SCENIC EXCURSIONS 



from Canon Diablo, Holbrook, or Winslow, in 

 Arizona. 



The Petrified Forest of Arizona, containing re- 

 mains of some trees 200 feet in length, comprises five 

 separate deposits all reached by good roads from 

 Adamana station. (Forest Hotel at Adamana, $2.50 

 per day, American plan.) 



In Arizona the chaotic gorge of the Grand Canon 

 of the Colorado, 217 miles long, nine to thirteen 

 miles wide, and cut in places more than 6000 feet 

 below the level of the plateau, is reached by a 

 branch railway from Williams. Additional round- 

 trip fare from Williams, $7.50. Rates at "El Tovar," 

 on the rim of the Canon ($4.00 to $8.00 per day, 

 American plan) ; Bright Angel Hotel ($1.00 to $5.00 

 per day, European plan, meals a la carte in the 

 Harvey Cafe.) 



TRIPS IN THE VICINITY OF Los ANGELES. From 

 Los Angeles several hundred miles of interurban 

 electric railwav lines extend throughout the coast 

 plain and the JSan Gabriel Valley like the spokes of 

 a great wheel, to the mountains, beaches, orange 

 groves, and to thriving little cities. 



Attractive places in the city, reached on street 

 cars, include the alligator farm, botanical exhibit 

 at Eastlake Park, Cawston Ostrich Farm, aviary and 

 aquarium, Exposition Park, art gallery, Museum of 

 History, Science and Art, Southwest Museum, Mis- 

 sion Los Angeles, State Exposition building, Elysian 

 Park (548 acres in natural state), and Chinatown 

 (in heart of city, fee for guide, etc.). 



Mt. Wilson, on which is the Carnegie Solar Ob- 

 servatory containing the largest reflecting telescope 

 in the world, may be reached from the suburban 

 electric line at Sierra Madre. Horses or burros 

 ($2.50-$2.00 each) may be secured for the last part 

 of the trip. Auto stages also make the round trip 

 in a day from Pasadena from the office of the Mt. 

 Wilson Hotel Company, 173 East Colorado St., Pasa- 

 dena (round trip fare $3.00). 



From Altadena, a suburb of Pasadena, an in- 

 clined cable railway ascends Echo Mountain, where 

 is situated an observatory open to visitors. An 

 electric railway continues to Alpine Tavern, 5000 

 feet above sea level and close to the summit of 

 Mt. Lowe (round trip fare $2.50.) 



Throughout the year 1915 the Mission Play will 

 be given weekly at the San Gabriel Mission (admis- 

 sion to Mission Play, 50 cents, 75 cents and $1.00.) 

 The mission at San Fernando is on the northern line 

 of the Southern Pacific Railway. 



The remarkable Pleistocene fossil deposits in 



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