Tonto National Monument: A Personal Perspective
Jul 01,2015
A white woman from the northeast takes her first step into a land that is not her own. So use to the lush green valleys, evergreen forests, abundant lakes and rivers, and cooler climates that occupy her homeland, her initial perception of the west is that of an alien world trifled with heat and drought. But through the guidance of the Native American cultures that have called the desert their home for thousands of years, she opens up her eyes to a new reality. This was not the barren wasteland she once thought it was. It was an unforeseen paradise filled with rich biodiversity and more than enough resources capable of sustaining human life. This is her account of a land found in Southwest Arizona known today as Tonto National Monument. –This is me!
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