The border vidette., 1931-06-27
ARIZONA IS NATIONS LARGEST
vACATlONLAND

Arizona has more to offer those
of her children who are not too
Indifferent to seek her wonders
and scenic beauties than any
other state in the Union.
| We hear constantly the Ari.
conan of long residence confess.
ing his ignorance of his state and
admitting that be never even
saw the Grand Canyon. He
knows that visitors from every
part of the globe come to mar
vel over this greatest Of all
natural wonders, and, Of course.
be plans that some day. on bis
yearly junket to or from the ex
pensive inconvenience of some
grimy beach, he will stop off and
take a look.
/ 1t remained for a noted Eag.
| lish traveller who visited Arizona
some years ago 10 voice bis ap
probation of this state by say
ing. You've seen nothing, ,-Ab
solutely nothing, until you've
seen Arizona !" And this from
a man whose travels were world
wide
Arizona is peculiar state in
that it possesses every variety
Of climate and scenery to be
found in the west. Except for
salt water beaches Arizona has
everything any reasonable per
son could wish in the way Of
scenery, diversion, accommoda
tions, sports or what have you.
| PRESCOTT OFFERS MUCH
! Prescott. in its setting of pine
clad bills, offers many delightful
trips to the vacationist. Within
fifty four miles, over excellent
highways,is Montezuma's Castle,
its history shrouded 10 the mist
of centuries, the best preserved
Of the cliff d wel,ings in the state.
High ia the niche of a gray cliff
an unleached imagination pic
lures some householder of the
| Stone Age, in the twilight Of his
civilization. scanning the country
for his enemies, from the syca
mores on Beaver Creek at the
foot of the cliff to the long range
of the Black Hills in the dim
south west. Time was when the
Verde Valley 10 which the Cas-
tleis located was the home of
an abounding aboriginal popula
ton. How long ago no man may
say, for even the Apache Indians
have no legends concerning
them.
| Montezuma's Well, is another
of the Prescott side trips we'll
worth taking. A cup-shaped
lake formed by a constant and
uniform flow of subterrean water
of which there is no recorded
depth. You are padded across
this mystic lake and escorted
through caverns lined with cliff
dwellings and your fancy fur
nishes the former inhabitants.
! Oak Creek Canyon, a short
| distance from Prescott, has been
described by a certain traveller
as The Grand Canyon brought
to the surface" Wooded dells,
brooklets rushing through rocky
gorges, msze of color in rock
formation that dazzles the eye;
these give one but slight con
ception of the beauty held in
Oak Creek Canyon. Here is a
primitive wilderness untouched
by the artificialities of man such
as you might have encountered
had you lived when the world
was young; apd here you may
camp and fish beneath the ma
pies, oaks or sycamores, yew
trees or a.ders, as your fancy
urges.
For the golfer visiting Pres
colt the Hassayampa offers a
unique and sporty golf course,
with a we'll appointed club house
where good entertainment in the
way of food and dancing. show
ers and lounging rooms may be
found.
CORONADO TRAIL
| A great state, Arizona, and one
teeming With romance. Young
est and Oldest in the Unioo, for
it had a civilization of its own
when Hannibal led the soldiers
of Carthage against the hordes
of Rome, before the centuries
had run to an end and new
order ensued. And even under
the new order its first European