Weekly journal-miner., 1921-10-19
HISTORY BORNE IN UPON TOURISTS BY
 TIRE SIGN BOOKS
CFrom Sundays Daily)

the event, the bits of history being s6re to awaken Americans to the in terest and appeal of our own land.
 These. story books" are painted an ivory cream color, while the binding carries the effect of brown Russian leather. The lettering of the history is black, the initial letter of the city featured being illumined ill the man. ner of the hand-written books of the middle ages.
 At the right of the book is an old fashioned ink bottle from which ex- tends quill pen, the feather going beyond the bulletin board, and there is book-mark to carry the illusion of the "open page"
 On these bulletin boards IS told the history of Arizona from the time Of juan de Ia Asuncion and Pedro Nadal two friars of whom little is known, penetrated the region in 1858. There Is told also the story of Fray Marcos of Niza and his negro companion Esctevanico, who in 1859, journeyed across the southeastern part of Ari- zona, the following year, Niza serving as guide to Francisco Vasquez Cor onado, whose expedition discovered the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
 The national monuments and parks, including Casa Grande ruin, DeMotte, Grand Canyon, Navajo, Papago- -Sa- guaro and Walnut Canyon, the four teen Indian reservations and such his torical places as Bisbee, Chandler, Douglas, Flagstaff, Glendale, Globe, Holbrook, Jerome, Kingman, Mesa, Miami, Nogales, Phoenix, Prescott, Roosevelt Dam, Stafford, Tombstone, Tucson, Williams, Winkelman and Winslow are the subjects for interest ing boards.
 These historical bulletin boards. tell their stories briefly but in such way as to catch the interest of the tourist Take for instance the one featuring Tombstone told in thirty-five words, indicating how the city was founded.
 It is just outside of the city and says: Tombstone, 4 mile from here Out there I expect to find my fortune,' said Ed Schiefflin, pioneer, to U. s. army officer, who replied; Instead, you'll find your tombstone, or Geronimo will get you Thus Tombstone received its name"
 One of the big books relates that Mesa is the gateway city to the great Roosevelt dam and is situated in the heart of the Salt River valley. In Mesa is grown Pima cotton, the longest staple cotton cultivated ill America. And, further on a bulletin board, near Roosevelt Dam, records that the dam "is the memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States. The dam rises 2S4 feet above its foundation, which is sunk 30 feet in solid rock. The base is 168 feet thick"
 "Nogales," the tourist is informed, lis the gateway to the west coast of Mexico, street being the dividing line from the Mexican town of the same name Nogales is the port of entry and headquarters of United States customs"
 On Roof of America
 Prescott, a bulletin board states, "has been designated as being on the roof of America. The plateau upon which the city is situated has all alti- tude of 5,347 feet, the mountain city making much of outdoor life"
 Phoenix's beginning as a city, the traveller is informed goes back to Jack Swilling, frontiersman, who see ing the possibilities, built in 1867, the fgirst irrigation canal in the Salt River valley.
 Tucson is declared to be the oldest city in Arizona, having been founded in 1516.
 Williams, lying at the base of Bill Williams mountain, IS named for the scout and guide, Bill Williams, friend Of Kit Carson, who piloted Fremont's expedition to California in 184S, the city being the gateway to the scenic wonder, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The tourist is told that nearby are Coleman lake. the Old Crater, Parller's cave, Elephant park and interesting Indian heiroglyphics.
 Bisbee's history is told thus: "Bis- bee in canyon of the Mule Pass mountain, was formerly known in mining days as Mule Gulch. The city has gold, silver and lead mining in tcrests and is busy copper mining and smelling center"
 Douglas, the motorist is told, "was named in honor of James Douglas, its founder, d pioneer who settled i'll Douglas in the '7Cs when southern Arizona was terrorized by the Apache and other hostile Indian tribes
 At Winkelman, an Arizona pioneer is told of thus: "Winkelman IS the last resting place of William H. Kirk land, one of Arizona's romantic pio-I rcers. Kirkland raised the first Amer ican flag in Arizona when the Mexi- can troops evacuated Tucson," and at Winslow, the story is told of Geroni- mo. Apache chief of the Chiricahua band.
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