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Show ; ! i EXNUKR : )B GRAND : ,,;re page of Automotive ' tion Devoted to Scenic Strict and Proposed ' George-Kingman Route fDe first page of the aa-! aa-! ..,otjve section of the Los , i'.'es Examiner, which is M as having the largest Nation of any paper in couthwest, on July 22, & devoted to the Grand r"-ron scenic region and to ."'''proposed St. George-Kingman r':.say, which is a link in this sc circle. t7.o column article accom-r accom-r 'rjig the illustrations which are C-ed in this paper by courtesy 'i"ie Examiner, follows: Hail a century ago there was i Mormon immigrant trail be-.r;erj be-.r;erj Arizona and Utah which flV(i the Colorado river at p.see Ferry, near -which will be ie upper end of the Boulder lake ihsn Boulder dam has been com-.';!ed com-.';!ed and the waters of the Colo-rido Colo-rido stored. yearly half a century ago travel r the trail was discontinued, ::: the projection of the Santa Ft railroad across the upper part of Arizona afforded a more eco-rjJc eco-rjJc means of transportation of it products and minerals of the cosntry tapped by the trail. Once more interest has been re-r.ved re-r.ved in the old immigrant trail ir.i a new road following closely to the lines of the old ox-wagon road has been proposed and a preliminary survey made. The survey sur-vey has been made through the tMperatlon of the county supervisors super-visors of Mohave county, Arizona, and Washington county, Utah, and tads allocated for the purpose have teen supplemented by gen- ifrc".i private subscriptions, vjptlnued on page 4) .. V .:it. : t.o .,".,: . trii-'- ' y: vSvij:'-:;:; "::;:-V-':: :::: ::tv:, :';'::-;::''":':' i . ' '.:''''' '''"' '' ' -S3.-.-,.v-.'.. -..j i ..-Shiii!-?'3r-'-V v i. - ; :i:s::.i:. . :. ... -'Aiu;.;i.;v'? '' :,i: lus of Grand VAS'C-1 LOS ANGELES EXAMINER BOOSTS THE GRAND CANYON DISK! (Continued from page 1) The importance of the new road is that it will lessen the present road distance between Phoenix, Arizona, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The present distance of 317 miles between St. George and Kingman, will be reduced to approximately 150 miles. It will also serve as an important import-ant link in the proposed tri-nation I highway that will some day connect con-nect Nogales and Vancouver, a road that far-sighted men believe will come in the next few years. Scene Visited: It was for the purpose of learning learn-ing at close hand just what sort of country it would tap. what eco- I nomic service it would render and whaE difficulties -would be encountered encoun-tered in the building of it that the Examiner motorlogue party, in a Studebaker eight from the Paul G. Hoffman company motored into the field to confer with the engineer, engi-neer, Charles H. Bigelow, for information in-formation and data on the road. It was Bigelow, who at the request re-quest of Paul G. Hoffman, headed a party sixteen years ago which I went over the Arrowhead trail to survey a practical route for a highway to connect Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The fine high- way known as thf' .Jv:i and as U. S. 51; their promotion of Uto;: project. At the carr.p of the t: near Black Willow okk? : Grand Wash, some fit:; south cf St. George the fling fl-ing party was locate! : around the camp lire !: day's work was finish;! . learned that in the k':: -when the La Paz placers -r ing worked and the Mora: steadily pushing their tt: settlements south from Si: -City, old Callville was e:::: on the Colorado river c expectation that it would : a port of call for river ;:;. In the meantime, St. Ce become a thriving counts: the Mormon scouts rep': the country between ' ' and the Colorado river i fine pasturage for the f."i also showed promise of stable st-able mineral develpaen!. Extend Settlements It was early in the the Mormons decitei r their settlements into " Arizona. Outriders criss-K-country to find a leas." - ' the wagon trains. |