The Winslow mail., 1926-06-11
Mary And Mormon
Lakes Are Very
Popular Fairgrounds

Lakes Mary and Mormon in
Northern Arizona, just south of
Flagstaff, are two of the south
vests most popular summer play
grounds.
Ideally situated in the pine for
ests of the mountain region, they
offer the camper or vacationist
every facility needed to make his
or her outing one of pleasure and
convenience.
Lake Mary is nine miles south of
Flagstaff, reached by an excellent
highway that winds it's way
through meadows, forest and hills
Until the last three or four years,
it was the favored spit of all Ari-
zona vacationists, the unexcelled
beauty of it's seeting earning it the
title of Arizona's most beautiful
body of water.
Excellent camping sites are avail
able at almost any spot around the
entire lake, while at the northern
end, a colony of summer homes
has been developed. The resort
here is quite extensive and there
are facilities for number of guests.
Boating, swimming and fishing
are the popular diversions at Lake
Mary through the summer while in
the winter months, fishing through
the ice has developed into one of
the favored sports of those nearby.
Bass and perch are plentiful in the
| lake, while an occasional lake trout
pickerel or pike is hooked by the
expert angler. Catfish also are
plentiful.
Sixteen miles further south, at a
slightly higher altitude, is Mormon
Lake, largest natural body of water
in Arizona 1t is nestled between
/ the mountains and at some points
attains great depth. Two islands
serve to beautify the lake.
At the northwestern end of the
lake is one of the largest camping
colonies in all Arizona. 1t is esti-
mated that more than 10000 per-
sons camped in this grove ofepines
and cedars during the past sum-
mer season, there being in excess
of 1000 persons camped there at
one time.
The resort idea has been devel-
oped on an extensive scale and
there are numerous cabins and
cottages available to those who pre-
fer this form of camp life. Those
who prefer "roughing it" however,
will find every facility for making
camp and living in the open.
The water supply is natural
spring that has it's outlet from the
rocky bluffs fronting on the lake.
This water is considered the cool
est spring in the state, coming
from the earth at almost freeZ-
ing temperature, even on the
warmest days.
Fire wood is plentiful in the sur
rounding forests and it is not much
of task to gather a weeks sup
ply of the best cuttings. The GUS
tomary camp regulations obtain at
this and other camping spots about
the lake.
Fishing is the principal sport at
Mormon Lake, thousands enjoying
the excellence of the sport there.
Perch form the biggest catches.
Perch fishing at Mormon Lake is
considered the finest sport for the
angler in the southwest. A good
catch is invariably assured, for
there seems to be a neVer-endlng
stock of the fish.
Bass fishing also is a big sport
at this lake and because OF the
fighting qualities of this fish, is
more attractive to those sporting
lv inclined. Seven, eight and nine
pound bass, of both large and small
mouth varieties are not uncommon.
Boating, too, is a popular sport.
There are in the neighborhood OF
25 motor boats on the lake, some
of which are commercial boats and
are available to those desiring the
same. They can be utilized either
for fishing or boating.
The shore line, for the greater
nart. is irregular and this adds to
the beauty of the setting. Ihe
shores are firm, with good landings
possible at almost any point on the
lake. This fact has tended to m
crease the popularity of the lake
as a summer resort
No charge is made for camping
at any point on the lake and gen
eral store near the largest OF the
camp grounds carries a complete
supply of household articles ana
foodstuffs, with a few drugs ana
all kinds of fishing supplies.
A few miles farther south is
Stoneman's Lake, considerably
smaller than either Lake Mary or
Mormon Lake but hardly less pop
ular. 1t, too, is an excellent tlsh-
ing spot and there is a resort that
offers cabins or cottages to those
desiring them.
The lake forms in crater-llke
bowl in the mountains and is al
most oval-shaped. The mountains
rise abruptly on all sides, thus
making it less desirable as a cam
ing spot, for it is necessary TO
pitch camp some distance from the
water. Too, the sharp inclines
from the lake, make it more or less
difficult to reach.
| From a STRICTLY hpautV stand