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

| city of 100000. Here we saw many
evidences of "oil'' A girl in a res
| taurant said: "You haven't seen any
| thing of oil yet, wait till you get to
Oklahoma City, there you will see
night at an auto camp eleven S miles niles
beyond Tulsa. Everything looked
rich and prosperous in the Tulsa To-
cality.
The next day was Armistice day.
We saw flags out at SaDulpa and
Bristow, Okla. Passed some Indian
pedestrians. Through this country
we noted much red clay everywhere.
Saw many mules grazing here and
there as we passed along
The sky line of Oklahoma City
which we were now about to enter.
was oil derricks. AS we came near.
er we could scarcely believe our
eyes-o1I wells, pumping, by the
hundreds, and right in the city
wells near and surrounding the state
house grounds, and in the yards of
fine homes. We couldn't have be.
lieved there was city like it in the
world. Farther on in the city and
in the section where one would
rather live, judge, are beautiful
homes and evidence of richness ev.
erywhere. Oklahoma City has a
population of 225,O0O. It has 63
public and private schools. The
William Howard Taft junior high
school building which we saw is a
magnificent one.
ed the United States Southwest re-
formatory. Warning notices along
the highway said: "Hitchhikers may
be escaping prisoners from U. S. re
formatory'' In this section were
also the Fort Reno U. S. military
reservation and remount depot.
We crossed the South Canadian
river, wide one, but with no water
to speak of in it at the time
We entered Texas at Texola, and
staid over night at Mclean. Ate
our breakfast at Groom, Texas.
At Amarillo, Tex, saw the large
Farmers National Grain corpora
tion terminal. A few miles beyond
Amarillo saw the helium plant and
Cryogenic laboratory which are
maintained by the U. S. Bureau of
Mines, under the direction of the
Department of the Interior.
Nearing New Mexico border we
saw the "cap rocks" high and queer
they had been cut by people-the
outline was SO sharp in places, a
contrast to the level country over
which we had been passing in Tex
as. Our first town in New Mexico
was Glenreo We passed through
the plains and valley, looking up at
''cap rocks" then the contour be-
came more rugged, and there were
clumps of pine trees. We passed
other mountains. We stopped at
Buford, N. M, over night. The ell
ovation there is $500 feet. The
next place of note we went through
was Albuquerque. The scenery all
this section is majestic
We ate lunch at Laguna, N NJ We
were in the foothills Of the Zuni
We passed sign calling atten-
GA miles distant, and
site of Is major Pueblo Indian
ruins. The Pueblo Bonita is said to |
contain more than 500 rooms, and |
to be the largest pre- historic build |
ing in North America.
Near Thoreau, N. NJ, at Con.
zales, elevation 1868 feet. was a |
sign indicating the continental di
vide. The rainfall divides at this |
point. To the west it drains into |
the Pacific ocean; to the east, into
the Atlantic.
Gallup, ~ NJ, was one of the
most interesting places through I
which we passed. 1t seemed filled
with Indians and cowboys--the lat
ter wearing their 'ten-gallon" hats
and funny heeled boots. We had /
never seen SO many Indians-they |
were everywhere, many of the older !
women and men, especially, dressed |
in gaudy fashion, wearing ear rings |
and their hair tied with strings at |
heir necks.
We entered Arizona at Lupton.
Saw a nice exhibit of petrified wood |
1t a place beyond Lupton, and
bought piece.
That you can many times meet |
you know, or who knows
someone that you know, when you
ire far from home, was demonstrat~
I'd at camp, or inn, near the
Painted Desert, an end of which
.ouches route Sc over which we
we're passing. Here we met Kath-
srine Brown Carroll and her hus-
,and, from McConnelsville, Ohio,
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