INDEX
INDEX
Acoma, New Mexico, [183];
theory of its origin, [184];
its antiquity, [185];
rivalry between it and Laguna, [185], [186];
Charles F. Lummis on, [186], [187].
Adamana, the gateway to the Petrified Forests of Arizona, [270];
origin of its name, [270];
the simple life at, [274], [275].
Adams, the Hon. Alva, [117], [118];
quoted, [118], [119], [120].
Agriculture in Colorado, [130], [131];
in New Mexico, [204], [205].
Albuquerque, New Mexico, [196];
excursions from, [196];
a "smart" town, [200];
characteristics of, [201].
Ames, Rev. Dr. Charles Gordon, on civilization, [162].
Arizona, sights of, [4], [228], [229], [239], [257], [258], [267], [268];
a treasure land, [9];
visited by the Spaniards, [214];
a land of magic and mystery, [228], [254], [255];
its resources, [230], [255];
irrigation in, [230], [231], [246];
rainfall in, [230], [279];
its attractions for men of science, [231], [232];
flora of, [232];
cacti of, [233];
grasses of, [234];
climate of, [234], [235], [256];
as a health resort, [234], [235];
meaning of the name, [236];
history of, [236];
separation from New Mexico, [236], [237], [252];
rivers of, [240], [251];
capital of, [243];
towns of, [251];
safety of property in, [251];
citizens of, [252], [254];
festivity of the "Snake Dance," [258], [259], [260], [261];
the "Painted Desert" of, [263], [264], [265], [266];
Petrified Forests of, [270];
desert of, [284], [285].
Bear Creek Cañon, [89].
Bell, the Hon. John C., and the Gunnison Tunnel, [111].
"Ben Hur," where written, [219].
Boston woman characterized, [23].
Brooks, Bishop Phillips, on the superhuman, [181];
quoted, [216].
California, Southern, features of, [9].
Campbell, Rev. Frederick, on Glenwood Springs, [96], [97].
Campbell, Prof. H. W., on "dry farming," [129], [130].
Cañon Diablo, Arizona, [289], [292].
Caruthers, William, on resources of Cripple Creek, [77].
"Cathedral Rock," 74, [75], [81].
Cheyenne Cañon, [65], [66], [67];
Helen Hunt Jackson on, [65].
Cliff-dwellings of Southern Colorado, [114], [115], [116];
bill in Congress for preservation of, [114], [115];
opinions concerning, [116];
at Flagstaff, Arizona, [286].
Colorado, splendors of, [14], [139];
a second Italy, [15], [97];
people of, [16];
woman suffrage in, [25], [26], [27], [28], [29];
developed a demand for specialists, [33];
employment in, [33];
revenue of, [34];
railways of, [37], [40], [99];
C. B. Knox on the future of, [39];
Major Pike's description of, [63];
has larger percentage of American population than any other Western state, [88];
waterfalls of, [104];
irrigation of, [110], [111], [119], [126], [127], [133], [134], [141], [145], [146], [151];
yachting in, [111], [112], [113];
mountain climbing in, [113], [114];
agriculture in, [130], [131];
ranching in, [132];
"trip round the circle" journey described, [134], [135], [136], [137], [138];
engineering feats in, [138];
park systems of, [139];
industries of, [139], [140], [141];
stone-quarrying in, [142], [143];
mineral resources of, [143], [144], [147];
population of, [147];
progress of, [148];
towns of, [148];
northern, [149];
coal-fields of, [150];
fruit cultivation in, [151];
labor in, [152], [153];
forests of, [153], [154];
sport in, [155];
public school system in, [173];
literature and art in, [177];
its future, [178], [180], [181].
——, pioneers of, [157]-[181];
contrasted with the Pilgrim Fathers, [158];
"Denver Republican" on, [158];
their unselfishness, [159], [160], [163];
environment of, [162], [163];
Nathan Cook Meeker, [164]-[176].
Colorado College, [85], [86], [87].
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, [124], [125], [126].
Colorado River, Arizona, [240];
Prof. N. H. Newell on, [240], [241], [242].
Colorado Springs, gateway to Pike's Peak district, [51];
climate of, [52];
excursions from, [52];
as a tourist centre, [57];
summer and autumn in, [83];
the town described, [84];
life at, [84], [85];
founded by General Palmer, [85];
buildings of, [88];
park system of, [89], [91].
Commencement ceremonies in East and West contrasted, [86].
Cripple Creek, towns of, [75], [76];
gold resources of, [75], [76], [77];
mines of, [76];
character of miners in, [77], [78];
favorite excursion from, [78], [79].
Denver, [15];
metropolis of the West, [16];
climate of, [16], [44];
its buildings, [17], [18], [19];
residential district of, [17];
the Capitol, [18];
City Park, [18], [19];
homes of, [19];
telephone service of, [21];
women of, and politics, [22], [23], [25];
election frauds in, [28];
smelteries of, [34];
growth of population, [37];
future of, [38];
City Arch, [40], [41], [42];
spirit of the city, [42];
enterprise of, [43];
an early opinion of, [43];
a convention city, [45];
Art League of, [46];
institutions of, [46];
education in, [46], [47];
churches of, [47];
life in, [48];
should replace Washington as capital of the Union, [48], [49];
electrical supply in, [106].
Denver and Rio Grande Railway, [99];
scenery on, [100].
"Denver Republican, The," quoted, [147];
on the pioneers of Colorado, [158].
"Dry Farming" system, discovered by Prof. H. W. Campbell, [129];
Professor Olin on benefits of, [131];
extent of, in Eastern Colorado, [131];
success of, in New Mexico, [204].
Eliot, Rev. Dr. Samuel A., quoted, [86], [87].
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, [25], [51], [63], [94], [104], [157], [182], [228], [268], [270], [275], [296], [311].
Estes Park, Colorado, [155].
"Fairy Caves" of Colorado, [98], [100], [101].
Fellows, Professor, surveys for the Gunnison Tunnel, [109], [111].
Flagstaff, Arizona, [286];
its antiquities, [286];
the Lowell Observatory at, [287], [288].
Franciscans, mission churches of, [191], [209], [210];
their labors, [208], [216], [217].
Frost, Colonel Max, on old New Mexico, [187]-[193];
his influence in New Mexico, [225];
his career, [226];
Secretary of the Bureau of Immigration, [227].
"Garden of the Gods," Colorado, [91], [92];
gateway to, [91], [92].
Garland, Hamlin, on the Grand Cañon, [333], [334].
Gilbert, Prof. G. K., studies Meteorite Mountain of Arizona, [290], [293], [294].
Gleed, Charles S., on the Grand Cañon, [333].
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, [94];
its mineral springs, [94], [95];
bathing at, [95], [96], [97];
Rev. Frederick Campbell on, [96];
hot cave of, [97];
"Fairy Caves" of, [98], [99], [100], [101];
scenery at, [99].
Grand Cañon, [4];
scenic marvels of, [311], [312], [314], [315], [317], [319], [321];
Harriet Monroe on, [312], [313];
compared with the Eiffel Tower, [313];
area of, [313], [319], [328];
always revealing new beauties, [316];
atmospheric effects of, [316], [318], [319];
approach to, [318], [325], [326], [330];
architectural effects of, [319], [320], [328];
Charles Dudley Warner on, [322];
visitors to, [322];
hotels of, [323];
proposed memorial to Major John W. Powell, [324];
earliest discovery of, [325];
the Hopi House at, [326];
Indians of, [327];
Major Powell's journal of his exploration of, [329], [330], [332];
Prof. George Wharton James on, [331];
eulogies of, by C. A. Higgins, [332], [337],
by Charles S. Gleed, [333],
by Hamlin Garland, [333],
by Robert Brewster Stanton, [334],
and by C. M. Skinner, [335];
paintings of, by Thomas Moran, [336].
Grand Caverns of Pike's Peak, [68], [69];
memorial to General Grant in, [69].
Grand Lake, Colorado, [112];
its yacht club, [112].
Grand River, the, [101].
Grant, General, memorial to, in Grand Caverns, [69].
Greeley, founding of, [164], [169], [171], [172];
constitution of, [172];
population of, [173];
educational establishments of, [173];
churches of, [174];
buildings of, [175];
life in, [175];
the Meeker Memorial Library, [175].
Greeley, Horace, and Colorado, [168].
"Greeley Tribune, The," on irrigation, [127], [128];
foundation of, [174].
Grenfell, Helen, record of, [27].
Gunnison River, Colorado, [107], [108];
plan to divert, [108].
Gunnison Tunnel, [108], [109], [110].
Hammond, the Hon. Meade, and the Gunnison Tunnel, [111].
Higgins, C. A., on the Grand Cañon, [332], [337].
Hosmer, Harriet, on travelling by night, [12].
Howe, Julia Ward, quoted, [161].
Irrigation in Colorado, [107], [110], [111], [119], [125], [126], [127], [128], [133], [134], [141], [145], [146], [151];
in New Mexico, [203], [204];
in Arizona, [230], [231], [246];
in California, [302], [307], [308].
Jackson, Helen Hunt, quoted, [65].
James, Prof. George Wharton, on Californian missions, [210];
on Indian life in Arizona, [261], [262], [263];
on the "Painted Desert," [264], [265];
home of, at Pasadena, [305], [306];
his love of the desert of the Southwest, [306], [307];
on the Grand Cañon, [330].
Kansas City, [13].
Kearny, General Stephen W., occupies Santa Fé, [218], [219];
memorial to, [218];
quoted, [218].
Kirley, the Hon. Joseph H., on Arizona, [251].
Knox, C. B., on Colorado, [39], [40].
Lacey, Representative, on the Mesa Verde cliff-dwellings, [115], [116].
Laguna, New Mexico, [185], [186].
Las Vegas, New Mexico, [199];
hot springs of, [199], [200];
its attractions, [202].
Lindsay, Judge, on woman suffrage, [27], [28], [29].
Lookout Mountain, Colorado, [102], [103];
scenery on the ascent of, [103].
Los Angeles, the "boom" of, [229], [300], [301];
trolley system of, [299], [303];
lighting of, [300];
its parks, [301];
public library of, [301];
climate, [302];
irrigation in, [302], [307];
life of, [303], [304], [310];
population of, [307];
as a centre for excursions, [308];
idealism of, [309];
Pacific School Osteopathy at, [309];
churches of, [309], [310].
Lowell Observatory, [6], [268], [276], [287], [288].
Lowell, Professor Percival, [287].
Manitou, [67], [68], [104];
mineral springs of, [67].
Manitou Park, [64], [65].
Maricopa County, [243], [244].
Mars, photographs of, taken at Lowell Observatory, [287], [288], [289].
Mead, Prof. Elwood, on irrigation, [144], [145].
Meeker family, [164], [165].
Meeker, the Hon. Nathan Cook, [165];
his career, [165], [166];
his visit to the West, [167];
Horace Greeley encourages him to establish a colony in Colorado, [168];
founds the town of Greeley, [169];
his work among the Indians, [169], [170];
massacred, [170].
Meeker, town of, [170], [171].
Mendoza, expeditions organized by, [213], [236].
Meredith, Ellis, [79];
her literary work, [80];
her ode to the "Short Line," [81].
"Mesa, the Enchanted," ascent of, [184];
described, [184].
Mesa Verde, cliff-dwellings of, [115], [116];
Representative Lacey on, [115], [116].
Meteorite Mountain, Arizona, [290];
theory of origin, [290], [291], [293], [295];
discovery of diamonds in, [290];
description of, [291], [292];
experiments of Dr. Foote relating to, [295].
Monroe, Harriet, on the "Painted Desert," [263];
quoted, [311];
on the Grand Cañon, [312], [313].
Montezuma Well, Arizona, [257].
Monument Park, [91].
Monument Valley, [91].
Moran, Thomas, paintings by, of the Grand Cañon, [336].
Mount Massive, ascent of, [113], [114].
Mountain climbing in Colorado, [113], [114].
Muir, John, discovers a new Petrified Forest of Arizona, [277].
Munk, Dr. Joseph A., on the cacti of Arizona, [232], [233];
on Arizona as a health resort, [234], [235].
Murphy, the Hon. N. O., opinions on the union of Arizona and New Mexico, [253], [254].
New Mexico, features of, [8];
climate of, [13];
a land of surprises, [182];
its mixed population, [182];
scenery of, [183];
ruins of, [183];
its ancient civilization, [187]-[193];
Franciscan mission churches of, [191];
archæology of, [193];
its progress in modern ideas, [194];
French expedition to, [195];
compared with Algiers, [195];
hotels in, [195];
resources of, [196], [197], [198];
irrigation in, [203], [204];
railroads of, [203];
opportunities in, [204];
fruit growing in, [205];
mineral wealth of, [205];
under Spanish rule, [214];
records of, [217];
Historical Association of, [220].
Newberry, Dr., on Arizona, [267].
Newell, Prof. N. H., on the Colorado River, [240], [241], [242].
Newspapers of the Southwest, [122];
"Greeley Tribune" quoted, [127];
"Denver Republican" quoted, [147], [158];
"The New Mexican," [225];
"The Eagle" of Santa Fé, [227].
Night, charm of travelling by, [11], [12];
at Pike's Peak, [55], [56].
Nizza, Friar Marcos de, missionary labors of, [208];
expedition of, [213].
Oñate, Juan de, founds Santa Fé, [214].
"Painted Desert," The, of Arizona, [261]-[266];
Prof. George Wharton James on, [262], [264];
Harriet Monroe on, [263].
Pajarito Park, New Mexico, [187].
Palmer, General William J., founds Colorado Springs, [85];
benefactor of the state, [89], [90], [93];
residence of, [90].
Pasadena, California, [304];
home of Prof. George Wharton James at, [305], [306].
"Pathfinders and Pioneers," Governor Alva Adams on, [118], [119], [120].
Patterson, Senator, career of, [31], [32].
Petrified Forests, the, of Arizona, [270];
a visit to, [271], [278], [279];
atmospheric effects in, [272], [273], [283];
towns in neighborhood of, [276];
metropolis of, [277];
discovery by John Muir, [277];
difficulties of visiting, [279];
three in number, [279];
area of, [279];
antiquities of, [281], [282];
preservation of, insured by the Government, [282];
the marvel of the geologist, [283];
an arid region, [284].
Phillips, Stephen, quoted, [15].
Phœnix, capital of Arizona, [243];
a tourist centre, [243];
attractions of, [245];
winter in, [245];
school system of, [252].
Pike, Major (afterwards General) Zebulon Montgomery, discovery by, [59];
his ascent of Pike's Peak, [60];
his career, [61], [62];
diary of, [62], [63].
Pike's Peak, region of, [4];
gateway of, [51];
winter at, [51];
the mountain described, [52], [53], [54];
sunsets at, [54], [55];
at night, [55], [56];
cogwheel railway of, [56];
ascent of, [57], [58];
its souvenir daily paper, [57];
summit of, [58];
discovery of, [59];
centenary of discovery celebrated, [64];
favorite excursion in vicinity of, [64].
Pilgrim Fathers, contrasted with the Colorado pioneers, [158].
"Point of Rocks," Arizona, [238].
Powell, Major John W., explores the Grand Cañon, [324], [325];
journal of his expedition, [329], [330].
Prescott, in Arizona, [237];
mines of, [237];
the "Point of Rocks" near, [238];
surrounding country, [238].
Prince, the Hon. L. Bradford, on New Mexico, [218].
Pueblo, [116], [117];
home of Governor Alva Adams in, [117];
its amenities, [121], [123];
club-house of, [121];
climate of, [122];
library of, [122];
plant of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at, [124], [125], [126].
Ranching in Colorado, [132].
Raton, New Mexico, [198].
Routt County, mineral wealth of, [39].
Salpointe, Most Rev. Dr. J. B., archbishop of New Mexico, [210].
Salt River Valley, Arizona, [230], [244], [247];
its mammoth dam, [231];
fruit-rearing in, [247].
Salton Sea, the, [242].
Salton Sink, the, [242], [243].
San Xavier, mission church of, [215], [217].
Santa Fé, consecrated by holy memories, [207];
founded by Oñate, [209], [214];
centre of archdiocese, [210];
church of San Miguel, [209], [211];
visit of Diego de Vargas to, [211];
buildings of, [212];
inhabitants of, [212];
oldest town in the United States, [214];
occupied by General Stephen W. Kearney, [218];
governed by General Lew. Wallace, [219];
"Ben Hur" written at, [219];
old palace of, [220];
society in, [220], [221];
precious stones in vicinity of, [221];
chapel of San Rosario, [221], [222];
history of, [223];
buildings of, [223].
Santa Monica, California, [303].
Seeman Tunnel, the, [35];
claims reached by, [36].
"Short Line" trip, Colorado, [4], [7], [70], [71], [72];
homes along the railway, [74];
hand-car journey on, [79], [80], [81];
Ellis Meredith's ode to, [81].
Skinner, C. M., on the Grand Cañon, [335], [336].
"Snake Dance, The," in Arizona, [258], [259], [260], [261].
Southwest, scenic attractions of, [4]-[14];
characteristics of life in, [10];
travelling facilities of, [11], [12];
gateway of, [13].
Stanton, Robert Brewster, on the Grand Cañon, [334], [335].
Stone, Lucy, and the emancipation of women, [24].
St. Peter's Dome, railway up, [4];
excursion to, [64];
ascent of, [71], [73];
view from, [72], [74].
Sugar, cultivation of, in Colorado, [139], [140], [141], [150].
Teller, the Hon. Henry M., career of, [30].
"Temple Drive," a favorite excursion in Pike's Peak region, [64].
Tennyson, Lord, quoted, [3].
Thayer, Mrs. Emma Homan, [102];
her "Wild Flowers in Colorado," [102].
Tonto Basin, mammoth dam at, [246], [248], [249], [250];
entailed the destruction of the town of Roosevelt, [247], [250].
Vaca, Cabeza de, expedition of, [213].
Vargas, Diego de, visits Santa Fé, [211], [221];
his vow to the Virgin Mary, [222].
Wallace, General Lew., governor of New Mexico, [219];
writes "Ben Hur" at Santa Fé, [219].
Walsh, Thomas F., on Colorado and Philippine interests, [140], [141], [142].
Warner, Charles Dudley, on the Grand Cañon, [322].
Washington, may give place to Denver as the capital of the Union, [49].
Water-power, in Colorado, and electricity, [104], [105], [106], [107].
Webster, Daniel, on the worthlessness of the West, [179].
Whitman, Walt, quotation from, [158].
Woman suffrage, [23], [24], [25];
in Colorado, [25], [26], [27], [28], [29];
Judge Lindsay on, [27], [28], [29].
Yachting in Colorado, [111], [112], [113].
Zumacacori, mission church of, [215].