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Show side of Barth's ranch house near the Zuni River, which crosses the boundary line into Arizona not over a half mile east of this place. A random collection of sherds was made from the surface of this ruin. There are reported to be similar ruins on the low hills here, but the press of time would not permit a visit to them. Mr. Nelson found a small ruin about three miles west of the Arizona line and north of the river. Early United States General Land Office Surveys conducted on townships through which the Kolhu/wala:wa trail passes confirm that portions of the trail were improved by non-Zunis along much of the We:sak'yaya Onnane route to facilitate travel between Anglo settlements in Arizona and New Mexico.225 After the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad reached the New Mexico state line in 1881, Holbrook Station was accessible by rail on the Little Colorado and the portion of the Camp Apache road between Ojo Caliente and present-day Highway 666 went into disuse for most purposes. 226 Analysis of 1930s aerial photography confirms the presence of early wagon roads along the route, roads that by the 1930s were already showing signs of 227 significant age. Sitgreaves, the Camp Apache mail carriers and those who made the Gallup/Saint Johns road followed the Zuni trail closely as they made the route 225. Stauber, Ronald L. "Early U.S. General Land Office Surveys along the Zuni-Koluwala:wa Pilgrimage Trail," MS, 4/7/86. Survey maps to selected townships. Stauber, Ronald L. "Notations from Surveyors' Notebooks," April 9, 1986. 226. Myrick, David F. New Mexico's Railroads! An Historical Survey; Colorado Railroad Museum; Golden, Colorado; 1970; pp. 29-34T Wheeler, 1889 op. cit., p. 60. 227. Appel, John 1936 Aerial photographs #2810-2812, 2823-2831, 2054-4056 4060-4063, 4116-4118, 4172-4175, 4248-4251, and 4294-4295, Record Group No. 114,' National Archives, with notes and analysis, also plotted on 7.5" Quadrangle Maps. - 146 - |
