Of Books and Artifacts

In . . . the valley settlers agitated for the selection of a townsite . . .

others, to form the "Swilling Company" for digging a canal from the Salt River to irrigate approximately 4,000 acres of rich valley land.

In the fall of 1869, after having formed the company and started work on the canal digging, "Lord" Duppa as he was called occasionare all around you; a prehistoric civilization existed in this valley. Let the new city arise from the ashes of these ruins. Let us call the city that is to be built Phoenix."

After Duppa explained the meaning of the word, all agreed that Phoenix was the very name and so the address, "Phoenix, Salt River Today's civilization rises from the ashes of the past. It is doubtful if the new will surpass the old masonry, water ditches, or pottery, but it will infinitely go beyond it in production, in refinement, in the useful arts, in population, and in the space that it will fill in the history of Arizona and that of the American ". . . The back room of Dr. Thibodo's drug store was the gathering place for various men of the town . . ."

Actually, with J. L. Larsen, a Dane, Swilling and Starar, Americans, was seated on the newly made ditch bank discussing a list of supplies to be ordered from Prescott. It was a co-partnership communication, representing the joint order of the Swilling Company for needed food, clothing and working tools. When the letter was completed, the question arose: "It goes to Prescott, but whence does it come?"

"We have no name for this place," one of the four spoke up, "so let's give it a name. Will someone suggest a name?"

"Let's call it Stonewall," Swilling said. Starar, in a sarcastic tone, said, "Yes, call it Stonewall." Swilling, a southerner, was displeased and said, "Well, someone name it."

"I think Salina would be a good name," said Starar. To this Larsen replied, "No, we don't want to name it that; that means a salt marsh. Let us not give out the impression by its name that this valley is a salt swamp or alkali flat."

"Then," said Duppa, "let me suggest the name. This canal was partly built in a time forgotten now. Prehistoric cities, now in ruins,Valley," was written for the first time.

"The man who first named the present settlement," wrote Sylvester Mowry in October, 1870, "did so with a last gasp at his classics, calling it 'Phoenix' and did well in so doing.continent."

As the "Phoenix Settlement" grew and additional families came in, new ditches were dug and more land was placed under irriga-tion (Continued on Page Fifty-five) ". . . Duppa . . . became known as a leader in civilian sorties against the Apaches . . ."

In this treasure house, the Heard Museum, ten thousand priceless specimens of primitive art are on display. This fine collection, representing the color and inventive genius of yesterday's peoples, as well as fine specimens of more recent times, is the result of a life time of searching out rare artifacts by Mrs. Maie B. Heard and her late husband, Dwight B. Heard, in their travels throughout the world. (Joseph Miller photos.)

OF BOOKS AND ARTIFACTS TELLING THE PLACES IN PHOENIX WHERE THE PHOENICIAN AND THE VISITOR ALIKE ARE WELCOME TO FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF BOOKS AND REMEMBRANCES OF DISTANT TIMES AND THINGS.

SEVERAL hundred years ago, on the site of the present city of Phoenix, another civilization of people dwelled, as is evident by the discovery and partial excavation of ruins of their homes and the recovery from these ruins, of artifacts, intricate and beautiful. The prehis toric ruin, La Cuidad (The City) is located at Nineteenth and Polk Streets. The Heard Museum, at 22 East Monte Vista road, is the permanent depository for artifacts recovered from La Cuidad. Unfortunately a great number of articles were removed from this ruin before it was taken over by Mr. Heard in 1927.

When Mr. and Mrs. Dwight B. Heard came to Arizona in 1894, they became greatly interested in the culture and history of the Indians of the Southwest, and gradually accumulated a representative collection of primitive crafts. The Heard Museum was built by them to make this collection available to the public. The grounds, building and contents were endowed and given to the public, and over a period of more than two score of years, the collection has been built up by Mrs. Maie B. Heard and her late husband. On their various journeys throughout the world, rare relics were purchased by Mr. andMrs. Heard. For purposes of comparison there were procured prehistoric and later specimens from Egypt, Palestine, Central America, Hawaii, the South Sea Islands, Mexico and other world points. There are some stone implements from our eastern states, moundbuilder's pottery, bone beads, pipes and other articles. In recent years several valuable Indian blankets have been added to the collection. In massive glass cases some of the rarest rugs, scarcely to be duplicated anywhere on earth, in a variety of weavings and materials, are on display. There is a room containing artifacts, the handiwork of prehistoric Indians of Northern Arizona, pottery, cooking pots of clay, bowls, pitchers and crocks, yucca fibre twine sandals and body coverings. Aside from the bone daggers, stone implements, arrow heads and shell jewelry taken from La Cuidad, one of the rooms contains ar-