$-3 ,)«l*l Among the Rockies PICTURES of Magnificent Scenes in the Rocky flountains The Master- Works of the World's Greatest Photographic Artist w. H- iBMVBW.»'U.f Selected from Thousands of /Negatives as the Gems of the Collection PUBLISHED BY THE H. H. TAMMEN CURIO CO., DENVER, COLO. VALUABLE STATISTICS. The traveler through the Rocky Mountains, as he looks from the car windows and sees a majestic mountain peak rising serene and high toward the blue skies, naturally asks " How high is it?" In the appended list we answer this question with regard to every named Peak in the State, those shown in the beautiful plates of this book, as well as many more. The same information is given with regard to the principal towns and cities, together with the pronunciation of the poetic but strange looking names given by the early Spanish and Mexican settlers. Other in- formation is also added making this Second Edition of " Among the Rockies " more valuable and interesting than ever. MOUNTAIN PEAKS OF COLORADO. With their Elevations Above Sea Level. Feet. Blanca 14 464 Harvard 14,383 Massive 14,368 Gray's 14,341 Rosalie 14,340 Torrey 14,336 Elbert 14 326 La Plata 14,302 Lincoln 14 297 Buckskin 14 296 Wilson 14.280 Long's 14.271 Quandary 14.269 Antero 14,245 .lames' 14,2^2 Shavano j 4,238 Uncompahgre 14,235 Crestones 14.233 Princeton . 14.199 Mount Bross 14,185 Holy Cross 14 176 Baldy 14.176 Sneffles 14 158 Pikes 14,147 Castle 14,106 Yale 14.101 San Luis 14 100 Red Cloud 14,092 Wetterhorn 14 069 Simpson 14,055 Feet. Aeolus 14,054 Ouray 14,043 Stewart 14,032 Maroon 14,000 Cameron 14,000 Handie 13.997 Capitol 13.992 Horseshoe 13,988 Snowmass 13.961 Grizzly 13,956 Pigeon 13,928 Blane fc,905 Frustrum 13,883 Pyramid 13.895 White Rock 13,847 Hague 13,832 R. G. Pyramid 13,773 Silver Heels 13,766 Hunchback 13.755 Rowter 13,750 Homestak" 13,687 Ojo 13,640 Spanish 13,620-12.720 Guyot 13.565 Trinchara 13,546 Kendall 13,542 Buffalo 13.541 Arapahoe 13.520 Dunn . 13.502 Bellevue 11,000 MOUNTAIN PASSES. Feet. Alpine Pass 13,550 Argentine Pass 13,100 Boreas 11,470 Cochotopa Pass 10,032 Hayden Pass 10,780 Trout Creek Pass 9,346 Berthoud Pass 11,349 Marshall Pass 10,852 VetaPass 9,392 Feet PonchaPass 8,945* Tennessee Pass 10,418 Tarryall Pass 12 ,176 Breckenredge Pass 9.490 Cottonwood Pass 13,500 Fremont Pass 11,540 Mosquito Pass 13,700 Ute Pass 11,200 Lizard Head Pass 10,218 Seventy-two peaks between 13,500 and 14,300 feet in height are unnamed and not in this list. ELEVATION OF LAKES. Feet. Twin Lakes 9,357 Grand Lake 8,153 Green Lakes 10,000 Chicago Lakes 11,500 Evergreen Lakes 10,500 Feet. Seven Lakes 11,806 Palmer Lake 7 238 Cottonwood Lake 7.700 Trout Lake 9,800 PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES. Acequla A-sa-kia Crested Butte Crested Bute Costillia ; Costea Canon Can-yon Cumbres Cnm-breez Cuchara Cu-cha-ra Conejos Co-na-jos Chihuahua Che-wa-wa Huerfano Wa-far-no La Junta LaHun-ta La Jara La Hara La Veta La Va-ta Monero Mo-na-ro Manitou Man-i-too Navajo Na-va-ho Ojo Calionte O-ho Cal-i-en-te Ojo O-ho Pueblo de Taos Pueblo-de-Tows Pinon Pin-yon Saguache Se-watch Sierra Mojeda Sierra Mo-ya-da Santa F6 San-ta Fay San Jua'> San Wan SanMigupl San-me-gil Sapi neri Sapi-na-ro Tierra Amariila.. Tier Ama-rea Trinchera Trln-cha-ra Vallejo Vall-a-ho Wahatoya..,. ,, Wa-ha-toy-ya DISTANCES FROM DENVER. Miles. Alamosa, Colo 250 Atiamas City, Colo , 390 Antonito, Colo 278 Albany, N. Y 1,920 Breckenridge, Colo 198 Buena Vista, Colo 135 Boston, Mass 2,121 Baltimore, Md 1,857 Boulder 29 Buffalo, N. Y 1,652 Canon City, Colo 160 Colorado Springs, Colo 75 Conejos, Colo 270 Cucharas,Colo 170 Castle Rock, Colo 33 Cincinnati, Ohio 1,255 Chicago, 111 1,059 Cleveland, Ohio 1,469 Columbus, Ohio 1,341 Columbus, Ky 1,108 Como 88 Del Norte,Colo 285 Dillon , Colo 313 Deadwood, S. D 387 Durango, Colo 450 Detroit, Mich 1.343 El Moro, Colo 206 Espanola. Colo 370 Estes Park. Colo 85 Eureka, Neb 394 Fort Garland 226 Georgetown 50 Grand Junction 425 Granite 259 Gunnison 290 Huerfano 157 Idaho Springs ■ 38 Irwin 230 Indianapolis, Ind 1,166 Kokomo 297 Kansas City, Mo 639 Lake City 364 Miles. La Veta 191 Leadville 172 Mittleton 11 Louisville, Ky 1,233 Las Vegas- 341 Manitou 80 Monument 56 Montrose 353 Milwaukee, Wis 1,197 New York, N. Y 1,910 Nashville, Tenn 1,418 Ouray 425 Omaha, Neb 669 Ogden, Utah 622 Palmer Lake 52 Parrott City 466 Pueblo 118 Philadelphia, Pa 1,888 Pittsburg, Pa 1,566 Peoria, 111 979 Quincy, 111 845 Rosita 190 Red Cliff 245 Rock Island, 111 1,024 Saguache 260 Silverton , 495 Salida 225 Silver Cliff 194 South Pueblo ; 120 St. Louis, Mo 913 San Francisco, Cal 1.445 Salt Lake City, Utah '660 Santa Fe", N. M 300 Trinidad 211 Trimble Springs 459 Twin Lakes 261 Toledo Ohio 1.303 Veta Pass 203 Walsen's 176 Wagon Wheel Gap 311 Washington, D. C 1,809 Alamosa Animas City Animas Fork Antonito Aspen Breckenridge Bnena Vista CaQon City Castle Rock Colorado Springs Crested Butte Conejos Cottonwood Springs. Cuchara Cumbres Delta Del Norte Denver Durango El Moro Ft. Garland Georgetown Granite Grand Junction Gunnison Glen wood Springs . . Howardsville Idaho Springs Irwin Kokomo ALTITUDE OF TOWNS AND CITIES. Revised from Engineers' Measurements. Feet. Feet. 7,546 LakeCity 8.550 6,551 La Veta 7,024 ... 11.200 Leadville 10,200 7,888 LasPinos 9.637 7,775 Montrose 5,793 198 Malta 9,580 7,970 Manitou 6,324 5.344 OjoCaliente . 7,324 6,220 Ouray 7.640 5,992 Ogden, Utah 4,286 8,875 Pogosa Springs 7,108 7.880 Pinos.Chama Summit 9.902 7.950 Poncha Springs 7 480 5.943 PalmerLake 7,238 10.015 Pueblo 4,669 4,963 RedCliff 8,671 7,880 Rico 8,735 5,196 Robinson 10.871 6.520 Rosita 8,500 5,879 Ruby Camp 10,500 7,936 Saguache 7.723 8,476 SaltLRkeCity 4.228 8.945 SilverCliff 7.816 4,583 Silver Plume 9,176 7.680 Silverton 9,224 5.200 Salida 7.050 9,700 Telluride 8.758 7,543 Trimble Springs 6,644 10,501 Westcliffe 7,864 10,630 Wagon Wheel Gap 8,448 MOUNTAIN OF THE HOLY CROSS. From the crest of Fremont Pass, and also from Tennessee Pass, can be seen this snow white banner of the Christian faith, set high against the brown brow of the mountain. The cross is formed by two transverse canons of immense depth, riven down and across the mountain; in these canons lies eternal snow. The symbol is perfect, and while gazing with wonder and awe upon this "sign set in the heavens," the traveler, who has looked upon so many wonderful things in nature, realizes that he has now reached the height "around whose summit splendid visions rise," as he beholds that snow white cross shining high above al the turbulence and din of earthly strife. THE TETON RANGE. These majestic storm-splintered peaks, a part of the great Rocky Mountain system, are located in the western part of Wyoming, a well- watered moun- tain country which no doubt has a great future before it, for who can tell what riches may lie buried in the rocky depths, awaiting the miners industry and dar- ing. Many towns are already established, where once echoed only the tramp of the Indian pony and the savage war-whoop. It is inevitable that however much the Indians have loved their native mountains and plains, they must retreat before the march of civilization, and prosperity and mdustry take the place of Indian camps. GRAY'S AND TORREY'S PEAKS. TWO GIANT SENTINELS OVERLOOKING THE PLAINS OF COLORADO. They are two of the highest peaks of the Front Range, which divides Grand County from Boulder County, and passes through Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties. Torrey's Peak, height 14,336 feet ; Gray's Peak, height 14,341 feet. . ^ THE LOOP. Here, among so many wonders of nature, is one of the most remarkable of the products of man's enterprise and skill, which is embodied in the famous "Loop," on the trip from Denver to Graymont. An extended description of this wonderful piece of engineering would not make its characteristics as clear as one glance at the striking picture given above. From the bridge six pieces of track can be seen apparently detached, and the tourist realizes something of the marvel of engineering skill over which he is riding. There are four famous Loops in the world, one on the Southern Pacific Railroad, one in Switzerland, one in the Andes, and this, the most complex of them all. THE SNOWY RANGE. Colorado is the land of color, of infinitely varied scenic splendor, and nowhere, either in that State or elsewhere, does a grander sight present itself to man's enraptured vision than this — a range of snow crowned mountains spread out in mighty panorama, white and glistening, peak after peak, turret after tur- ret, shining in Colorado's matchless sunshine, against skies as blue as those of Italy. When it is remembered that there are in Colorado seventy-two peaks over 13,500 feet above sea level yet unnamed, one can form some idea of what plenitude of scenic wealth there must be when such mighty mountains are ranked with the common herd of nameless peaks. CRIPPLE CREEK. Colorado's wonderful gold camp, showing the town as it has heen rebuilt since the fatal fire of April 25th, 1896. The picture opposite represents a typical street scene in the early days of the camp. VICTOR, near Cripple Creek, showing the Portland Mine in the middle distance, with the famous Stratton Independence Mine to I he right. Bull Hill, fortified by the miners during the great strike of 1894, is to the right of the Independence Mine. PIKE'S PEAK TRAIL. The subtle charm of mountain climbing cannot be expressed by types and ink. It seems to be inherent in every human being to want to scale every height he sees, to go to the top of everything, and abundant opportunity is afforded the dweller in these mountain regions for the realization of his loftiest am- bitions in this direction. On horseback, or burro-back the exhilaration and charm of going up, up, toward the goal is not to be despised, but to go afoot, armed with a stout staff, taking one's own time and choosing one's own route, no recreation in the world can compare with conquering a mighty peak like old Pike, and few pleasures with that of standing, at last, at the top. MOUNT ABRAMS. There are few more inspiring sights in the State of Colorado than Mount Abrams viewed from the bridge over Bear Creek on the Ouray and Silverton toll-road which has long been noted for its scenic attractions. The triangular mass of Mount Abrams towers to the left, while the road, itself a marvel of en- gineering skill, winds around with the sinuosity of a mountain brook. From a point in this road a few miles before reaching Ouray, looking west, first is seen the rugged gorge at your feet, beyond the gracious valley of the Uncompahgre, while eighty miles distant is the straight blue band of the Grand Mesa across the western horizon, looking like the ocean. ttutttttttaap&JB^flai ELK PARK. These charming natural '-'parks" form one of the most delightful features of Rocky Mountain scenery. They are great fertile vales, many miles in extent, and sheltered by the surrounding mountains, affording a most attractive camping ground for artist or pleasure seeker. And no more picturesque sight can one imagine than the groups of white tents sheltered beneath giant pines, gleaming in the brilliant moonlight, or lighted by a roaring camp fire. Elk Park is one of these vales in the midst of the range in Southwestern Colorado, a spot rich in material for artist and lu^er of nature. ^ K PIKE'S PEAK. No more charming thoroughfare can any American city boast than this, Pike's Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs. Broad and spacious, finely paved, lined with trees; at the end looking west, the picturesque Antlers Hotel, and above all for the objective point, the mighty Peak from which it takes its name, tower- ing 14,147 feet above the sea. Words fail to convey any adequate sense of the beauty of the scene, the vivid contrasts of light and shadow, of smooth city street and rugged mountain peak, of green foothills and snowy height of mountain, the glory of every landscape in this wonderful region. Manitou is directly at the base cf Pike's Peak. o > » "s , V\ * > ( .-• .< : ,'^;.;?\ m feP^ASI GATEWAY TO THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, This "Gateway" is one of the most striking bits of scenery in the whole range of the Rocky Mountains. This "Beautiful Gate" consists of two enor- .nous masses of red sandstone, and between them a smaller rock mass, dividing the entrance into two passages. The right hand rock has a curious resem- blance to a huge kneeling camel. Behind the rocks a magnificent mountain panorama presents itself, and immediately through ihe Gate Pike's Peak is seen, rising in indescribable grandeur. To a great extent the charm of this matchless scene is due J .o the numerous contrasts of color and outline which it presents on a most lavish scale. WITHIN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS. A valley of wonders. In this strange, weird solitude nature has perpetrated strange freaks of sculpture and feats of architecture. Here are most quaint and grotesque suggestions of living forms, some of which have received appropriate designations. There is a -Statue of Liberty " a -Cathedral Spire " a "Dolphin," a « Lion," a "Griffin," a « Bear and Seal," and the " Kissing Camels " and many other curious forms, which the guide points out to the traveler with the pardonable pride of guides the world over, as he conveys you through the « Garden." The impression is of the awful, the mighty, the weird, the supernat- ural, and it is an impression never to be forgotten. WILLIAMS CANON. The rambles around Manitou are remarkably varied and of never failing interest and attraction. Taking the road due north from the Soda Spring, one enters Williams Canon, a most picturesque and interesting gorge. Its walls consist of various distinct strata of sandstone and limestone, showing colorings of white, pink, gray and vermilion. Above this are several hundred feet of limestone in which a number of curious caverns have been discovered, the most won- derful of these being the Cave of the Winds. The carriage drive ends a short distance above the pathway to the Cave, but a trail continues up the gorge for several miles, forming a most delightful walk. I EAGLE RIVER CANON. On the western slope of the Rocky Mountains the Eagle River takes its rise, and gathering volume from hundreds of snow fed tributaries, rushes down to its junction with the Grand, pouring through the gorge known as Eagle River Canon. One of the striking features of this canon is in the fact that its walls are pierced near the summit with the shafts and tunnels of mines, and, looking up the rugged heights, one catches glimses of the shaft-houses and cabins of the miners, perched indeed like the nests of eagles, in the fastnesses of the cliffs, and adding a new significance to the name of Eagle River Canon. CURRECANTI NEEDLE. Within the narrow confines of the Black Canon of the Gunnison River, one of those charming crystalline mountain torrents, flowing through a deep gorge fourteen miles in length, an open amphitheatre opens to the view, and standing in it, a solitary pyramidal pinnacle, rises Currecanti Needle, a towering monument of solid stone, like a monster cathedral spire. Following the crooked course of the river, the faithful Rio Grande train puffs along, from the observ- ation car of which the tourist sits at ease, gazing, in wonder and admiration, at the matchless panorama afforded by rocky wall and rushing river dainty water- fall and towering granite spire, in this wonderful Black Canon. '%%■ Jt?' "i ¥2* : _' .* ■''■ CASTLE GATE. Guarding the entrance to Price River Canon, Utah, stands Castle Gate, similar in many respects to the Gateway of the Garden of the Gods. Two huge pillars of rock, composing it, are the continuations of spurs of the cliffs behind. One measures 500 feet and the other 450 feet from base to top. They are of a rich red color, and the pines and firs growing around their base form a fine color contrast. Between these mighty promontories run the river and the railroad, pressing closely on each other. The turreted rocky cliffs, the rushing river, with tangled brush overhanging, form another of those grand pictures that so deeply impress a sympathetic and artistic nature. mm. mm QLENWOOD SPRINGS. Glenwood Springs, elevation above sea level 5,200 feet, is situated on the Grand River, in the western central portion of Colorado. It has been devel- oped into a most delightful health resort, over a million dollars having been expended on the grounds and property connected with the Hot Springs, where but seven years ago the Utes went bathing in their native freedom. The swimming pool has an area of 49,000 square feet, the water beautifully clear, salt as the ocean, the entire pool tile lined. The Hotel Colorado adds all that can be desired to make Glenwood Springs the ideal health and pleasure resort, the fame of which will become as worlH-wide as that of Wiesbaden. LAKE SAN CRISTOVAL. The Lakes of Colorado are gems of exquisite crystal purity, set in the granite circlet of the mountains. So grand, often overpowering, is the mountain scenery, that the weary mind, overwhelmed, delights sometimes to turn in silence and look into the crystal depths of a clear, smooth, waveless lake, reflecting in its placid depths, blue skies and rugged mountain outline, and fringing pines and firs. So charming a scene is presented by Lake San Cristoval, the gem of the San [uan country. There are some 500 lakes in Colorado, none of great size, but all noted for their exquisite purity and clearness, as well as for the beauty ~ f their surroundings. THE SCOUTS OF THE SOUTHERN UTES. The scenes reproduced in this bodk are found mainly in the heart of the great Rocky Mountain Range and it is deemed appropriate to have represented that race, fast fading away, that once inhabited this wild and picturesque region. The Red man will pass into oblivion before many years have flown, but the glory of the scenes they dwelt in will never be eclipsed, and is beautifully represented in the series of perfect pictures contained in this volume. THE CANON OF THE GRAND RIVER. The mighty Canon of the Grand is approached through the valley of the Eagle River. High bluffs hem us in on the left; the Danks of the river expand into a tumbled, twisted, blasted expanse of scoria. The effect in places is that of gigantic Egyptian architecture. Vast bastions of granite, stratum on stratum, rise to a stupendous height. Suggestions of the Pyramids and the Sphinx face one in the giant rock piled structures on every hand. Columns, bastions, walls, buttresses, towers, pyramids, statues in the solid stone, present the appearance of Titanic masonry, and the term "rock piled structures" is used, as the only term that expresses the nature of these marvelous formations. . ROSEMMA FALLS. Mountain waterfalls possess a nameless but potent charm all their own. Leaping as lightly as a fawn from rock to rock, forming cascades of infinite delicacy and variety, foaming into snowy whiteness as the sparkling waters dash over the ragged rocks, or forming in crystalline pools in some sheltered nook, a mountain torrent never fails to fascinate every beholder who is a lover of nature in her dainty beauty and grace, as well as in her majesty and grandeur. Such is the charm of Rosemma Falls, on the old trail, now untraveled and neglected, by which the lover of nature, who was willing to make the exertion, was wont to climb to the summit of Pike's Peak. WEBER CANON. Weber Canon, in Western Utah, is not, as some have supposed, simply a narrow defile in the mountains, with abrupt rocky sides. It is a grand succes- sion of long valleys, great peaks, mighty gateways, domes, cliffs, gorges, streams, the sombre grandeur relieved by evergreen trees clothing the heights, and alders, maples, and other trees and shrubbery fringing the streams. In a canon of such extent and diversity, we would naturally expect to find a vast variety and sustained wonder and interest, and so it proves. There is the well-known Devil's Slide, the Devil's Gate, the Witch Rocks, Wilhelmina Pass, and so on through a valley of striking formations, of infinite variety and beauty. i: ' ? s SUNSHINE PEAK AND MOUNT WILSON. Sunshine Peak and Mount Wilson are two prominent peaks in the San Miguel Range in southwestern Colorado, the latter having an elevation of 14,280 feet. Silver and gold mines abound in this region, some of the richest finds of both metals having been made in this and adjacent territory. Telluride and Rico, two flourishing towns, are the most important centers of this district. 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