Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . «»>< MOONEY FALLS, IN HAVASU (CATARACT) CANY
Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . «»>< MOONEY FALLS, IN HAVASU (CATARACT) from Williams, Arizona. Williams 383 to visit these people from far-away Zuni, forty or moreyears ago, called them The Nation of the , in this secluded spot, nearly thirty-five hundredfeet below the plateau, this primitive people grow theirmelons, beans, pumpkins, squash, onions and chili; havetheir peach and fig orchards, and raise such wonderfulcrops that they have even been able to win the first prizesat the States Annual Horticultural Fair. The reason isclear. In their secluded canyon they have no winter,the rocky walls act as radiators of the suns rays day andnight, for they store the heat during the day and giveit off during the night, so that the whole canyon is onevast nature-planned hot-house or conservatory, and theIndians have learned to take advantage of it. Let the eye now come back to the slope of the moun-tain before which we stand. We are ensconced in theshelter built by the United States Forest
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