THE TWO OLDEST TREES 



closely and carefully, especially reports 

 of Lieut. Powell. It was he who passed 

 down the main Colorado River and 

 through the Grand Canyon. He also 

 examined the surrouding country and in 

 his reports glowingly described the "pet- 

 rifactions" of not only the Little Colo- 

 rado River but those of a portion of the 

 Painted Desert. 



The agatized "petrified" trees were 

 first discovered and reported to the Gov- 

 ernment by Lieut. Whipple in 1853. 



Still later when in 1896 the time came 

 that I could cross to the Pacific, I chose 

 the Santa Fe route as it would bring me 

 practically through the agatized regions. 

 I stopped at Holbrook to visit a portion 

 of the exposed trees; the river being 

 high I could not cross it and see the won- 

 ders on the South side of the river, but 

 secured specimens which I carried back 

 as proofs of these pre-historic wonders. 



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