THE TWO OLDEST TREES 



The rocks of that age are not exposed 

 except rarely in the United States of 

 America. 



In Northern Arizona they are clearly 

 recognized, but not to a great extent. 



In Apache County you will find these 

 rocks and in them you will find the sub- 

 ject of this story, and should you go there 

 you will find evidence of the correctness 

 of my statements and undisputed proof 

 of what some may call "the dreams of a 

 lumberman." 



There you will find "The Petrified 

 Trees" (the agatized trees) so radiant in 

 coloring that one is prone to believe he 

 has found the workshop of the Great 

 Jeweler whose stock in trade is agate, 

 amethyst, chalcedony and jasper of every 

 known color; the fragments, His chips, 

 the unbroken sections of trunks of trees, 

 His source of supply. 



These ancient stone trees, broken in 

 cross sections, from one to fourteen feet 



