the old Governor’s Palace, the museum o£ New Mexico
Otfers interesting relics of Indian, Spanish and Pueblo.
Here General Lew Wallace wrote his famous book, Ben Hur,
Taking his description from scenes which nightly occur.
On the low, flat roofs of the houses, after the sun goes down,
The soft notes of guitar and violin are heard in Mexican town;
Mingling with singing voices or happy children at play,
in the cool sweet breeze from the mountains, which comes at the
close of day.
Front El Paso west to Tombstone; relic of lawless days now passed;
Of those famous “bad men,” cow-punchers and Indian scouts, the
last.
Into Tuscon with its missions, San Xavier del Bac And San Jose de Tumacacori, a picturesque ruin black.
Westward thru the Rockies the Trail passes the Pueblos old, Sought by Coronado, the seven fabled cities of gold.
Tucson northwest to Phoenix, among canyons and valleys you go; Visit Roosevelt Dam; see the waters of irrigation flow,
Transforming the American Desert into a Garden of Paradise; Vhere were sage brush and cactus now are fruits, vegetables, rice
®ee the ruins of Aztec Houses, the Hieroglyphic Rocks,
T^tUS National Park, the Indian Mounds, the marvelous bird flocks.
e a side trip to the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the Thru th	world,
, 6 ages tlle forces of Nature have carved and hurled
bunder thp m ■ a,
Midw	mighty Rockies, forming a chasm gigantic,
y °a tlle American continent, between the Pacific and the
Atlantic.
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