Then
we drive to Ludlow and camp We
are now in the Mojave desert with
not sign of life and only now and
then a wild gourd or cactus. However
just sign of water show and things
at once become tropical. 1t seems as
though the seeds lay ready to sprout
we come 10 San B0fndfdlnO MI
and as we get to the Caion pass the
roads are paved and from there OF
we can look at civilization once more
among the orange groves. A pretty
drive it is down the mountain into
the city.
Ford Rambles Right Along.
And now conclusion. We made the
trip in 1911 Ford that had already
travelled over 100000 miles and was
making its third trip over the mount
aims. This car has a record longer
than a tramp's dream of paradise L
has been driven up hill and down dale
Through the mud snow, slush, sleet
and sand on high and low, back
wards and forwards, fast and slow