Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

CHAPTER XX.
ARIZONA-BOUNDARIES EARI,Y HISTORY- PHYSICAL
ASPECTS-AGRICULTURAL AND MINERAL RESOURCES.
This is among the oldest settled countries on the
Pacific slope. Less is known of Arizona and the neig,hboring State of Sonora than any other portion of
our South-Western Territories. It is bounded on
the north by Nevada and Utah, on the east by New
Mexico, and on the west by the Colorado River,
which separates it from California, and embraces an
area of nearly 121,000 square miles. Arizona, to be
properly appreciated, must be considered as a whole;
known as the " Gasden Purchase," or as the Colorado River District, gives but a very limited idea of
its territory; which is necessary to a proper understanding of its varied and extensive capabilities,
and to a proper appreciation of its prospects.
The early history of this territory is that of Old
Mexico; settlements were made along the Gila River
and in some other places by the Jesuit Missionaries
from the lower provinces in 1687 Many towns
were established and settled quite rapidly. The reports of the rich mineral wealth of the new country,
cauiied for the time a large emigration. Tn 1710 re
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