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| ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO AND OKLAHOMA - The only
joint building on the grounds was erected by the Territories of
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and stood in the rear of the
Pennsylvania Building, on the cross avenue
leading to the northern
circle of commonwealths. It presented a long and attractive porch,
and invited attention with its remarkable display of cacti, which may
be studied in the engraving. The pyramid behind the gigantic cactus
on the left was even more noteworthy than the similar beds of
prickly plants in Horticultural Hall. The
width of the joint
building was ninety by forty feet, and it was two stories high, with
a superstructure that supported a tent-cloth in warm weather. The
architect was Seymour Davis, of Topeka, Kansas, the designer of the
Kansas Building. Here Oklahoma exhibited her
grasses, grains and
fruits with all the ingenuity shown at her pavilion in the
Agricultural Building. The minerals of
Arizona excited admiration,
as they had done in the petrified trees on Columbia Avenue in the
Manufactures Building. The handicraft of the Indians, such as Navajo
blankets, Moqui water-baskets, Apache whips and other braided work,
recalled the same curious things in the Government Building. New
Mexico, beside her gold and silver, her fruits and wines, afforded to
visitors an opportunity to study the gold and silver filagree work
which makes the sombrero a fortune to its wearer. The public were
much pleased with the patriotic efforts of the three Territories. |
