The border vidette., 1931-07-11
OUR INTERNATIONAL BORDER

| Arizona's international border.
land, with its historical back.
ground. nearby mountain resorts
and year-round guest ranches,
and picturesque atmosphere of
| Old Mexico. forms q playground
OF national reputation that gives
the state another distinct type
of vacation attraction. From
Yuma at one corner, $50 miles
east to the New Mexico line be
yond Douglas, extend an area
rich in scenic charms and IN
usual border color.
| Like every thing else about
Arizona, the border is different. !"
At one point it is rich farm land,
at another rarely visited volcan
ic desert, at a third an immense
rolling upland; farther on, q
solitary mouptainous region.
Winter resorts, summer resorts,
all year resorts, are sometimes
but few miles apart, as the
altitude varies constantly, but
ell along the line may be found
the rare flavor of the boundary
of foreign land.
To the summer vacationist.
the term border" is likely to
mean that section around No
gales and east. and this area
must be recognized as an excel
lent summer-resort territory.
The twin cities of Nogales, one
in Sonora and one in Arizona,
are as interesting in life and
setting as they are important
commercially as the gateway to
the West Coast of Mexico. The
back-country Of Santa Cruz
county, with its mines and cattle
ranches. rolling mountains and
heavy vegetation, is a extremely
pretty and interesting region.
and the drive from Nogales to
Tom bstone by the way of Pata
gonia and Sonoita Creek is a
scenic delight.
II The ancient settlement Of Tu
bac and old Spanish missions
gives an added highlight to the
| fascinating border air of 4Nog ales
while across the line in Mexico,
throughout the whole of Sonora,
is wealth of natural scenery,
big game hunting. fishing on
the Gulf of California usually
reached from Ajo or Yuma-and
picturesque Mexican life.
Farther east the border cities
of Naco and Douglas are backed
by q country equally rich in
beauty, while the two towns
themselves resemble Nogales in
friendly LatiI-Amercan charm.
Naco is but q few miles south of
the great -copper-mining center
of Bisbee, while Douglas is not
ed for its two huge copper
smelters. and as the second
largest American city on the en-
tire boundary between this coun
try and Mexico.
All around Bisbee. Douglas
and the more northerly towns OF
! Wilcox and far-famed Tomb
stone, are resort areas and scenic
attractions which should be in
cluded ia any extended See
Arizona" loop trip recommended
by the Arizona Industrial Con
gress and chambers of com
merce. Greatest of these are
the Chiricahua Mountains, east
of Douglas, where high noun
tain forests give an ideal sum
mer climate. and where the
"Wonderland of Rock" or Chi
ricahua National Monument is a
unique scenic wonder. The old
Dragon Mountains north of
Bisbee are interesting for Co
chise Stronghold and Apache
forays of early days, while the
Huachuca Mountains south hwest
of Tombstone abound in cool,
pretty canyons and are the loca
ton of the Fort Huachuca army
p st. Arivaca Canyon, north of
Wilcox. is one of Arizona's least
known beauty spots.
Nogales, Patagonia, Tomb
stone, Bisbee, Douglas and Will
cox are all as hospita BILE as the
guest ranches around them, and
any vacationist will find it enjoy.
BILE to continue bis Northern and
Eastern Arizona trips to make
look into the southeastern part
of the state before returning
home, while for the winter tour
ist Yuma and its border settle.
ments at San Luis, Andrade and
Algodones are no less interest
ing.