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years, first under the Jesuits and later under the Franciscans, the mission 

 was attacked by the Apache Indians who drove the padres away, disbanded 

 the Papago Indians, and looted the mission. It was in a state of decay when 

 discovered by the American explorers, following acquisition of the territory 

 from Mexico in 1850. The mission is being reconstructed along its original 

 lines as rapidly as funds will permit. It is unique among the missions in 

 that it is built of burned brick. It is one of the most interesting of the chain 

 of missions in the Southwest, and historically important because of its great 

 age. During one of the Indian uprisings, the famous bells of the mission were 

 buried in the sands of the desert. They are still lost, though thousands of 

 visitors have joined in the hunt for them. 



Tumacacori is near the Tucson-Nogales Highway, and is reached from 

 Nogales on a branch line, or from Tucson on the main line of the Southern 

 Pacific Railroad. 



PETRIFIED FORESTS OF ARIZONA 



The Petrified Forests of Arizona extend over a wide area. In them are 

 found fossil remains of great trees which fell thousands of years ago. 

 Erosion has brought them to the surface of the soil again, after being buried 

 for ages. An area of one hundred square miles, containing three distinct 

 petrified forests, has been set aside in this monument. The most remarkable 

 of these forests from the visitor's point of view is the Rainbow Forest, 

 where the silica which replaced the original grain of the trees has assumed 

 many and brilliant colors. The ground about these logs is literally paved 

 with chips of agate, onyx, carnelian, and jasper. 



A visit to the Petrified Forest National Monument is one of the real 

 experiences of a trip through the Southwest, and one that travelers in the 

 region should not overlook. The monument is reached by motor from Hoi- 

 brook, Arizona, on the National Old Trails Road, while railroad travelers 

 approach the area from either Adamana or Holbrook on the Santa Fe 

 Railroad. 



MONTEZUMA CASTLE 



Situated in a cavity in the face of a vertical cliff eighty feet above the 

 plain at its base, Montezuma Castle is a most remarkable cliff dwelling. It 

 takes three enormous ladders to reach the lower entrance to this fortress 

 home, and the pueblo builders who lived here in ancient times undoubtedly 

 chose the site for security. The prodigious amount of work necessary to 

 construct this great house on the cliff and to transport supplies to it bespeak 

 the untiring energy of these people. The Castle accommodated about three 

 hundred people. In it have been found pottery of a fair character and im 

 plements of warfare, hunting, and agriculture. Below, along Beaver Creek 

 at the foot of the cliff, were the communal farms. 



Montezuma Castle is in Yavapai County, Arizona, reached from Flagstaff 

 on the Santa Fe Railroad, or by motor over the National Old Trails Road, or 

 via the Jerome-Prescott Road. 



