160 * * * * * "Oh, Ranger!" 



curious purple rock mountain with a tunnel through it, projecting out of the 

 desert sands. The Papago Monument is reached by a short drive from 

 Phoenix which is on both the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe railroads. 



PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT 



In 1858 Brigham Young, the Mormon chief, sent Jacob Hamblin, famous 

 scout and crack shot, to call upon the Hopi Indians in northern Arizona. 

 The party camped one night at a marvelous spring in the midst of a desert 

 and an argument arose as to whether Hamblin could shoot a hole through a 

 handkerchief at twenty yards. Hamblin hit the square of silk, but the force 

 of the bullet only swept the handkerchief away. Chagrined by the laugh that 

 followed at his failure, Hamblin challenged one of the party to stick up his 

 pipe. Hamblin shot the bottom out of it like a flash without breaking the 

 bowl. That was the origin of the name given to the old Mormon fort which 

 was built soon thereafter at the site of this remarkable spring. The fort was 

 an important outpost against marauding Indians, and was the center of a 

 cattle industry established by the Mormons. The spring still flows at the 

 rate of a hundred thousand gallons of pure, cold water a day, a refreshing 

 oasis as well as a scenic attraction to the traveler over the main road from 

 Zion National Park to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon of Arizona. 



CARLSBAD CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT 



Located in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico is one 

 of the most beautiful and remarkable natural caves in the country, the 

 Carlsbad Cave. This cave was once known as Bat Cave because of the 

 thousands of bats which inhabited it. At dusk each evening these little 

 mammals poured forth for three hours through a large natural opening in 

 such enormous numbers that it was said they looked like smoke from a 

 chimney. In the early morning they returned and with incredible swiftness 

 folded their wings in mid-air and darted into the opening. 



The exploration of the cave was not undertaken seriously until 1923, 

 when a party searched for six months without penetrating all of the lofty, 

 spacious chambers, connecting corridors, and alcoves, many of them of 

 remarkable beauty and form. The Big Room is more than half a mile long, 

 is 400 feet wide in places, and is 348 feet high at one place. Here the 

 stalactites are of infinite variety and shape, ranging from almost needle-like 

 proportions to massive pendants. The stalagmites rising from the floor are 

 equally interesting, one group resembling the tall and graceful totem poles 

 of the Alaska Indians. In some places they rise to the ceiling, like cathedral 

 columns. Another remarkable room is the Music Room, with its formations 

 resembling huge organ pipes. Here the stalactites, when lightly tapped, give 

 off musical sounds. Others resemble curtains. 



The reservation includes 719 acres, but the extent of the caves is not 

 known, many of them being as yet unpenetrated. They await the explorer. 

 Paths, stairways, and railings make the main rooms safe for the visitor, while 



