The Resources of Arizona: A Description of Its Mineral, Farming, Grazing and Timber Lands; Its Rivers, Mountains, Valleys and Plains; Its Cities, Towns and Mining Camps; Its Climate and Productions; with Brief Sketches of Its Early History, Pre-historic Ruins, Indian Tribes ... EtcA. L. Bancroft & Company, printers, 1883 - 275 strani |
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The Resources of Arizona: A Description of Its Mineral, Farming, Grazing and ... Patrick Hamilton Predogled ni na voljo - 2015 |
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Stran 253 - The interior of the house consists of five halls; the three middle ones being of one size, and the two extreme ones longer. The three middle ones are twenty-six feet in length from north to south, and ten feet in breadth from east to west.
Stran 253 - It was then (1540) four stories high, with walls six feet in thickness. Around it were many other ruins, with portions of their walls yet standing, which would go to prove that a city of no inconsiderable dimensions once existed here. As showing its great antiquity, it is mentioned that the...
Stran 9 - ... and Pimas. The Apaches resented the intrusion of the Spaniards by a resistance that did not abate until they were removed to Florida. In May, 1768, the Franciscans succeeded the Jesuits. The missions became ruins until only San Xavier del Bac is the one alone remaining in a state of preservation. » The public mind throughout New Spain was wrought up to a high pitch of excitement by the news which Padre de Niza brought on his return. The desire to extend the dominion of the Cross produced In...
Stran 17 - February 24, 1863, has for its northern boundary the State of Nevada and the Territory of Utah; on the east it is bounded by New Mexico; on the south by the Mexican State of Sonora; and on the west by the States of California and Nevada. Within these limits is embraced an area of 113,916 square miles, or 72,906,240 acres, being nearly twice the area of the six New England States.
Stran 12 - Guadalupe in 1847, all that portion of the territory north of the Gila River was ceded to the United States. At that time there was not a single white inhabitant in all that vast region...
Stran 201 - The climate in winter is finer than that of Italy. It would scarcely be possible to suggest an improvement. I never experienced such exquisite Christmas weather as we enjoyed during our sojourn.
Stran 17 - The greatest distance from north to south is about 400 miles and from east to west 350 miles. The nearest point to the sea is just under 500 miles.
Stran 47 - Arizona Is situated In Southwestern United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the west by Nevada and California, and on the south by Mexico. Vast reaches of arid and semi-arid lands, useless before Irrigating water was turned on, have been made highly productive. Agriculture has greatly increased, and new irrigation projects promise further enrichment. The topography...
Stran 218 - ... glass : the trunks of the trees stood up from it, their branches dipped into it ; and as we wound in and out among them, putting aside a bough here and there, or stooping to float under a green arbor, the reflection of every leaf was so perfect that wood and water seemed to melt into each other, and it was difficult to say where the one began and the other ended. Silence and shade so profound brooded over the whole scene that the mere ripple of our paddles seemed a disturbance. After half an...
Stran 218 - ... This was the mission of San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson. McClintock states that a Catholic school was established at Tucson in 1866 under a teacher named Vincent, and that in 1870 the Sisters of St. Joseph organized a girls' school there and erected buildings.1 Of this school for girls Hamilton says: The first regular educational establishment was opened by the Sisters of St. Joseph, in Tucson. For years this was the only school in the Territory, and from many isolated towns and settlements parents...