MILEPOSTS

Attend a Berry Festival, Use a Solar Calendar, Get a View of Pioneer Life on the Arizona Strip SEE WHERE ARIZONA MEETS ITS NEIGHBORS

In the summer, more than 2,000 persons a day visit a remote spot six miles north of the town of Teec Nos Pos on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The Four Corners Monument, located one-quarter mile west of U.S. Route 160, is the only place in the country where four states meet. An inlaid slab erected in 1912 denotes the juncture of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. The Four Corners Demonstration Center, located near the monument, offers handmade jewelry, crafts, and traditional Navajo foods for sale. The Navajo Parks and Recreation Department collects an entrance fee of $2.50 per person to visit the monument. The monument's open every day of the year, but hours vary seasonally. Call (520) 871-6647 for more information.

OUT WICKENBURG WAY

videotape depicting the life and times of Wickenburg in music, story, and drama can be purchased from the Desert Caballeros Western Museum. "The Wickenburg Way" travels through the Hassayampa Valley's history from 1860 to 1935. The presentation of poetry and dramatic vignettes represents a compilation of existing oral histories and other documentation set to the background of original and period music. Performed by Wickenburg residents, the drama narrates the stories of the old mining town's most colorful characters.

The videotape can bepurchased in the museum's Las Señoras Giftshop for $15 plus tax. To inquire, call the Desert Caballeros Western Museum, (520) 684-2272.

THE WILD ARIZONA TRAIL

The Arizona Trail can best be described as 750 miles of continuous pristine beauty. From the Utah border at its northern edge south to Sonora, Mexico, Arizona Highways photographer Jerry Sieve captures fish. For a small additional fee, the farm's crew cleans your catch and packs it in crushed ice. Propane grills and picnic tables in the shade encourage cooks to prepare meals on the spot. The farm provides the unprepared with grill kits, complete with lemon, butter, salt and pepper, forks, and aluminum foil for $1.

The Rainbow Trout Farm is at 3500 N. Highway 89A, and its hours vary. For information, call (520) 282-5799.

ON THE LOOKOUT

Panoramic views of the Vermilion Cliffs, San Francisco Peaks, Painted Desert, and the Colorado River can be seen from the Desert View Watchtower, nestled on one of the South Rim's highest points in Grand Canyon National Park. The interior of the tower is decorated with ceremonial Hopi paintings, murals, and petroglyphs. The 70-foot tower, modeled after Southwestern pueblo ruins, was designed by the Fred Harvey Company's famed architect, Mary Jane Colter. Built from local stone with a steel framework fabricated by the Santa Fe Railway, the watchtower opened with a dedication ceremony in 1933, an event covered by radio, film, and more than 620 newspapers from around the world.

Wildflowers and bird-watching highlight the attractions at the Desert View Watchtower during the summer months.

The tower and gift shop are open daily from 8 A.M. to 7 P.M. in the summer. Admission to Grand Canyon National Park is $20 per vehicle. An additional 25-cent fee is charged to climb to the observation deck of the watchtower. To inquire, call (520) 638-2631.

LOOKING FOR THE CURE FOR WHAT AILS YOU

"Life on the Edge: A History of Medicine in Arizona," an exhibit at the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson, recounts the practice and evolution of frontier medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The exhibit also chronicles Indian healing practices and their influence on European medical traditions. Other topics covered in the exhibit include military medicine, unorthodox medicine, questionable medical devices and drugs, and the evolution of hospitals. The Arizona Historical Society's Mariposa Gallery is located at 949 W. Second Street. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. and Sunday from noon to 4 P.M., excluding major holidays. For more information, call (520) 628-5774.

ANCIENT CALENDAR HERALDS SUMMER

If you visit the Petrified Forest National Park in the morning hours between June 15 and 28, you can join rangers at Puerco Pueblo tracking time with an ancient circular solar calendar. During the sun's early morning movement, a shaft of its light projects onto a petroglyphadorned boulder behind the pueblo and travels across the surface. On June 21, at approximately 9 A.M., the light will pass through the center of a circular petroglyph, marking the summer solstice as it has for several thousand years.

Puerco Pueblo sits on the main park road midway between the north and south entrances. Admission to the park is $10 per vehicle. For more information, call the park, (520) 524-6228.

The essence of Arizona's untamed lands in a new book titled Along the Arizona Trail. The hardcover book contains more than 100 of his color landscape photogaphs.

A firsthand account of their trek by writer M. John Fayhee accompanies Sieve's photos. Together the two men encounter the trail's remarkable Southwestern vistas and its wide variety of ecosystems.

Along the Arizona Trail (128 pages, $39.95) is available at your favorite bookstore or directly from Westcliffe Publishers, P.O. Box 1261, Englewood, CO 80150; (303) 935-0900; toll-free (800) 523-3692. Richard G. Stahl

HOOK 'EM AND COOK 'EM

Fishing becomes a family activity at the Rainbow Trout Farm, four miles north of Sedona in Oak Creek Canyon. The trout, raised in the canyon's natural artesian springs, shimmer in the sunlight and beckon experienced and amateur anglers alike to try their luck. A $1 fishing fee takes the place of a fishing license and includes equipment for the poleless. The bigger the fish, the higher the trout fee; prices range from $3.25 to $6.25 per

EXPLORE THE WESTERN FRONTIER

Pipe Spring National Monument, located 14 miles west of Fredonia in northern Arizona, offers a glimpse of Western pioneer life with guided tours through a preserved Mormon ranch and demonstrations of everyday activities from the 1870s such as making cheese, cooking on a wood-burning stove, and making old-fashioned toys. Tribal members from the surrounding Kaibab-Paiute reservation offer additional demonstrations of crafts such as making moccasins and cedar-bark skirts. A half-mile loop interpretive trail climbs to an overlook behind the weathered buildings and affords a scenic view of the property's garden and orchard.

The natural spring that gives Pipe Spring its name attracted the Anasazi people a thousand years ago and more recently the nomadic Paiutes, who now live on the Kaibab reservation. In 1870 Mormon leader Brigham Young established the church's southern cattle operation here and built the fortlike Winsor Castle, named for the regal ranch superintendent Anson P. Winsor. President Harding proclaimed the site a national monument in 1923 to memorialize Western pioneer life.

Admission to Pipe Spring National Monument is $2 per person; children under 16 are admitted free. The monument is open daily from 8 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Call (520) 643-7105 for more information.

EVENTS Folk Arts Fair

June 5-6; Prescott Watch a textile artist work, from shearing sheep and dye-ing wool to weaving the col-ored strands into a shimmering length of cloth. During the 26th Annual Folk Arts Fair at the Sharlot Hall Museum, a multitude of artisans and hobby-ists will celebrate traditional skills and crafts also including quilting, woodworking, and candlemaking. Other weekend activities include military re-enactments of Indian battles and continuous live entertain-ment by fiddlers and folk dancers. Admission to the fair is free; a dona-tion is requested for museum admission. Hours both days are 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Information: (520) 445-3122.

Cool Corn and Melon Celebration

June 5-6; Goodyear Take a break from the summer heat at the Duncan Family Farm's Fifth Annual Cool Corn and Melon Celebration. Attractions include melon carving and tasting, the farm's water play areas, and the festive sounds of live calypso music. A petting zoo, kiddie cattle train rides, and a hoop and dunk tank occupy the children. Stock up on super sweet corn, vine-ripened tomatoes, and several varieties of melons from the spread's u-pick-'em gardens. Hours are 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. both days. Admission is $2. Information: (602) 853-0111.

National Trails Day

June 5-6; Pinetop-Lakeside Guided hikes, mountain biking, and horseback rides offer several ways to enjoy the pine-shaded pathways near the edge of the Mogollon Rim during the Seventh Annual National Trails Day Celebration. The networking trails in Woodland Lake Park and the White Mountains Trailsystem highlight this year's romp. Bring your horse, your boots,

Photo Workshops CREATE YOUR OWN MASTERPIECE

For those who prefer to capture images with a brush and pigment, the Friends of Arizona Highways has created a six-day workshop to introduce them to the onetime mining town of Jerome, the red sandstone monoliths, cliffs, and pinnacles of Sedona, and the alpine meadows of Humphreys Peak.

Under the direction of award-winning artist Lewis Lehrman and Gary Bennett, illustrator and former creative director of Arizona Highways, participants will receive hands-on instruction and advice for acquiring the shapes, tones, and textures of the West in the "Southwest Landscape Workshop," October 2-7.

Lehrman will lead watercolorists through the creative process of capturing the diverse Arizona landscapes while Bennett will assist artists preferring to work in oil.

For more information and a schedule of Photo Workshops, contact the Friends of Arizona Highways, P.O. Box 6106, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6106; (602) 271-5904.

Or your bike for a day of out-door appreciation. Free ad-mission. Information: (520) 368-6700.

Strawberry Festival

June 12; Strawberry The quaint community of Strawberry, 19 miles north of Payson, will commemorate its namesake with a festival featur-ing everything from succulent strawberry pie to Strawberry Sparkle, a beverage made with hand-crushed berries and a slew of secret ingredients. The hamlet earned its name from the abundance of wild straw-berries that once grew in the area. Activities in the his-toric 1800s schoolhouse complete the celebration of the Ninth Annual Strawberry Festival. Festivities and food sampling run from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Admission is free. In-formation: (520) 476-3064 or toll-free (800) 672-9766.

Las Fiestas de San Juan Bautista

June 18-19; St. Johns A variety show, dances, a barbeque, parade, and a spe-cial mass in honor of San Juan Bautista highlight this festi-val, which has been an annual event in the Apache County seat since 1875. The town, original-ly settled in 1866, was suppos-edly named San Juan in honor of the community's first female resident, Señora Maria San Juan Baca de Padilla, and later changed to St. Johns by postal authorities. Free admission. Information: (520) 337-2000.

Old Miners' Day

June 26; Chloride Pull up a curb and watch the procession of floats, hors-es, antique cars, and fire trucks parade through town in honor of the men who worked the area's silver mines. Founded in the 1860s as a result of the Silver Hill strike, this town claims fame as the first min-ing camp set up in northwest-ern Arizona. The day's revelries wouldn't be complete without the reenactments of gunfight-ing in the streets, vaudeville acts, and the big parade. Free admission. Information: (520) 565-2204.