. Some strange corners of our country; the wonderland of the Southwest . i:hing anywhere else. Good meals and beds arethere at one dollar each. This line can operate only fromMay 1st to December 1st, on account of the winter snowsof that 7000-foot plateau; but from December to May onecan go in by the Peach Springs route, which reaches thebottom of the canon, and is more comfortable in winter thanin summer. n. A FOREST OF |ROM the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad it is stiUeasier to reach a great natural curiosity—the huge Petrified Forest of Arizona. Much thenearest point is the Httle sta
. Some strange corners of our country; the wonderland of the Southwest . i:hing anywhere else. Good meals and beds arethere at one dollar each. This line can operate only fromMay 1st to December 1st, on account of the winter snowsof that 7000-foot plateau; but from December to May onecan go in by the Peach Springs route, which reaches thebottom of the canon, and is more comfortable in winter thanin summer. n. A FOREST OF |ROM the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad it is stiUeasier to reach a great natural curiosity—the huge Petrified Forest of Arizona. Much thenearest point is the Httle station of Billings, butthere are scant accommodations there for thetraveler — only a railroad section-house and a a mile south of the track, at that point, one may see a low,dark ridge, marked by a single cotton-wood tree. Walldngthither (over a valley so alive with jack-rabbits that there issome excuse for the cow-boy declaration that you can walkclear across on their backs! ) one soon reaches the northernedge of the forest, which covers hundreds of square you are more hardened to wonderful sights than I am,you will almost fancy yourself in some enchanted spot. Youseem to stand on the glass of a gigantic kaleidoscope, overwhose sparkling surface the sun breaks in infinite are ankle-deep in such chips as I 11 warrant you neversaw from any other woodpile. What do you think of c
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