The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-02-04

Monteruns Castle. Arizona 1905. prehistoric ciin
dwelling. $50 acres
Chaco Canyon. New Mexico. 1907. numerous pueb-
los and cliff dwellings. 2e.s2s acres
Navajo. Arizona 1909. prehistoric pueolos and
cn dwellings. sso acres
pueblos and cliff dwellings. 2ss acres
Tumacacori. Arizona 1905. ruin Of Seventeenth
century Franciscan mission 10 acres
Gran Quivira, New Mexico. 1903. ancient pueblo
and early Spanish mission. $50 acres
Casa Grande. Arizona prehistoric relic. $50 acres
Aztec Ruin. New Mexico. 1898. prehistoric pueblo
Pipe Spring Arizona. 1874 old stone fort and
spring OF pioneer days. 40 acres
Muir Woods, California, 1905. fine redwood grove.
P.nnacles California. 1905, many spire-like rock
forr.ttions. 500 1000 feet high. ASA acres
Mural Bridges. Utah, 1905 three very large
natur Al bridges. 2.7io acres
Rai1bow Bridge. Utah. 1910. height sos feet span
sitka Alaska 1910 park OF hiztorio association
Is poles. 81 acres.
Colorado. Colorado 1911. wonderful example Of
erosion. many lofty monolths. is.sss acres
Papago Sasuaro. Arizona 1914 characteristics des
ert fora and many photographs. 1870 acres
Lewis and Clark Cavern. Montana, 1905. immense
limestone cave, 100
shoshone Cavern. wyoming 1903. large linestons
cave 21o acres
so
fossils. $50 acres
capuln Mountain New Mexico. 1915. c'nder cone
of geoogically recent formation es1 acres
Katniai. Alaska 1915. volcanic phenomena inciud
Ing valley OF Ten Thousand Smokes 1870 acres
verendrye. North Dakota, 1911. includes Crow
high Butte from which the famous French
SCOTS Blur 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 PROSECUTING by the Spanish
priests Cortez conquered Mexico for Spain in
1921. 1t was looted The Spaniard then
turned his search for gold toward Peru-which is
another story-and toward the UNEMPLOYED wilder
ness TO the North. The air full of northern
treasure myths-El Dorado the gilded man. and
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 despised the other; each used
the other. Coronado's expedition from Mexico in
1910 that penetrated far Ksn>ss is one OF
the most romantic in all history.
Gran Quivira was once the hourishing pueblo
city OF Tabira. believed TO be Quivira by the Span
iards 1t discovered in 1881 by Francisco
Banchez de Chamuscado. Francisco de Acedevo
founded the mission In 1e2S. The Apaches wiped
1t out about 1910. The ancient pueblo held about
1900. The great stone church was built In 1914
Both still stand in this ghost city Of the long ago
Montezuma Castle is Of the relies OF the
prehistoric people called cliff jewellers and Is very
old. 1t Is a communal house of % rooms. built in
shallow In the face OF lofty cliff.
Casa Grande (Great House) is prehistoric mys-
terry 1t already ruin when Fray Marcos
discovered il in 1889. 1t is large building Of
natural concrete called cueche, smoothly pastered
within. 1t stands In large compound OF outlying
buildings enclosed in rectangular wall
Aztec Ruin presented TO the nation by
Archer NJ Huntington OF the American Museum OF
Natural History. 1t is being extensively excavated
and restored Centuries before Columbus OF
the richest centers OF prehistoric civilization
the valley OF the Amimas river in northwestern
New Mexico There. within the radius OF a single
mile vast mounds OF earth and fallen stone mark