The border vidette., 1931-07-04
ARiZONA'S MANY RELICS OF
THE PAST

Not the least among Arizona's
tremendously varied types of
tourist and vacation attractions
are it's innumerable relics of The
past. Throughout the state are
historic spots recalling vivid
memories of Spanish conquest
and frontier days-not to men
ton prehistoric Indian pueblos
and cliff-d wellings-and they are
especially interesting to the va
cationist interested in the roman
tic associations Of periods that
have gone never to return.
That Arizona is one of the old
est states historically, despite
the newness of its modern devel
opment, is attested by the Indian
ruins which dot all sections to
the delight of archaeologists and
the wonder Of laymen. Marks
of Spanish occupation when the
Thirteen Colonies were very,
very young are no less interest
ing, and San Xavier and Tuna
cacori Missions, and ancient
Tubac, are among Southern Ari
zona's most famous points Of
interest. To many, however.
traces Of frontier life of half
century ago are even more color
full, and in various parts of the
state are picturesque summer
resort sections which have chang
ed but little since the time of
open, hard-fought range and
mushrooming mining camps.
Perhaps the most famous of
these scenes replete with mem
cries of six-guns, feuds and bold
men both good and bad is the
Tonic Basin country of Northern
Gila county. The villages of
Pine and Payson and the sur
rounding mountain forests are
an ideal setting for the legends
of early days which fill them,
while Pleasant Valley to the
east is famous as the locale of
one of the bloodiest of all range
wars. Tonto Basin and it's over
banging Mogollon Rim are
known wherever books are read,
and visitors find this compare
lively virgin country q delightful
and hospital resort region.
The Camp Wood country north
west Of Prescott is another area
I that wildly recalls the Old West
and the guest ranches of that
vicinity have taken care to pre-
serve the old-time atmosphere.
Grown King. in the Bradshaws,
is beautifully secluded resort
village strikingly like a early
day mine and cattle camp, and
all through the forests of Yava
pal, Coconino. Navajo. Apache
and Greenlee counties are other
spots where only the automobile
road gives evidence of a new and
different age.
Farther south are still other
spots where the frontier spirit
lives in stirring tales. The
Chiricahua and Huachuca moun
tains of Cochise county, and the
pretty rolling uplands of Santa
Cruz county, are filled with
scenes Of bright recollection to
old-timers. Abandoned mines,
ghost" camps that fourished
when Tom bstone was ia its hey
dey, the bloody ground" of
Apache raids and outlaw battles,
invite the seeker for the unusual.
Arivaipa Canyon, in southwe
ern Graham county. and many
another district are just as they
we're decades ago.
The entire state, for that mat
ter, abouEds With ghosts of the
passing of the once wild West.
Along the Colorado River in
Yuma county lie the ruins of old
time steamboat towns. Mohave
county is rich in reminders of
early transcontinental travel, as
is the whole southern route fol
lowed by the frat stage lines.
The Arizona Strip" north of
the Grand Canyon is almost as
hardy Mormon pioneers found i,
in the COS. Indian warfare
years still linger il old army
posts. Cattle ranches half q
century old tell story OF human
triumph over odds. and hundreds
of forgotten mines bear witness
to dreams that faded when the
state was youog.
Wherever one may go in Ari
zona. on almost any of the, See
Arizona" trips advocated by the
Arizona Iodustrial Congress and
chambers Of commerce, one will
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