Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-08-28

ment held it's annual picnic at the
Waterworks park, Sunday. Among
out of town guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Dana Walker and son Keith
Of GAINESVILLE.
APPLEMANS RETURN FROM TWO
WEEKS TRIP In WEST
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Appleman of
Malta route one, and daughter Miss
Pearl Appleman, have returned
from a 14-day trip in the west in
the course of which they travelled
5,484 miles in II different states.
They were accompanied by Roy Ed
gar Appleman, Regional supervisor
of Historic Sites, Region 1, National
Park Service, Richmond, Virginia
son of Mr. and Mrs. Appleman.
The Applemans followed U. S. 40
westward from Ohio through In
diana, Illinois and Missouri, and the
cities of ST. Louis and Kansas City
as far as Manhattan, Kansas, where
route "a was taken across the
plain to Limon, Colorado. From
Llmon the party proceeded to Den
yer and hence into the mountains
and across the continental divide by
Berthoud Pass. In reaching Ber-
thoud Pass over 1000 feet eleva-
ton, the course of Clear Greek was
followed which was the scene of
the Colorado gold strike in 1859.
From Berthoud Pass the party pro-
ceeded to the west entrance to
Rocky Mountain National Park, and
then crossed the park through the
finest scenery of the Rocky Noun
tains to Estes Park at the eastern
side. The new Trail Ridge Road
across Rocky Mountain National
Park includes one section four miles
long over 10000 feet in altitude,
probably the largest stretch of road
ever built at this altitude Snow
fields and glaciers were to be seen
on all sides.
From Rocky Mountain National
Park the party turned north
through the orchards and fields of
Colorado to Laramie, Wyoming,
hence across the Laramie plains on
U. S. 80, paralleling the main line
of the Union Pacific railroad which
w oo IOilO Cu Cloocly W d pOiuI near
Salt Lake City, Utah.
In Salt Lake City, one of the
most beautiful cities in the country,
situated in cast bowl shaped fer
tile desert valley surrounded by the
Wasatch Mountains, considerable
sightseeing was done which included
a trip to Great Salt Lake and an at
tendance at one Of the regular noon
organ recitals in the Mormon taber-
nacle.
From Salt Lake City the Apple
mans journeyed south through Utah
to Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon
National Parks. Here, in the bright
ly colored high mesa and plateau
country, the travellers found espe-
cial delight in the marvellous eros
ional works of nature. Miss Pearl
Appleman expressed herself as lik-
ing Bryce Canyon the best of any
place visited on the trip. Mount
Carmel highway leading into Zion
Canyon National Park with it's wide
long tunnel through great masses of
solid rock and it's five windows
through which views are obtained
of deep and spectacular canyons
and mountain masses was also most
After leaving Zion Canyon Ma
tional Park the party proceeded
south toward the Kaibab Forest and
and the north river of the Grand
Canyon. On the way the little town
of Kanab, Utah, near the Arizona
border was passed through Here,
the party was told that Is movies
have been made in the vicinity, in
the recent western I'm
ion." The country around Kanab is
gorgeous in it's canyons and the
vast reaches of the Prismatic
Plains and it is we'll suited for the
locale of western pictures.
The Kaibab Forest impressed the
party greatly with it's great reaches
of giant yellow pine and the lovely
groups of aspen. In this forest, 5000
feet high, one of the rare white
tailed squirrels, found only in the
was seen by the party. Ere
quently visitors will search for
week without seeing one of the
beautiful animals. In the early
morning drive through the forest to
the north rim of the Grand Canyon
several fine deer were seen, includ-
ing one group of three large bucks.
Nothing could be seen from the
north rim as the canyon was COM
pletely filled with a heavy fog. The
group then continued on their way
to the north rim by returning
through the Kaibabs Forest and
the circuit of 215 miles by
way of Vermillion Cliffs, Marble
Canyon, Navajo Bridge across the
Colorado river, then through the
Navajo Indian reservation and the
Painted Desert. The distance in an
airline from the north rim to the
south rim of the Grand Canyon is
IL miles, yet the shortest automo-
bile route between the two is 215
miles. Many Navajo hogans were
seen along this road. The Navajo
frequently were occupied in
weaving their beautiful blankets on
crude looms in front of their primi- |
i've homes.
The road along 25 miles of the
south rim of the Grand Canyon in |
he park afforded many views of |
his greatest of all natural wonders.
rhe spectacle from the watch tower |
It Desert View near the eastern
edge Of the park was perhaps the |
most unusual of ALL From this |
,oint the view included the Painted |
Desert stretching away to the east |
IS far as the eye could see, the june
ure of the Colorado and the Little |
rivers, and the vast pano-
anna of the red canyon country in
n arc of $50 degrees with countless
pires, minarets, turrets and other
racinno1 fprp,c G.; cor;oc