Nogales international., 1930-06-13
STATE'SSCENIC ATTRACTIONS

ing cloud shadows on the turreted
walls of canyons within the canyon,
that gleam in brilliantly colored
strata ranging from vermillion to
soft greys, green's and blues, is to
see a moving picture of celestial
grandeur. The emotional appeal of
its great silent inmensity is like
nothing else on earth.
For miles along the rim the auto
mobile road affords ever new and
lovely views of this grandest of can
yonS. Such promontories as Hopi
Point, where the view looks 20 miles
down the canyon and eastward to
the Painted Desert, and Yavapai
Point, from which Bright Angel
canyon can be seen, and innum-
cradle others are spots where hours
of silent contemplation can be spent
in wonder at this great achievement
of nature. Like great HinG.: temples
and wierd forms of architecture, the
forms ;.'1l:S of rock and sandstone
within the .anyon intrigue the i'm
aginaLiou as they are 1cw thrust
!, into SHARP silhouette by long dark
SHADOWS, and nov melted into the
background with tho S'sre of the
noon sun.
On the north rim a marvellous
new scenic and vacation area has
been opened UP with the building
Of Grand Canyon Lodge. The new
Grand Canyon bridge over Marble
Gorge of the Colorado River near
Lees Ferry has made easily acces-
sible by motor the north rim with
,Nssgreat .KaibabaF Forest recreational
Earea and its views of the canyon
lat an elevation Of 1000 feet higher
than from the southern rim. The
wonderful opportunities here for.
camping have hardly been realized
as yet. but this new section will in
time be a. favorite resort for Arizo-
mans as well as visitors from afar,
it is predicted by the Arizona In
dustrial congress.
u In the Painted Desert country to
the east are canyons unique both
+, for their rock formations and color
ing. From Tuba City and east up
Moencopie Wash is Blue Canyon,
where millions of years of erosion
have molded the top stratum of
blue sandstone and the underlying
yellowish clay into freakish squat
and rounded shapes like cartoons of
animals and human beings. South
and on the road from Tuba City
to Oraibi is Coal Canyon, vivid
miniature of the Grand Canyon it's
elf, painted in shaded colors from
red sandstone to soft pastel hues.
BY way of Ganado and north to
Chin Lee pack horses can be OBJ
tanned for a trip to Canyon del
Muerto and Canyon de Chiefly, of
especial interest not only for their
nagnificence but because they are
linked with ruins of a prehistoric
race. This route after leaving au-
tomobiles at Chin Lee takes. the
traveller through a most picturesque
part of the Painted Desert to Can
yon de Chelly and it's sister Can
yon del Muerto, where from a flat
sandy river bet the red sandstone
walls Of the canyons rise from 300
to 1900 feet in the air. Ancient cliff
dwellings abound in this region and
cling to the great canyon walls in
picturesque array, the more prom
inent being White House, Antelope
Ruin and Mummy cave. So twisted
is the course of these canyons that
at every turn they appear to end in
solid stone wall.
| These are only few of the re-
markable canyons of northern Ari-
lzona that are worth seeing. Again
there are the colorful canyons Of
Arizona's mountain regions where
dancing trout streams and in some
sections fine roads invite the vaca-
zionist and sightseer to come and
tarry.
Of these, one Of the best known is
Oak Creek Canyon, less than Is
miles southwest of Flagstaff and on
the way to Prescott. Here is a
wealth Of rugged scenery in the tall
pines, the ferns and flowers that
grow about its bright colored pre-
cipices. The excellent highway along
Oak Greek canyon and Oak Greek
itself, stocked with trout, make it