Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-11
TOURIST PEEVED
BY CONDITION
OF BI-WAYS
Ohio Toruist Stuck In Mud
and Sand Near Buried
CITY, Voices Resentment
At Conditions.

A gentleman from Ohio, recently
driving through this section, voices
complaint in which he is by no
means alone. We, ourselves, have
been perfectly aware OF the bad
condition of the roads leading to
our places Of interest, but have not
yet remedied it.
The impressions which unpleas-
ant travel experiences make are
not confined to the victim alone,
but are far reaching and damag-
ing.
The letter follows:
To The Editor of The Age:
Having read numerous articles
concerning the ruins of two buried
cities, recently uncovered, including
other articles descriptive of thu
Valley of Fire. Petrified forest
etc.. all OF be seen in or near thu
lower Moapa Valley also having
, heard of an Indiaa reservation
great crystal springs and q wonder
ruI salt palace near bv. We planned
and for weeks prepared tCr an al
around interesting trip, by auto
mobile into your section OF the
country, on pleasure bent only.
I'VE enjoye5 yJur climate 1t be
ing most wonderful We found The
Moapa Valley and named IL. among
our notes, as q garden spot, worthy
Of mention. So Tar o,u trip was
perfect.
Down through this little Para
disc we were looking forward for
a glimpse at one of the main OBJ
jects that attracted our interest
into that country, viz, the Buried
City.
Imagine our feelings and pre-
-Icament, when we got stuck in
: mud hole just after leaving st.
Thomas for the Buried City. Dig
glng our car out of that mud hole
We again loaded up and drove a
hort distance, let down wire
lence and soon thereafter got our
ar hopelesSly stalled in the sand. .
After spinning our car wheels IN
that treacherous stuff two hours,
we had about given up seeing our
nome again back in Ohio, when
We noticed a farmer with shovel
approaching. Out of that plight We
noticed that the sun was nearIy
down.
BY this time we had lost all III
terest in buried cities, Valley oi
Fire and other points of interest
adjacent thereto. We were dirty,
aungry and disappointed in not
at least getting a glimpse of that
Buried City when so near. To us
at that moment, a few rods
meant miles, so we abandoned
sightseeing and hurried out CT
there and on through Las Vegas
to Southern California.
Before closing may ask a
question? Is there any likelihood
Of a tourist being able to see, in
the near future, the points here
mentioned, by any means other
than by airplane, the points here
people are reading literature rela-
tive to and are interested in those
Buried Cities, Valley of Fire. Pet
rified Forest, Moapa Indian res
ervation, Salt Palace and Crystal
Springs, but I was informed that
there are no pasSable roads to any
of the points mentioned.
While in one of the camps
here, I noticed a man drive in
with a new eight cylinder REQ
roadster (sOme carr. Noticing Ohio
license plates on his car, an
gagged him in conversation and
learned from him that he had just
come from that mud hole of which
I speak near ST. Thomas. He got
out and took a look before he at
tempted to cross and turned back.
He did not get as near the Buried
City as I did. He never saw the
wire fence.
Yours truly.
DISAPPOINTED TOURIST.
P. 81 do not car to have my
name in print, but if you need 1t
for verification, or wish to bring
an action for SANDER, here it is.
When DR. James K. Weatherfcrd
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