The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-08-15

Montezuma Castle. Arizona, 1905. prehistoric clin
dwelling. 100 acres.
Chaco Canyon. New Mexico. 1907. numerous pueb-
los and elm dwellings,. 2o.e2s acres.
Navajo, Arizona, 1909. prehistoric puebios and
clin dwellings. $50 acres.
ers. pueblos and cliff dwellings. ass acres.
Tumacacori. Arizona. 1908. ruin of Seventeenth
century Franciscan mission, 10 acres.
Gran Quivira. New Mexico. 1909. ancient pueblo
and early Spanish mission, 100 acres.
Casa Grande. Arizona. prehistoric relic. $50 acres.
Yucca House. Colorado. 1919. prehistoric relic. 10
acres.
Aztec Ruin. New Mexico. 1923, prehistoric pueblo
Pipe Spring. Arizona. 1923. old stone fort and
spring of pioneer days. 40 acres.
Muir Woods. California, 1908, dne redwood grove,
ace acres.
Pinnacles. California, 1908. many .pire-like rock
Natural Bridges. Utah. 1908. three very large
natural bridges, 2.74o acres.
Rainbow Bridge. Utah. 1910. height sos feet span
z7S feet, 100 acres.
Sitka. Alaska. 1910. park OF historic association.
ls hne totem poles. 81 acres.
Colorado. Colorado. 1911. wonderful example of
erosion, many lofty monoliths. ls,Ss3 acres.
Papago Saguaro. Arizona, 1914. characteristic des-
ert fora and many photographs. 1.94o acres.
Lewis and Clark Cavern. Montana. 1908. immense
shoshone Cavern. wyoming. 1908. large limestone
cave. 20 acres.
Fossil cyad. South Dakota. 1922. deposits of plant
fossils. $40 acres.
Capulin Mountain. New Mexico. 1915, cinder cone
of geologically recent formation. 6s1 acres.
Katmai. Alaska, 1918. volcanic phenomena. includ-
ing Valley OF Ten Thousand Smokes" 1910 acres.
verendrye. North Dakota. 1917. includes Crow
high Butte. from which the famous French ex-
SCOTS Blum. Nebraska. 1918. point Of historic
interest in winning Of the West. 2.o5s acres.
Pages of interesting matter could be written
about these national monuments. Take, for ex-
ample. those of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.
They Illustrate the history of the American South
west from the prehistoric times of the cliff dwell
ers down through the many years of frantic
searching for gold by the Spanish soldiers and
the colonizing and proselyting by the Spanish
priests. Cortez conquered Mexico for Spain In
1922. 1t was soon looted. The Spaniard then
turned his search for gold toward Peru-whlch is
another ory-and toward the UNEMPLOYED wilder
ness TO the North. The air was full of northern
treasure myths-El Dorado, the gllded man, and a
whole people clothed In gold; the Seven Cities OF
Cibola, with their golden domes; Quivira, the city
of gold. Side by side soldier and priest invaded
the desert. Each desplsed the other; each used
the other. Coronado's expedition from Mexico In
1910 that penetrated as far as Kansas is one Of
the most romantic in all history.
Gran Quivira was once the fourishing pueblo
of Tabira, believed to be Quivira by the Span
tards. 1t was discovered in 1881 by Francisco
Banchez de Chamuscado. Francisco de Acedevo
founded the mission in 1923. The Apaches wiped
t out about 1870. The ancient pueblo held about
800. The great stone church was built In 1914
Both still stand in this ghost city of the long ago.
Montezuma Castle is one Of the relics of the
people called cliff jewellers and is very
Id. II is a communal house Of % rooms, built in
shallow cave In the face of a lofty cliff.
Casa Grande (Great House) is a prehistoric mys-
cry. 1t was already a ruin when Fray Marcos
II In 1899. 1t is a large building of a
atural concrete called cuieche, smoothly ~plastered
7ithin. II stands in a large compound Of outlying
uildings enclosed in a rectangular wall.
Aztec Ruin was presented to the nation by
richer NJ. Huntington of the American Museum Of
Tatural History. 1t is being extensively excavated
nd restored. Centuries before Columbus one OF
le richest centers Of prehistoric civilization was
lie valley Of the Amimas river In northwestern
ew Mexico. There, within the radius of a single
lie vast mounds Of earth and fallen stone mark