Salt River Canyon

Mountain lions, snakes and scorpions, Oh my! (Apache country and the Salt)

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May 30th 2009
"Yer lucky them lions didn't gecha!" he grinned. The natural reaction to a comment like this coming from a guy with three visible teeth and a heavy yokle accent is incredulity. Unless, as was the case, the commentator is a local Apache who grew up just up river from where I was camped the night before. "I wouldn't'a slep' out dere!" he giggled as a follow-up. I had worried about mountain lion ... read more

North America » United States » Arizona » White Mountain Apache Reservation

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more