Download or read book Mineral Resources of the Chiricahua Wilderness Area Cochise County Arizona written by Harald Drewes and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chiricahua Mountains written by and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, these mountains represent the Apache stronghold of Geronimo. For others, they are a birdwatcher's paradise. But the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona are more than this. They are a classic "sky island" of the desert, a rich storehouse of biologic diversity. The Chiricahuas comprise the largest single range in southern Arizona, crisscrossed by more than 300 miles of trails. Lamberton is your guide along these trails, and his knowledge of the mountains and their natural history makes him a perfect hiking companion, while Jeff Garton's stunning photographs enrich your visit. Lamberton shares insights about the geology, habitats, and diversity of wildlife in a place of such isolation that species must either adapt or become extinct. We learn why the Chiricahuas are so popular with birders, who flock to these mountains from around the world in hopes of spotting some of the nearly four hundred avian species found here. We also learn something of the Chiricahua's rich human culture, from Apache warriors to European settlers. Gracing the text are more than a dozen black-and-white photographs by Garton that offer views of the Chiricahuas different from those usually found in tourist brochures: landscapes and riparian settings, rock formations and plant studies that give readers a lasting impression of the beauty and tranquility of this wilderness. Together, words and images convey an intimate view of one of the Southwest's most exotic locations - stronghold, paradise, and everlasting island in the vast and rolling desert.
Download or read book Wilderness Recommendations for Chiricahua National Monument Arizona written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chiricahua Mountains written by Ken Lamberton and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, these mountains represent the Apache stronghold of Geronimo. For others, they are a birdwatcher's paradise. But the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona are more than this. They are a classic "sky island" of the desert, a rich storehouse of biologic diversity. On a journey undertaken in search of a pair of rare short-tailed hawks, Ken Lamberton takes readers on an excursion through these mountains, from their riparian canyons to their highest peaks. The Chiricahuas comprise the largest single range in southern Arizona, crisscrossed by more than 300 miles of trails. Lamberton is your guide along these trails, and his knowledge of the mountains and their natural history makes him a perfect hiking companion while Jeff Garton's stunning photographs enrich your visit. Lamberton shares insights about the geology, habitats, and diversity of wildlife in a place of such isolation that species must either adapt or become extinct. The Chiricahuas are one link in a chain of mountains connecting the Rockies to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico, and some Madrean species reach the northernmost extension of their ranges here: birds like sulphur-bellied flycatchers, mammals like jaguarundis, and trees like the Apache pine. But this is not an untraveled wilderness. We learn why the Chiricahuas are so popular with birders, who flock to these mountains from around the world in the hopes of spotting some of the nearly four hundred avian species found here. We also learn something of the Chiricahua's rich human culture, from Apache warriors to European settlers. Gracing the text are more than a dozen black-and-white photographs by Jeff Garton that offer views of the Chiricahuas different from those usually found in tourist brochures: landscapes and riparian settings, rock formations and plant studies that give readers a lasting impression of the beauty and tranquility of this wilderness. Together words and images convey an intimate view of one of the Southwest's most exotic locations—stronghold, paradise, and everlasting island in the vast and rolling desert.
Download or read book Proposed Wilderness Areas written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Portal to Paradise written by Alden C. Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arizona's rugged Chiricahua Mountains have a special place in frontier history. They were the haven of many well-known personalities, from Cochise to Johnny Ringo, as well as the home of prospectors, cattlemen, and hardscrabble farmers eking out a tough living in an unforgiving landscape. In this delightful and well-researched book, Alden Hayes shares his love for the area, gained over fifty years. From his vantage point near the tiny twin communities of Portal and Paradise on the eastern slopes of the Chiricahuas, Hayes brings the famous and the not-so-famous together in a profile of this striking landscape, showing how place can be a powerful formative influence on people's lives. When Hayes first arrived in 1941 to manage his new father-in-law's apple orchard, he met folks who had been born in Arizona before it became a state. Even if most had never personally worried about Indian attacks, they had known people who had. Over the years, Hayes heard the handed-down stories about the area's early days of Anglo settlement. He also researched census records, newspaper archives, and the files of the Arizona Historical Society to uncover the area's natural history, prehistory, Spanish and Mexican regimes, and particularly its Anglo history from the mid nineteenth century to the beginning of World War II. His book is a rich account of the region and more, a celebration of rural life, brimming with tales of people whose stories were shaped by the landscape. Today the Chiricahuas are a magnet for outdoor enthusiasts and the site of the American Museum of Natural History's Southwestern Research Station—and still a rugged area that remains off the beaten track. Hayes brings his straightforward and articulate style to this captivating account of earlier days in southeastern Arizona and opens up a portal to paradise for readers everywhere.
Download or read book Chiricahua National Monument Arizona General Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chiricahua Mountains written by Weldon Fairbanks Heald and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona are one of nature?s last strongholds. Separated from other mountains by wide desert valleys, these ?sky islands? have developed an unusual ecology, history, and charm. Weldon Heald, former director of the Sierra Club, traveled through the Chiricahuas on foot and horseback every season of the year, and here provides a fascinating look at its history, its wildlife, and its breathtaking natural splendor.
Download or read book Proposed Wilderness Areas Chiricahua National Monument Arizona written by United States. National Park Service. Western Regional Office and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mineral Resources of the Chiricahua Wilderness Area Cochise County Arizona written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chiricahua National Monument Arizona written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chiricahua N M Proposed Wilderness written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiking Trails and Wilderness Routes of the Chiricahua Mountains Coronado National Forest Arizona written by Cachor Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chiricahua Mountains written by William Ascarza and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With elevations above nine thousand feet, dense vegetation and unique rock formations, the Chiricahua Mountains are a unique wildlife refuge and natural botanic reserve. Inhabited by Apaches and then homesteaders, the U.S. Cavalry, miners, outlaws and tourists, this range has retained its allure through time. Apache legend Geronimo surrendered in 1886 to General Nelson Miles in Skeleton Canyon, on the east side of the Chiricahuas in the neighboring Peloncillo Mountains. Johnny Ringo and Curly Bill Brocius led the outlaws in the short-lived town of Galeyville. Chiricahua National Monument was created in 1924, and the Civilian Conservation Corps arrived in the 1930s to build trails, rock structures and fire lookouts. Join author William Ascarza as he tours the natural and human histories of this magnificent Arizona mountain range.
Download or read book Vegetation and Flora of the Chiricahua Wilderness Area written by James R. Leithliter and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mineral Resources of the Chiricahua Wilderness Area Chochise County Arizona written by Harald Drewes and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mineral Resources of the Chiricahua Wilderness Area Cochise County Arizona Classic Reprint written by Harald Drewes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mineral Resources of the Chiricahua Wilderness Area, Cochise County, Arizona The Chiricahua Wilderness encompasses about 28 square miles of the rugged central part of the Chiricahua Mountains near the southeast corner of Arizona. The Chiricahua Mountains are a fault block typical of many of the ranges in southeastern Arizona. The rocks in the wilderness are mainly weakly deformed mid-tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks chiefly rhyolite and monzonite that lie on shale and sandstone of Cretaceous age. Paleozoic formations, such as the Permian Concha Limestone exposed 2 miles northeast of the wilderness, presumably are present locally at a depth of several thou sand feet beneath the wilderness. The Cretaceous and older rocks of the area are considerably folded and faulted, but the mid-tertiary volcanic rocks are nearly flat and have been deformed only by a few high-angle faults. Southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico is a region of high mineral production. Evidence indicates, however, that the wilderness itself has very low mineral potential, inasmuch as the volcanic rocks covering most of the wilderness are younger than the major mineralization of the region, which is Late Cretaceous or early Tertiary. Furthermore, the mineralization in the Cretaceous and older rocks exposed within a few miles of the wilderness is mostly weak and at only one place, 6 miles to the north, is of modest size. Thus, although the occurrence of similar deposits beneath the thick cover of volcanic rocks is conceivable, finding such deposits would be difficult, and recovering the metals in them would not be economically attractive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
