. To California and back;. , is referred. The Grand Canon is sixty-five miles distant fromFlagstaff, b) a nearly level road, through a regionthat presents in turn nearly all the characteristicfeatures of Arizona. Except in the winter months,it which time the journey can be undertaken onlywhen weather and roads are favorable, a tri-weeklystage makes the trip to the canon in about twelve li* ^^^IfLSM houi^, including stop for dinner midway. Passengers. quit the stage upon the very rim of the canon, at themost impressive point, and so long; as they maychoose to remain are provided with comfortabl
. To California and back;. , is referred. The Grand Canon is sixty-five miles distant fromFlagstaff, b) a nearly level road, through a regionthat presents in turn nearly all the characteristicfeatures of Arizona. Except in the winter months,it which time the journey can be undertaken onlywhen weather and roads are favorable, a tri-weeklystage makes the trip to the canon in about twelve li* ^^^IfLSM houi^, including stop for dinner midway. Passengers. quit the stage upon the very rim of the canon, at themost impressive point, and so long; as they maychoose to remain are provided with comfortablelodgings and excellent meals. CLIFF AND CAVE DWELLINGS. This region abounds in scattered ruins of thedwellings of a prehistoric people. 1he most impor-tant yet discovered lie within a radius of eight milesfrom Flagstaff, and are easily accessible. On the southeast, Walnut Canon breaks the pla-teau for a distance of several miles, its walls deeplyeroded in horizontal parallel lines. In these nat-ural recesses, floored and roofed by the more endur-ing strata, the cliff-dwellings are found in greatnumber, walled up on the front and sides with rockfragments and cement, and partitioned into com-partments. Some have fallen into decay, only por-tions of their walls remaining, and but a narrowshelf of the once broad floor of solid rock left to evi-dence their extreme antiquity. Others are almostwholly intact, having stubbornly resisted the weath-eri
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