Scenic Excursions 



Tucson contains the Desert Laboratory of the 

 Carnegie Institution for the study of plants living 

 under arid conditions. Nine miles from Tucson, 

 reached by frequent auto-stages, is the ancient Mis- 

 sion San Xavier del Bac founded by Father Felipe 

 Segesser in 1732 and still in use. From Gasa Grande, 

 Arizona, extensive prehistoric ruins may be visited 

 by auto-stage. In California a few miles beyond 

 the Salton Sink, more than 200 feet below sea level, 

 the Department of Agriculture has successfully estab- 

 lished groves of Algerian date palms. The ancient 

 beach lines of an extension of the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia are plainly visible on the naked hills. 



The Coast Line of the Southern Pacific through 

 Santa Barbara, follows El Camino Real, the King's 

 Highway, established by the Franciscan padres to 

 connect the chain of missions along the California 

 coast. The Franciscan Mission at Santa Barbara is 

 one of the best preserved examples of Spanish 

 architecture on the Coast. (Principal hotels at 

 Santa Barbara: Potter, $5.00 and up; Arlington, $3.50 

 and up; American plan.) 



On the San Joaquin Valley line the Big Tree 

 (Sequoia gigantea) groves of General Grant and Se- 

 quoia National Parks are accessible, the former by 

 stage from Sanger, the latter by trolley and con- 

 necting stage from Visalia and Lemon Cove. Mag- 

 nificent scenery of the Kings River and Kern River 

 caiions in the High Sierra is reached by pack train 

 from the parks. 



The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway fol- 

 lows closely the old Santa Fe Trail through the 

 Southwest. In Colorado from Pueblo to Denver, the 

 trains run near the Rampart Range of the Rockies 

 and aff'ord a magnificent panoramic view. The 

 many resorts of Colorado may be reached by con- 

 nections with the Moffat Road, the Colorado & 

 Southern Railway, and the Denver & Rio Grande 

 Railway. 



A stop-over at Lamy may be secured in order to 

 visit the school and museum of the American Insti- 

 tute of Archaeology at Santa Fe. 



More than a score of pueblos are scattered over 

 New Mexico, the most important being Isleta, 

 Laguna, on the main line, and Acoma. Many aborig- 

 inal inhabitants of the pueblos are housed today in 

 the self-same structures which their forebears used. 

 At Albuquerque is the railway hotel, the Alvarado. 

 Here is found a very complete collection of Indian 

 relics and products, from the Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, 

 Apache, and Pima handicrafts. The pueblos of the 

 Hopi Indians may be reached by a short journey 



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