Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-08
40 STATES WILL
BE REPRESENTED
In GRAND TOUR

A Grand Tour Of Arizona" de-
signed to take thousands of vaca-
tioning Arizonans and outside tour
lists to two of the states outstanding
summer attractions over the famous
double loop of thousand miles
of thousand wonders" has been
presented as the big feature of the
'See Arizona" campaign for 1927.
Following announcement Of the
second Annual Arizona Picnic" at
flanagan Meadows, between Clifton
and Springerville, for June 25 and
| 26 to commemorate the opening of
the wildly beautiful Coronado trial
year ago, the grand tour" is
suggested in a letter to the local
chamber of commerce from the
Nogales Chamber of Commerce as a
means of combining the picnic with
| the Prescott frontier days for a
vast informal motorcade through
some of Arizona's most scenic
country.
The second annual Arizona pic
mic at flanagan Meadows will re-
peat the huge celebration which
opened the Coronado trail a year
ago.. with some 5000 people in at
tendance and with cars registered
from more than 40 different states.
I Already endorsed by most of the
chambers of commerce of the state,
by the Arizona industrial congress,
the Arizona Good Roads association
and other bodies, its extension into
a grand tour of Arizona is expected
to receive the support Of all Or
ganizations.
The picnic VII come Immediately
after the annual state convention of
the American legion at Springer
vile and will precedc by not quite
week the opening of the cele-
brated frontier days contest at Pres
Icott, July l. 2, 3 and 4. Moreover,
it is probable that the annual sum-
mer meeting of the Good Roads
association, and the midsummer con-
ference of chamber of commerce
secretaries will be held about the
! latter dates, as both are scheduled
for Prescott. Linking these several
| events together in one big tour un-
doubtedly will give vast impetus to
the "See Arizona" movement.
The Grand Tour" proposed is
nothing more than loop trip
covering Arizona's famed northland,
with half dozen alternative routes
available for everyone who wishes
to take it. No set program is
advanced beyond the suggestion that
would make two added attractions
for summer trip, but every chamber
will assist motorists in choosing
routes which will suit them best.
Thus it can be suggested to people
from the southern part of the state
that they travel to Hannagan's
Meadows either by the Coronado,
trail from Nogales and Tombstone,
or if desired over the Oracle
Apache trail routes, and after the
picnic take the Old Trails highway
from Springerville to the petrified
forest, painted desert and Grand
canyon. From Flagstaff the Pres
cott frontier days can be reached
by way of Ash Fork, through famous
Oak Greek canyon, or by way of
Mormon lake, Long valley and the
Fossil Creek highway, and from
Prescott the motorist can return
home either by way of the Hassay-
ampa trial or Black canyon route
to Phoenix, or by way of Fossil
creek and Payson to Roosevelt dam,
and thence home either over the
Apache TRAIL Miarni-Superior route
or Winkleman- Oracle road.
Northern Arizona people who take
the Old Trails route to the Arizona
picnic will have an equal number
of routes for their return. One
will be over the Stafford and Globe,
then to Roosevelt dam and Pine
and ,Payson to Prescott or Flag
staff, or into Phoenix and north.
For those who have more time, the
Coronado trail south from Clifton
will take them into Cochise county,
to the Chiricahuas, Dragons and
Huachucas, to Patagonia and Sonita
and Nogales and up to Tucson by
the famous old Spanish missions,
and allow return by way OF either
Globe or Phoenix.
In either event, the tour proposed
will enable those who wish to "See
Arizona First" or "See Arizona Again"
to cover most of the states most
famous scenic regions and attend
two of it's most popular celebrations
| in one inexpensive trip, and those
who wish to follow it with a longer
vacation will be within reach OF
! scores of ideally situated summer
resorts and camping places practic-
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