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Mrs Hatchard joined us in Phoenix about Jan. 14 - (1926) Soon after she came we joined Mr and Mrs Will Perry and family, his father, "Stace" Perry, of Croton, O and his aunt Mrs Rice, of Mich, and drove across the desert folling a canal most the way, after toward Mt McDowell that old pile of red, red rocks. so conspicuous an obj for miles, and miles about Phoenix and other Salt Riv, Valley towns, to Fort McDowell- This is now an Apache Indian Res., tho quite a number of the government buildings are still is use. It was here that Uncle Sam had his last fight with the Apaches, clearing up the latter, so now quite a few are living in their shacks in this Res. We saw five specimens of mesquite trees going here. Returning we visited Dam - and drove home across the desert.