Southern California; . mountains melting into a bluehaze on the horizon. Here and there a pine tree, dwarfedand forlorn, clings to the rocky wall of a canyon, downwhich flows a pure stream of mountain water. On a level bench upon the side of the mountains, justbelow the striking landmark which has given the placeits name, are the Arrowhead Springs — a grouj) of hot. the rocks, sendmg forth a perpet- \^>-if ^?^^3 ual cloud of steam. It is not diffi- ^]^<&f^?: cult to understand the association ^W=^ with such phenomena as this, in ^. t the minds of primitive men, of spirits of the nether w
Southern California; . mountains melting into a bluehaze on the horizon. Here and there a pine tree, dwarfedand forlorn, clings to the rocky wall of a canyon, downwhich flows a pure stream of mountain water. On a level bench upon the side of the mountains, justbelow the striking landmark which has given the placeits name, are the Arrowhead Springs — a grouj) of hot. the rocks, sendmg forth a perpet- \^>-if ^?^^3 ual cloud of steam. It is not diffi- ^]^<&f^?: cult to understand the association ^W=^ with such phenomena as this, in ^. t the minds of primitive men, of spirits of the nether world, demons and oracles. We are here brought face to face with those mysterious forces which have had so large a share in the fashioning of this world in which we live. The hotel formerly occupying a commanding site beside these springs has been burned, and as yet has not been rebuilt. Another road climbs to the crest of the mountainswhere the Squirrel Inn is located. A few years ago Wood, the manager of the Arrowhead ReservoirCompany, read Frank Stocktons story, The Squirrel 25
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