GHOST TOWNS OF THE ZUNI MOUNTAINS MY FRIEND ED ABBEY WOULD TELL ME NOT TO SHARE
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dward Abbey was my generation’s voice for wilderness. I got to know him in Salt Lake City in 1970. Many of his readers were put off by his criticism of a wilderness for all attitudes. Abbey believed that access wasn’t for everyone for obvious reasons. Today our hidden mountains are riddled with roads any car can navigate. Ed would definitely hate the logging. 1908 WINTER LOGGING WITH OXEN, SOUTH OF THOREAU KNOWN AS RED ROCKS. Many local folk have look at the mountains insult to injury, I saw one deer had an exchange like because of a blockage and only three hen turkeys. I have this: Statement: “There of site lines. You are bears in the Zuni can only see the Mountains.” Reply: Zuni Mountains “What mountains?” properly in the They don’t see peaks. high country. We all know that I was prompted mountains have to have to do this piece peaks—and trees, and because last critters, and maybe a week I visited few wild flowers. an aspen grove Crossing America, where I saw the roads and tracks are an abandoned located in the easiest railroad grade. terrain pos- sible. OXEN SHOE There is now a Technically, a railroad wide, graveled cannot be steeper than logging road down that little a four per cent grade. If you look canyon. For the most part constantly to the south between the grade is gone. And to add THE GUAM STATION AND WAREHOUSE. Gallup and Grants there is no clear
