Weekly journal-miner., 1921-11-23
ACROSS THE GRAND CANYON TO ASSIST
 FREDONIA FARMERS

What might be termed a real thrill Ter was trip just recently complet- ed by E. B. Stanley, livestock specialist of the University of Ari- zona, in company with County Agent Chisholm and other Coconino county officials across the Grand Canyon to Fredonia, small town in the Coco nino strip few miles from the Utah border. The serious condition of the roadway and the out of the way course leading to the strip made 1t necessary for the party to take the shorter and more direct route on horseback via the suspension bridge. Two Supai Indians acted as guides, and Indian ponies were used for saddle and pack animals. From the Grand Canyon station the party fol- lowed the Bright Angel trail turning off below Indian Gardens into the : trail which leads for d few miles up the canyon to the suspension bridge. This structure is remarkable engi- neering feat. Suspended from two steel cables attached to the walls of the gorge, it spans the river a dis tance of approximately 400 feet. The bridge is about five feet wide, and will permit but one animal to cross at a tiIne Considerable trouble was experienced ill getting the horses to step onto the bridge, for they did not seem to fancy leaving the trail on the wall of the gorge.
 A short distance down the river from the bridge the Bright Angel creek empties into the Colorado, and it is along the course of this tribu- tary stream that the trail follows to within a few miles of the northern rim For a distance of six or eight miles from the river the creek fol- lows the deep gorge in which it was necessary for the party to cross the stream a total of 91 times. Late in the afternoon of the second day the summit of the rim was reached at Wylie Way camp, where accommo- dations are provided for travellers.
 The following day the party was taken by automobile to Fredonia, a distance of S3 miles north from the rim of the canyon. The road led through Kaibab National forest, the largest yellow pine. section ill the country that has been untouched. This also serves as game preserve, and deer could be seen at close dis itances. Stockmen ill that section say that they exist i'll such large numbers as to seriously affect the livestock carrying capacity of the range After emerging from the for est, the road drops rather abruptly from the Buckskin mountains down onto the desert, and 1t is over this section of the strip, which extends Iquite generally through both coun- ties, that several thousand sheep from Utah graze during the winter months. Range livestock production IS the chief occupation of the people in this secluded section of the state, supple mented with some dry farming and very limited number of irrigated farms.
 Fredonia is located on the Kanab creek, four miles from Kanab, Utah, small town across the line; while Marysville, Utah, 135 miles distant, is the nearest railroad point. Along the Kanab creek ill the vicinity of Fredonia and Kanab are few irri- gated farms. Alfalfa is the principal crop, although some corn, sorghum and other small grain crops are grown. Farming is carried on only to limited extent to produce just enough hay and grain for their own : stock
 The people of Fredonia extended every courtesy to the visiting party. They are extremely anxious to have a railroad come into that part of the . state, and also desirous of getting a bridge constructed across the Colo | rado so as to facilitate travel from ; the strip to the main part of the state across the canyon.
 ART70NA MARRI r m