Arizona Highways July 1976 [SOLD]

Arizona Highways July 1976

Condition: very good condition with previous owner's name written in ink several times.

In this Issue 

Traditional use of Patriotic Designs in American Indian Art

It may seem unusual that the American Indian should use patriotic symbols belonging to cultures other than his own for decoration and expression, however, the use of such patriotic symbols did persist in the past and continues to persist today.

Flagstaff: One Century Old

The chronicle of northern Arizona’s largest city began a century after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  On July Fourth of this year (1976) — the historic date of America’s Bicentennial — Flagstaff marks her hundredth birthday.

The Camels are Coming! The Camels are Coming!

Secretary of War Jefferson Davis convinced the U. S. Congress to appropriate $30,000 in 1855 for an army experiment to see if the use of camels as beasts of burden in the Southwest was practical.  About 75 of the animals were purchased in the Middle East and brought to this country along with some experienced camel drivers from that same part of the world.  

Salt River Drainage Basin Rocks and Recreation

The area known as the Verde-Salt River basin has moved up and down many times—forming mountain ranges, then sea bottoms, then mountains again.  Structurally, this basin was outlined during the Mazatzal Revolution 1-½ billion years ago—a significant geological event in what is now central Arizona.