FEBRUARY, 1951 35 CENTS - Desert Magazine of the Southwest

Seven Years With the Hopis
Last September when Miss Kate Cory was made an honorary member of
the Yavapai Archeological Society, her membership certificate bore this inscription:
"Miss Cory, beloved citizen of Prescott, came from the East to discover
the West and remained for seven years with the Hopis. Her paintings, well
known in Arizona, exhibited in New York and Canada, have portrayed the
customs and rituals of the Hopis; her writings hav€> thrown light upon their
everyday life; and her collection of Hopi artifacts and relics has genuine
archeological interest."
By HAROLD BUTCHER
7HE WESTBOUND train stopped
at Canon Diablo, Arizona, and
a woman passenger came down
out of the vestibule. Between her and
the far horizon was only empty space.
"Why, there's no town here!" she
exclaimed to the porter who was helping
with her baggage.
"I know, ma'am, but this is all they
is at Canon Diablo." While she looked
about in dismay, George hustled his
little stool and himself on board and
the train, gathering speed, disappeared
in the distance.
'This Was the Way" painted by Miss Cory while making her home with the
Hopi Indians.
That was in 1905 when Kate Cory,
now a distinguished Arizona artist
living amid the pine-clad mountains
at Prescott, came from the East to
visit the Hopi Indians. Canon Diablo
was the nearest railroad stop to the
Hopi Mesas.
There was a little trading post at
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