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| no partners | | A guy from work took me and some of his family out to what was their great, great grandmothers land grant from the BIA or tribe (so maybe back in the 1870s to 1900 time frame). She farmed it and had an orchard of apricot, peaches, and apples, as well as a small vineyard. Even then, the Rez wasn't dry. Well, I don't know. There are a number of these small canyon farms up there as well as at least one old archeological site. Everything is pretty much abandoned, but the "owners" of the one we visited want to get it going again. Trouble is, there is a lot of evidence of floods, and they have taken their toll on the farms, and most trees are dead, or long past being maintained for fruit production. You can definitely tell that apricot trees do well in dry conditions, as they had lots of large, deep green leaves, whereas peach trees require more water and their leaves were very small. It's a shame the orchards have deteriorated as they have, as they would be really nice to see producing. Most of the trees are long dead and gone, so in reality, the area is reverting back to how it was 200 years ago, except cows are there.
There is a nice spring with some pools up there, and Oso and Toby enjoyed a swim in them. Stopped at the archeological site on the way in, and saw some ruins and pottery shards. All in all, a pretty nice afternoon hike up a very scenic canyon. |
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