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HISTORIC PANORAMAS III

The

Geronimo Monument

By JOSEF and JOYCE MUENCHThis stone monument on U.S. Highway 80 in south-eastern Arizona 10 miles from the New Mexico border,commemorates the end of all Indian warfare in theUnited States. A few miles east, in Skeleton Canyon,the Apache Geronimo surrendered to U.S. Army troopson September 5, 1880. He and his followers were sentto Fort Pickens, Florida, for two years before beingallowed to join their families in Alabama. Geronimohimself was later moved to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, wherehe remained for the rest of his life.Travelers passing the lonely pillar with its legend,can hardly be expected to comprehend the differencebetween the present peace of the region and what earlysettlers tell of life with the Apaches apt to appear fromany clump of brush or hidden canyon mouth.If it meant peace to the white man, the surrenderspelled to the Indian the cancelling of a 400 year oathto keep his foes from the desert land with its rollinghills and valleys, its mountains and freedom.Old stone metates are imbedded in the monumentshaft.DESERT MAGAZINE

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April 29-May 19—23rd Annual Jun-ior Indian Art Show, Museum ofNorthern Arizona,

Flagstaff.

May

1—Annual

Reunion and Picnicof the Buckeye and West GilaValley Old Settlers Union, atBuckeye, Arizona.May 1 — Fiesta and Spring CornDance, San Felipe Pueblo, NewMexico.May

1-4—Las

Damas Trek, Wicken-burg, Arizona.May 3—Santa Cruz Corn Dance andCeremonial Races, Taos, N. M.May 3-4 — Annual Regional MusicFestival, Tucson.May 3-5—Cinco De Mayo Celebra-tions (Mexican Independence Day)at Nogales and Gilbert, Arizona,and other border towns.May 4-5—Saugus, California, AnnualRodeo.May 4-5—Desert Panorama Exhibits,China Lake, California.May 4-5, 11-12—30th presentation ofthe Ramona Pageant, Hemet,

Calif.

May 5 — Colorado River Regatta,Parker, Arizona.May 5—Blythe, California, Women'sRiding Club Stampede and Rodeo.May 10 — Golden Spike Ceremony,Promontory, Utah.May 10-11 — Eastern New MexicoUniversity Rodeo, Portales.May 10-12 — Lone Pine, California,Stampede.May 11-12—Santa Barbara and Riv-erside Chapters of the Sierra Clubjoint trip to Joshua Tree NationalMonument, California. Camp atHidden Valley.May 11-26—31st Annual WildflowerShow, Julian, California.May 12 — Desert Protective Councilmeets at Lolomi Lodge, San Ja-cinto Mtns.May 12—Palo Verde Festival, Tucson.May 12-13—Industrial Days, Hender-son, Nevada.May 14-15 — San Ysidro Processionand Blessing of Fields, Taos, NewMexico.May 15-26—Spring Landscape Show,Tucson.May 17-19—23rd Annual Elks Hell-dorado and Rodeo, Las Vegas, Ne-vada.May 18-19—Grubstake Days, YuccaValley, California.May 18-19—Tucson Festival Events:Children's Parade on 18th; Fiestade la Placita on 19th.May 22-25 — Cotton Carnival, Cal-exico,California.May 22-26—Junior Chamber Circus,Lancaster, California.May 25-26—Fiesta de San Felipe deNeri, Albuquerque.May 26—Horse Show, Sonoita, Ariz.May 26—Pictograph Tour of WhiteOaks — Three Rivers area, fromAlamogordo, New Mexico.May 27—Homecoming Day, Caliente,Nevada.May 27-June 21—Historic Map Ex-hibit, Museum of Northern Ari-zona,

Flagstaff.

May

29-31,

June 1 — Elks Rodeo,Carlsbad, New Mexico.May 31—Spring Jamboree, Valley ofthe Sun Square Dance Festival,Phoenix.May 31, June

1-2—2nd

Annual KidsRodeo, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

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Blossom of prickly pear cactus.By HARRY VROMANThe Geronimo MonumentBy JOSEF and JOYCE MUENCH 2May events on the desert 3Pioneer Ranchers on the YampaBy NELL MURBARGER 4Flowering Predictions for May 6Decorative Desert HedgesBy JESSIE CALLAN KENNEDY 9Plants that Thrive in Saline SoilsBy EDMUND C. JAEGERPicture-of-the-Month Contest announcement . .They Harvest Desert GlassBy JANE ATWATERAbout those who write for DesertLost Silver in the TrigosBy HAROLD O. WEIGHTYucca, and other poemsPictures of the MonthHow the Sun and a Tortoise Saved Little Denny'sLife, by HELENA RIDGWAY STONE . . .Mountains Are for EveryoneBy LOUISE WERNERHard Rock Shorty of Death ValleyComment from Desert's readersA test of your desert knowledgeSouthwest river runoff predictionsFrom here and there on the desertCurrent news of desert minesLatest developments in the industryGems and Minerals"Solar Wrought" Jewelry from an InexpensiveSun-Powered Kiln, by D. S. HALACY, JR. . .Amateur Gem Cutter, by DR. H. C. DAKE . . .Reviews of Southwestern LiteratureJust Between You and Me, by the Editor . . .

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