Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-01
Southern Arizona Has Marvellous and
Interesting Attractions For State
Residents and For Visiting Tourists

titude at Springerville is 5000 feet
and in the mountains nearby the ele-
walton raises to over 5000 feet, some
of the mountains having snow on
them nearly the whole year.
Coronado Trail
The Coronado Trail, said to fol-
low somewhat the trail. taken by
Coronado on his trip to the Hopi
Pueblos in 1910, passes through the
Apache national forest In the center
of this forest is the Blue Range
mountains, in which is located the
Blue Range game preserve. There
is good deer and wild turkey hunt
ing during open season, the Blue
Range game preserve being the natu-
raj breeding place for deer and tur-
key, which later scatter toward the
north and make fine hunting. There
are also bear, coyote and mountain
lions which may be hunted at @ny
time. The Blue Range is a wonderful
country to visit by automobile, but
much of it will be only accessible by
horseback. This distance between
clifton and Springerville over the
Coronado Trail is about 105 miles.
There are several good hotels at
Springerville and the towns nearby,
also good camping grounds.
Returning to Superior Junction, the
right hand road leads to Florence, in
the Casa Cfrande valley. The Arl-
zona state penitentiary is located at
Florence, .and this attracts many vi
sitors. About nine miles west of
Florence are the Casa Grande ruins.
Casa Grande meaning "Great House"
in Spanish. 1t is one of the best
preserved of prehistoric remains, and
is now a national monument. The
date Of the construction of Casa
Grande is unknown, but authorities
agree that it was long before CO.
lumbus discovered this new world"
and when discovered in 1910 there
were four stories standing, and the
walls were six feet in thickness.
Four large buildings, the largest of
which is Casa Grande, and four clan
houses make up the ruins. Many
interesting relics have been found,
and Frank Pinkley custodian of the
Casa Grande ruins is always glad 20
give visitors information. In Novem-
ber of this year historical pageant
will be held at the ruins, under the
direction of Garnett Holmes of the
National Park-to-Park highway as
sociation.
Continuing south over the Bank
head, which is also the Borderland
highway, we come to the junction of
the Oracle road oracle is a small
town among the pines and oaks, has
a good hotel and camp ground, alti-
way to the resorts on Mount Lemon,
the highest point in the Catalina
mountains northeast of Tucson.
There are several nice resorts on
Mount Lemon, Summerhaven, Sol
dier's camp, ETC., at an altitude Of
from $500 to ZOO feet above sea
level.
"OId Pueblo"
Tucson, known as the "OId Pueblo
and 140 miles southeast of Phoenix,
is one of the oldest cities in Arizona,
and has much of interest for the
visitor. 1t is said that the charter
for the Pueblo of Tucson was grant
ed by the king of Spain in 1852 and
according to Father Salpointe in his
soldiers of the Cross" the old mis-
sion San Xavier del Bac nine miles
from Tucson, was founded in 1892
and the present building completed
about 1857, although it was not re-
stored until about 1908. This is con-
sidered one of the most beautiful of
the old missions of the west coast,
and in these chruches which have
come down to us in ruins, we can
best form some conception of the i'm
mensity of the undertaking of the
Padres Though built to satisfy a
need and in a country few white men
cared to see, every effort was put
forth to make these missions beauti-
full.
Seven miles northeast of Tucson,
toward the Catalina mountains are
the ruins of old Fort Lowell, built for
the protection of the residents of
Tucson during the time the Indians
made life interesting for the dwellers
in the desert and mountains around