Plans have been perfected for the construction of a grand boulevard which will pass from the northern limit of the Imperial canal system to the international line at Calexico. This street will be one of the wonders of the State when completed. It is to be one hundred feet wide and thirty-five miles long, and will be so level that it cannot be determined with the eye which way the street inclines.
Along either side of the way and down through the center of the thoroughfare will be rows of trees to shut off from the street the glare of the desert sun. Also on either side will be small canals of running water which will serve, not only to irrigate the trees but will be utilized to lay the dust of the street. When completed it will require but two men to keep the entire street in order.
With this glimpse of the work of reclamation which is taking place in the desert thus afforded the reader, I will drop the subject and bring the final chapter to an end. The death of the desert will be a beautiful one. There will be no lack of flowers to lay upon its bier. Its grimness and fierceness and terrors will have given place to peace, plenty, and prosperity. The region of death will be transformed into a kingdom of life.
[INDEX]
- Alkali, [1], [18]
- Allenrolpea occidentalis, [49]
- Andesite, [157]
- Arizona candle, [41]
- Arsenic spring, [37]
- Asbestos, [157]
- Ash Meadows, [175]
- Banning, [9]
- Baryta, [157]
- Basket-making, [92]-[104]
- Birds, [66], [67]
- Bitter sage, [1]
- Black Buttes, [199], [200]
- Black Lake, [186]
- Black Rock Desert, [2]
- Borax, [1], [142]-[153], [178]
- Brawley, [217], [233]
- Breccia, [157]
- Bull snake, [61]
- Burial customs, [75], [80]-[91]
- Burro, [107]-[123]
- Cactus blossoms, [53]
- Cactus, grape, [53]
- Cactus rat, [63]
- Calexico, [229]
- Camels, [107], [108], [111], [178]
- Centipede, [65]
- Cereus giganteus, [41]
- Chaparral, [38]
- Chemehuevi Indians, [76]
- Chlorogalum pomeridianum, [50]
- Cinnabar, [178]
- Clistoyucca arborescens, [38]
- Coachella Valley, [165]
- Cocopah Indians, [72], [75], [190]
- Colorado Desert, [1], [2], [5], [6], [9], [61], [71], [161]-[169], [213], [218]-[234]
- Colorado Desert, how formed, [10]
- Colorado River, [9], [76], [205], [218]-[234]
- Copper, [157]-[159]
- Coyote, [66]
- Creosote bush, [57]
- Crescent Hills, [206]
- Crotalus cerastes, [60]
- Daggett, [157]
- Death Valley, [5], [6], [68], [103], [142], [146], [149], [150], [172]-[183]
- Desert journalism, [209]-[217]
- Deserts,
- Black Rock, [2];
- Colorado, [1], [2], [5], [6], [9], [61], [71], [161]-[169], [213], [218]-[234];
- Great American, [1], [2];
- Mojave, [2], [5], [6], [80], [84], [87], [108], [116], [140], [209];
- Nevada, [2];
- Painted, [2];
- Smoke Creek, [2]
- Deserts, extent and origin, [10]
- Devil's Chair, [175]
- Early navigators, [13]
- Earthquakes, [186], [187]
- Ephydra Californica, [68]
- Funeral Mountains, [175]
- Furnace Creek, [175]
- Gila Monster, [1], [61], [62], [63], [65]
- Gila River, [10]
- Gold, [131], [140]
- Gold districts, [131], [139], [154], [157]
- Gold Mine, Pegleg, [193]
- Grand Cañon, [9]
- Greasewood, [38], [49]
- Great American Desert, [1], [2]
- Gulf of California, [9]
- Gypsum, [157]
- Hanlon's Crossing, [222]
- Heber, [233]
- Heloderina horridum, [61]
- Hematite, [178]
- Holton, [233]
- Hopi Indians, [100], [103]
- Horned toad, [62]
- Human bones, [30], [34]
- Imperial, [217]-[233]
- Imperial Canal, [217]-[234]
- Imperial Press, [209]-[217]
- Indio, [166]
- Iron, [157]
- Irrigation, [218]-[234]
- Jasper, [158]
- Journalism, [209]-[217]
- Koochabee, [68]
- Lake Juala, [186]
- Lead, [157]
- Lithia, [159]
- Maguey, [54]
- Manganese, [157]
- Map ancient California, [14], [15]
- Marble, [157], [158]
- McPherson, John F., desert experiences, [22]-[29]
- Mescal, [54]
- Mesquite, [38]
- Mexicala, [230]
- Mirage, [6]
- Mojave Desert, [2], [5], [6], [80], [84], [87], [108], [116], [140], [209]
- Mt. Grayback, [9]
- Mt. San Jacinto, [9]
- Needles, [209]-[217]
- Needle's Eye, [209]-[217]
- Nevada Desert, [2]
- Niter, [1], [146]
- Nopal, [53]
- Oases, [2]
- Old Beach, [229]
- Ollas, [195], [196]
- Onyx, [157]
- Owen's Lake, [68]
- Padre Junipero Serra, [83]
- Painted Desert, [2]
- Palo-verde, [38]
- Panamint Indians, [68], [71], [103]
- Pectis, [57]
- Pegleg Gold Mine, [193], [194]
- Phantom ship, [199]
- Phrynosoma, [62]
- Pilot Knob, [201]
- Pomo Indians, [95]
- Prickly pear, [50]
- Prospector, [127]-[141]
- Randsburg, [209]
- Randsburg Miner, [209]-[217]
- Rattlesnake, [1], [60], [61]
- Rhyolite, [157]
- Sage, [38]
- Sahuaro, [49]
- Salt, [161]-[169], [178]
- Salton, [6], [161]-[169]
- Saratoga Springs, [176]
- Scorpion, [65], [66]
- Serra, Padre Junipero, [83]
- Side-winder, [60]
- Signal Mountain, [201]
- Silsbee, [230]
- Silver, [158]
- Smoke Creek Desert, [2]
- Snakeweed, [54]
- Soap plant, [50]
- Soda, [146], [176]
- Spanish bayonet, [45]
- Submarine, [209]-[217]
- Sulphur, [157], [178]
- Sutuma, [83]-[91]
- Tarantula, [1], [64]
- Temperature, [22], [140]
- Thirst, tortures of, [18], [172]
- Tin, [157]
- Tortoise, [64], [65]
- Tourmaline, [159]
- Tufa, [157]
- Tuna, [53]
- Turquoise, [76]
- Volcanoes, [6], [71], [184]-[188]
- Walking Hills, [202], [206]
- Water, [17]-[37]
- Water wells, [30], [33]
- Well of the desert, [53]
- Yucca, [38], [45], [49]
- Yuma Indians, [75]
- Zinc, [157]
Old Paths and Legends of New England
With many Illustrations of Massachusetts Bay, Old Colony, Rhode Island, and the Providence Plantations, and the Fresh River of the Connecticut Valley