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From: Arizona: A State Guide
New York: Hastings House, 1940
"Following a roundabout route between the Utah Line and the Mexican border, US 89, more than any other road, displays the great diversity of Arizona land and life. Though running through long arid stretches it is never monotonous; there is always a brilliance of color, constantly changing, that makes the wasteland memorable--yellows, browns, reds, dull greens, becoming purple in distant mountains, below a sky that is intense blue, pale green, fiery red, according to the time of day."
"The people along the route are as varied as the country, which ranges from plateau more than a mile above sea-level and snow patched even in summer to the subtropical Salt River Valley; along the northern end are lumberjacks living in camps, near the center are Arizona metropolitans in houses of extremely modern design, and along the lower end are the Mexicans---whose adobe houses can always be identified from far in the fall by the strings of scarlet chili peppers. Wild animal life is abundant--deer and antelope graze within sight of motorists, Mexican quail dart from mesquite and sagebrush beside the road, and road runners streak across the road itself ahead of oncoming cars."
To see how US 89 meandered through Arizona see: http://ushwy89.blogspot.com/2017/11/us-89-project-begins.html
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