Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-12-23
Morgan Thursday

who were on their honeymoon trip.
It was dark. We ate lunch, then
drove on to Holbrook, AriZ., where
we spent the night. The next morn
ing, Sunday, Nov. IA, we drove
back from Holbrook-a distance OF
rs miles, to see the Painted Desert.
One can see by looking at the map,
that the Painted Desert which is
said to be 200 miles long and var.
les in width, touches the southeast
corner OF the Grand Canyon.
We then drove short distance
Off our route Sc, to see the Petrified
Forests. There we again met Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll. We drove through
! the forests, the sight of which de.
stroyed all pre- conceived ideas Of
them | may have had.
At the entrance to these we saw
pre- historic Indian ruins, petro.
glyphs of great scientific value, pic
tographs- pictures craven on bould~
ers by e-historic inhabitants.
These are a National monument,
under charge of the Department of
the Interior, and heavy penalty is
attached to any DETACHMENT. The
seem to lie in the region between
Holbrook and Navajo, Arizona.
We left Holbrook, Ariz., shortly
after noon Sunday. Went through
Winslow, Ariz. Passed the Hopi In
dian reservation.
When within about two miles of
Flagstaff, AriZ., we turned from our
route sc and headed north on route
SO, going in all about 100 miles out
Grand Canyon. We passed the
Western Navajo reservation.
We spent the night at Cameron,
Ariz, at an attractive privately own
ed camp on the reservation, which
had besides it's cottages, or cabins.
lodge called Klo "a Chez Kin,
meaning Red House by the Canyon.
We We're told that this place is a
hangout for Jimmie Swinnerton,
camp are also postOffice, grocery,
auto service station, etc. There are
Indian helpers everywhere.
We left Cameron the next morn
ing at nine O'Clock, and after
drive of an hour and a quarter
through the very mountainous coun-
try, we came to Grand Canyon Ma
tional park and drove through it af-
ter paying our entrance fee of one
many points. To attempt any de-
scription of this marvellous work Of
nature, to those who have not seen
it, would be useless. Its amazing
grandeur and beauty make words
inadequate.
To view such wonders as the
Painted Desert, the Petrified Forests
and the Grand Canyon, within a
lifetime, would be a great privilege.
To see parts of them all within two
days was rare good fortune, and Il
hitherto unimaginable one, for us.
We staid over the next night at
Seligman, AriZ. Near blackberry,
Ariz., we passed the Truxton Can.
yon Indian school-a very fine
We passed the Ute moun
tains; ate lunch at Cool Springs,
Arizona.
We went over Goldroad, one of
road, between Cool Springs and Oat-
man, Ariz. AT one place, rounding
a curve, the road, while good, was
extremely narrow, without protec~
ton of any kind on the precipice
side, so that passing truck at that
particular place, as we did, and
with our car on the outer side Of
the road, it made our wheels seem
perilously near the edge.
On this road We passed some i'm |
mense queer white deposits-we |
could not imagine what they were |
When we stopped at the service sta
ton at Oatman, we asked the man
what they were. He said they were
deposits that came from the WORK !
ing of the gold mines nearby. He
said there were a number or gold
mines in the western part OF Arl-
zona.
Arizona is to me land of wierd-
ness, mystery and lnexpresslDle
beauty Mountains, canyons, rocks,
huge deposits of varied formations,
and fantastic colorings, ever-chang-
ing contours, and startling sur
prlSeS.
We crossed the Colorado river at |
Topock, Ariz., and entered Call
fornia One of the California towns
we later passed through was Need
les. We staid over night at Amboy,
California.
I had been wanting to see g |
lesert-a real desert. We mad
passed through much country thai
seemed to be desert, and may be WIS
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