[meteorite-list] NP Article, 02-1930 Indians Refuse Flights Over Meteor Crater
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:41 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV153TXeo6fQS0000a52e_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C31E36.1F5BC100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Coshocton Tribune =20 City: Coshocton, Ohio =20 Date: Sunday, February 02, 1930 Page: 9 Indians Refuse Flights Over Meteor Crater By Lyle Abbott I.N.S. Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 - The Indians of Northern Arizona are taking to airpl= ane riding, but there is one spot they will not cross by air. Pilots of transcontinental airways terminating here relate many adventure= s among the Hopi and Navajo who are fond of gathering about the airports = to see the man-eagles alight and fly away. The fearsome spot to the Indians is Meteor Crater, near Winslow, Ariz. Th= is is a pit 800 feet deep and three-quarters of a mile across in the flat= plateau. Science says that a few years before the birth of Christ a mete= or struck that spot traveling at 60 miles a second. The explosion of the = impact was so great that the unexploded fragments, if any were left, were= buried at least 1200 feet in the solid rock. The Indians have no legends about the meteor. But they have a name which = scientists declare explains it. The Indian name is literally translated "= Star-Fell-Down." Two transcontinental air paths cross the great crater. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C31E36.1F5BC100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Title:</B> Coshocton Tribune </P><B> <P>City:</B> Coshocton, Ohio <= /P><B> <P>Date:</B> Sunday, February 02, 1930</P> <P>Page: 9</P> <P> = ;</P> <P>Indians Refuse Flights Over Meteor Crater</P> <P>By Lyle Abbott<= /P> <P> </P> <P>I.N.S. Special Correspondent</P> <P>LOS ANGELES, Feb= . 1 - The Indians of Northern Arizona are taking to airplane riding, but = there is one spot they will not cross by air.</P> <P>Pilots of transconti= nental airways terminating here relate many adventures among the Hopi and= Navajo who are fond of gathering about the airports to see the man-eagle= s alight and fly away.</P> <P>The fearsome spot to the Indians is Meteor = Crater, near Winslow, Ariz. This is a pit 800 feet deep and three-quarter= s of a mile across in the flat plateau. Science says that a few years bef= ore the birth of Christ a meteor struck that spot traveling at 60 miles a= second. The explosion of the impact was so great that the unexploded fra= gments, if any were left, were buried at least 1200 feet in the solid roc= k.</P> <P>The Indians have no legends about the meteor. But they have a n= ame which scientists declare explains it. The Indian name is literally tr= anslated "Star-Fell-Down."</P> <P>Two transcontinental air paths cross th= e great crater.</P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <P> </P></FON= T><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive= of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C31E36.1F5BC100-- Received on Mon 19 May 2003 07:40:29 PM PDT |
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