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ONE OF HISTORY'S MOST FAMOUS MAPS
In 1701 Eusebio Kino drew this amazingly accurate map of the upper reaches ofthe Gulf of California to show that California was not an island as believed.
For a story on Kino, see page
14
Publisher's
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Desert Magazine's
loyal readers onceagain have started our Christmas gift sub-scription program toward what appears tobe another record. Few magazines in theworld enjoy the responsiveness that
Desert
can claim.The highest endorsement that a readercan give
Desert
is to think enough of themagazine to want to send it to a friend asa Christmas gift. Happily, we have hadthousands of these best-of-all-endorsementsalready this season and thousands morewill be coming in before Christmas Dayarrives in a few weeks.* * *This month's
Desert Magazine
concen-trates on the southern Arizona and northernSonora areas. For those who like theirwide-open spaces garnished with saguaro-studded valleys, abrupt lava cones, anddeep-torn canyons, the section of the South-west that we feature this month representsthe best of the desertland.Those who like to travel will be especi-ally interested in the new Mexican highwaythat starts at Mexicali, cuts across towardthe pleasant Sonoran village of Santa Ana,and there connects with the highway thatleads south to Hermosillo and Guaymas.I plan to be on the road the day afterChristmas, to wander a few days throughthe vast vistas of upper Sonora.* * *It is appropriate at this Christmas sea-son to honor the memory of Eusebio Kino,who died 250 years ago, yet whose nameis becoming ever more strongly associatedwith the area he helped to Christianize inthe late 1600s and early 1700s.This month's Kino story tells of a manwho was more than a missionary. He was,first of all, a man. He had to be to traversethe wastelands as he did, accomplish thework he did, leave the history he did in aland that was barren, hostile, and primitive.This padre was exploring Pimeria Alta
about the time Philadelphia was founded.
* * *One of our articles carries us far aheadof Kino into the earlier pre-literate ageswhen a vast Indian colony dwelt in upperMexico. Today the remains of their cultureare being uncovered, dusty layer by dustylayer, at Casas Grandes.And to bring us up-to-date, we also tellyou about Dude Ranches. I wonder if thearcheologists of the 2200s will dig in thesites of ancient dude ranches and formtheir opinions of us from the incineratorashes and bottle tops.* * *This month the Desert Gallery has aone-man show by John Hilton, noted artist,rasp-voiced singer of Western ballads, andraconteur. The public is welcome.Cordially,CHUCK SHELTONPublisher
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March 3, 1879. Title registered No.358865 in U.S. Patent Office, andcontents copyrighted 1960 by DesertMagazine, Inc. Permission to reproduce contentsmust be secured from the editor in writing.
Contents
for
December,
I960
Volume23Number12
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-magazine
of
the
Outdoor Southwest-
Special Commemorative Issue
On People and
Places
In
PIMERIA ALTA
(modern-day Southern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora)
Explored, Mapped, Christianized and Colonized By
Susebio Jranciseo Kino
the 250th anniversary of whose death will be markedthroughout the
Sagiiaro
Desert in 1961
Cover
Map
A ReminderArcheology-ArcheologyPersonalityIndiansTucson
Art
RecreationNatureControversy
Map
Back Cover
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Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia uses candles on the outstretchedarms of a cholla cactus for outdoor Christmas decorations.Photo by Peter Balestrero of Western Ways Features. For astory on DeGrazia, see page 22. His painting, "PapagoHarvest," appears on the back cover.Kino Shows the Land Route to CaliforniaThe First ChristmasPlugging the Cultural GapThe Casas Grandes "Dig"Eusebio Kino, Southwest PioneerThe Unfinished CeremonyAsh AlleyTed DeGraziaDude Ranch VacationJuniper TreesTrouble on the Colorado
Jordan DetzerRobert H. ListerW. Thetford LeVinessWeldon F. HealdLaura Adams ArmerEugene L. ConrottoThomas LesureEdmund C. JaegerLucile Weight
A New Highway Cuts Through Kinoland"Papago Harvest"
Artist: Ted DeGrazia
— also —Letters from our Readers: 5Desert Quiz: 13 36: 1960 IndexContest for Writers: 34 38: EditorialPoem of the Month: 34 39: Trading Post ClassifiedsSouthwest News Briefs: 35 42: Hard Rock Shorty
Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs sub-mitted cannot be returned or acknowledged unlessfull return postage is enclosed. Desert Magazineassumes no responsibility for damage or loss ofmanuscripts or photographs although due carewill be exercised. Subscribers should send noticeof change of address by the first of the monthpreceding issue.•Address all editorial and circulation correspon-dence to Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, California.Address ail advertising correspondence to—Going/Wright Advertising, 560 N. Larchmont,Los Angeles, 4, Calif. Phone HO 6-2854.•CHARLES E. SHELTONpublisherEUGENE L. CONROTTO
editor
EVONNE RIDDELLcirculation manager
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I have a pendant of a little Indian Girl etched in black on sterling signed DeGrazia. I acquried this in the 1980's. Please advise of the value and the first name of the artist? Thanks liz
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