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Jt?e Colorado at Qlepu/ood Sprigs 
 
 The purpose of this book is to make known the fact that a com- 
 modious and elegant hotel has been opened at that magnificent health 
 and pleasure resort in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Glenwood 
 Springs, Colo. 
 
 It is located in one of the most romantic spots in America, and lies 
 upon two important lines of railway, the Denver & Rio Grande and the 
 Colorado Midland. Both are transcontinental routes, and the tourist in 
 search of pleasure, no less than the health-seeker, will here find a most 
 inviting resting place. The famous springs, the bathing facilities 
 afforded by the great swimming pool, the luxurious bath establishment, 
 and the unique cave-baths, far surpass everything of the kind in Amer- 
 ica or the Old World. The elevation (5,200 feet), the purity of the 
 atmosphere, the springs and their adjuncts, and the picturesque sur- 
 roundings of valley, river and mountain, serve to make this spot an ideal 
 resort ; and it has only needed a large and elegant hotel, such as The 
 Colorado, to complete the matchless group of attractions. 
 
 w. Raymond, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 THE COLORS DO. 
 
 WITH BATH-HOUSE AND POOL IN THE FOREGROUND. 
 OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
 
 A. W. Bailey, 
 
 Manager. 
 
Jf?e <?l?armiQ<5 Jou/q of (jlei}u/ood Jprir^s Glenwood Springs 
 
 is situated at tiic 
 
 confluence of the Roaring Fork and the Grand River, two picturesque 
 mountain streams which are bordered by lofty hills, some of which are 
 peculiarly striking in appearance on account of the highly-colored soil 
 and rocks. The town was planned with a liberal hand, and has already 
 become a favorite place of residence. The springs are upon the banks 
 of the Grand River. Not only have elegant bath-houses been constructed, 
 but extensive means have also been taken to beautify the grounds in 
 every way possible. Grass, flowers and shade trees are made to serve 
 these ends, and the region has thus been rendered doubly attractive. 
 The new hotel occupies a commanding site upon the slope above and 
 beyond the pool. 
 
 The scenery in the vicinity of Glenwood Springs is wonderfully varied, 
 and in every aspect extremely picturesque. The outlook in one direction 
 includes beautiful Mount Sopris. From the summit of the mountain which 
 towers skyward just east of the town, and which may be reached by means 
 of a good trail, the view is sublime, including Glenwood Springs, 2,000 feet 
 below, the neighboring valleys, and a chain of glistening, snow-crowned 
 peaks of the Continental Divide stretching seventy miles eastward. 
 
 GLENWOOD SPRINGS. 
 
 Showing town, Springs, bath-house, and swimming pool. 
 
Colorado new ^ lote ^ The Colorado, is constructed of 
 
 Peach Blow colored stone and Roman brick. Its 
 
 dimensions are 224 feet across the front and 260 feet from front to rear. 
 The hotel is built around three sides of a large court, 124 feet square. 
 In locating the building, advantage was taken of the natural slope of the 
 ground, thus enabling the court to be terraced and adorned with foun- 
 tains, paths, grass plats and beds of flowers, affording delightful prom- 
 enades and commanding extensive views. An additional charm is added 
 by the broad, open corridors and verandas encircling the court. These 
 arched corridors are supplied with glazed sashes, which enable the open- 
 ings to be closed when desired, or when the weather renders it advisable. 
 A stone bridge arching the roadway connects this court with broad, easy 
 flights of steps leading down to the river, bath-house and springs. 
 
 The hotel was designed by Messrs. Boring, Tilton & Mellen, the well- 
 known architects of New York. It is in the Italian style, the Villa Medicis 
 in Rome having given inspiration for its central motive, which consists of 
 two towers with connecting loggias, offering fine outlooks over valley, 
 mountain and river. The hotel contains 200 guest-rooms and about 40 
 private bath-rooms. The bath-rooms are supplied with the best plumbing 
 fixtures, including nickel-plated pipes and fittings, and especial care has 
 been taken with regard to the sanitary arrangements, drainage and ven- 
 tilation. Most of the rooms are arranged in suites of two or more, with or 
 without private bath-rooms in connection. An ample number of single 
 rooms has also been provided, some having baths connecting. In nearly 
 every room is found an open fire-place, in which are burned the fragrant 
 logs of pinon pine so famous in the Rocky Mountain regions of Colorado. 
 The hotel is lighted throughout by electricity. The kitchen and its acces- 
 sories are placed at the rear, completely isolated from the remainder of 
 the hotel. 
 
 The Colorado was opened June 1, 1893, under the proprietorship 
 of Mr. W. Raymond, of Boston, Mass., of the firm of Raymond & 
 Whitcomb, the well-known excursion projectors and managers, and with 
 Mr. A. W. Bailey, of Manitou Springs, Colorado, as manager. Mr. 
 Bailey is favorably known to the public through his connection for a 
 dozen years past Avith the management of The Mansions and Manitou 
 House at Manitou Springs, and also as a hotel manager in Dem^er. 
 The selection of this gentleman to direct affairs at The Colorado 
 insures the high character of the establishment. Mr. Raymond is also 
 proprietor of The Raymond at Bast Pasadena, California, near Los 
 Angeles. 
 
MAMMOTH SWIMMING POOL OF WARM SALT WATER. 
 
 TOBOGGAN SLIDE FOR BATHERS, 
 
The Great Suiimmiptf Pool The “ Bi g Po °V’ or Natatorium, 
 
 i_L - ! covers upwards of an acre, and is 
 
 from 3J2 to 5% feet in depth. The hot water pours in at a temperature 
 of 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and at a rate of 2,000 gallons per minute, 
 but is reduced to a pleasant temperature for bathing by fresh water from 
 the mountain stream. In winter as well as summer the bathing is in the 
 highest degree enjoyable, the temperature of the great body of water 
 being from 93 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit. In the midst of the hot waters 
 a fountain of cold water throws its grateful spray, forming a delightful 
 shower bath. 
 
 The? Bath-House? The e ^ e & an ^- Sanitarium, or Bath-House, which 
 
 * f stands near the Pool, was erected at a cost of over 
 
 $100,000. Its walls are of solid masonry, the beautiful Peach Blow sand- 
 stone being the material used. It is a large building, set in a charming 
 park, with terraced lawns and flower-bordered walks and drives. There 
 are forty-four bath-rooms, with a dressing and lounging room for each 
 bath-room, and all are large, well lighted and well ventilated. The build- 
 ing contains also a ladies’ parlor, physician’s office, smoking and reading 
 
 rooms, reception-rooms, 
 lighted by electricity. 
 
 etc., all of which are elegantly furnished. It is 
 
 flpalysis of the U/aterg An analysis of the waters of the Mine- 
 
 ' _ 1 ral Springs at Glenwood Springs, was 
 
 made by Charles F. Chandler, Ph. D., New York, June 12, 188S. One 
 U. S. gallon of 231 inches of water contains the following: — 
 
 YAMPA 
 
 Chloride of Sodium 1089.8307 grains. | 
 
 Chloride of Magnesium 13.0994 
 
 Bromide of Sodium 0-5635 
 
 Iodide of Sodium Trace. 
 
 Fluoride of Calcium Trace. 
 
 Sulphate of Potassa 24.0434 
 
 Sulphate of Lime S2.3S61 
 
 Bicarbonate of Lithia 0.2209 
 
 SPRING. 
 
 Bicarbonate of Magnesia 1 3 -5 53 2 grains. 
 
 Bicarbonate of Lime 24.3727 
 
 Bicarbonate of Iron Trace. 
 
 Phosphate of Soda Trace. 
 
 Biborate of Soda Trace. 
 
 Alumina Trace. 
 
 Silica 1-97*2 
 
 Organic Matter Trace. 
 
 1250.041 1 grains. 
 124. 2 0 Fahr. 
 in perceptible 
 
 Totals 
 
 Temperature 
 
 Carbonic Acid is copiously discharged from the springs. Sulphuretted hydrogen is discharged 
 quantity. 
 
VALLEY OF THE GRAND RIVER — MOUNT SOPRIS IN THE DISTANCE. 
 
9 
 
 COLORADO. 
 
 “THE KISSINGEN OF AMERICA.” 
 
 T HE curative properties and best methods of utilization of the waters 
 of the various mineral springs of Europe, as the result of many 
 years (in some cases of centuries) of observation, research, and prac- 
 tical experience, are now pretty accurately known. A comparison of 
 the analysis of any new mineral spring with the analyses of such 
 European mineral springs therefore furnishes reliable evidence as to 
 the curative properties of such new spring. 
 
 Take for instance the analysis of the Yampa Spring at Glenwood 
 Springs, Colorado, which is as follows : — 
 
 In one U. S. Gallon of 231 inches of water. 
 
 Chloride of sodium 
 
 Chloride of magnesium. 
 
 Bromide of sodium 
 
 Iodide of sodium 
 
 Fiuoride of calcium 
 
 Sulphate of potassium... 
 
 Sulphate of lime 
 
 Bicarbonate of lithia . . . . 
 
 Bicarbonate of magnesia 
 
 Bicarbonate of lime 
 
 Bicarbonate of iron 
 
 Biborate of soda 
 
 Phosphate of soda 
 
 Alumina 
 
 Silica 
 
 Organic matter 
 
 1089.8307 grains. 
 13.0994 “ 
 
 0.5635 “ 
 
 I race. 
 
 Trace. 
 
 2 4'°434 grains. 
 92.3S61 
 0.2209 “ 
 
 I 3-5S3 2 “ 
 
 24.3727 
 Trace. 
 
 Trace. 
 
 Trace. 
 
 Trace. 
 
 1.9712 grains. 
 Trace. 
 
 1250.0411 
 
 Taking a pint of water as weighing sixteen ounces, and eight pints 
 to one U. S. gallon, the above figures, divided by eight, can be com- 
 pared with the analyses (showing the number of grains of mineral 
 matter per sixteen ounces of water) of the three springs at Kissingen 
 in Bavaria, which springs attract about 30,000 visitors annually on 
 account of their great medicinal properties : — 
 

 Glenwood Springs. ^ 
 
 — Kissingen. 
 
 N 
 
 
 Yampa 
 
 Ragoczi 
 
 Pandur Maxbrunnen 
 
 
 temp. 124 0 F. 
 
 temp. 51 0 F. 
 
 temp. 51 0 F. 
 
 temp. 
 
 Sodium Chloride 
 
 
 44-71 
 
 42-39 
 
 17.52 
 
 Sodium Bromide 
 
 
 0.06 
 
 0.05 
 
 0 
 
 Sodium Iodide 
 
 
 Trace. 
 
 Trace. 
 
 0 
 
 Magnesium chloride 
 
 1 '637 5 
 
 2 -33 
 
 1.62 
 
 0.51 
 
 Magnesia bicarbonate 
 
 1.6941 
 
 
 
 
 Magnesia sulphate 
 
 
 4 - 5 ° 
 
 4-59 
 
 0 
 
 Calcium fluoride 
 
 
 
 
 
 Potassium sulphate 
 
 3- 00 54 
 
 
 
 
 Potassium chloride 
 
 
 2.20 
 
 1.85 
 
 1. 14 
 
 Lime sulphate 
 
 11.5482 
 
 2.99 
 
 2.30 
 
 1.06 
 
 Lime bicarbonate 
 
 3.0468 
 
 
 
 
 Lime phosphate 
 
 
 0.04 
 
 0.04 
 
 0.03 
 
 Lime carbonate 
 
 
 s.14 
 
 7-79 
 
 4.62 
 
 Lithium bicarbonate 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lithium chloride 
 
 
 0.15 
 
 0.12 
 
 0.004 
 
 Soda phosphate 
 
 
 
 
 
 Soda biborate 
 
 
 
 
 
 Soda nitrate 
 
 
 0.07 
 
 0.02 
 
 0.65 
 
 Iron bicarbonate 
 
 
 
 
 
 Iron carbonate protoxide 
 
 
 O.24 
 
 0.20 
 
 0 
 
 Silica 
 
 
 O.O9 
 
 0.03 
 
 0.07 
 
 The most valuable chemical 
 
 ingredients 
 
 in the waters of the Yampa 
 
 Spring are the sodium chloride, 
 
 magnesium chloride, 
 
 sodium bromide, 
 
 potassium sulphate, lithium bicarbonate, 
 
 and magnesia bicarbonate, 
 
 and the spring (long celebrated among 
 
 the Indians 
 
 for its medicinal 
 
 properties), since white men first settled in its vicinity, about 
 
 twelve 
 
 3 ? ears ago, utilized for bathing, 
 
 has effected marvellous cures in 
 
 cases 
 
 of rheumatism, gout, lead poisoning, and 
 
 cutaneous 
 
 and blood 
 
 affec- 
 
 tions. 
 
 It will be seen from the above tables that the Yampa has more 
 than three times as much sodium chloride as the Ragoczi ; about the 
 same quantity of magnesium chloride as the average of the three Kiss- 
 ingen springs, and a larger quantity of sodium bromide (a most valuable 
 ingredient) than the Ragoczi. The Yampa also has a greater quantity 
 of potassium salts (valuable for rheumatic affections) than the Ragoczi, 
 but in the form of a sulphate instead of a chloride. The Yampa, how- 
 ever, is not quite as strong in lithium or magnesia, but in both cases 
 has them in a more valuable form than the Kissingen springs. 
 
 Moreover, the Kissingen springs are cold, while the Yampa and 
 adjacent springs at Glenwood are of a high temperature and conse- 
 quently more efficacious. 
 
 Kissingen is one of the most popular spas in Europe, and justly 
 so, attracting about 30,000 visitors every year, of whom Prince Bismarck 
 is one of the most prominent, the season lasting from May 15th to 
 
September 30th. The waters are taken internally and also used as 
 baths, and have proved beyond all others in Europe especially beneficial 
 in certain forms of dyspepsia in nervous as well as in gouty persons. 
 Gouty, rheumatic, and neuralgic conditions, when they are obviously 
 associated with digestive troubles, are suitable cases for treatment at 
 Kissingen. The warm baths prove exceedingly soothing and ameliorat- 
 ing to many cases of chronic muscular pains, chronic joint pains, and 
 chronic neuralgias, especially when they are of rheumatic or gouty 
 origin. 
 
 In the case of these saline waters it is said that the warmer they 
 are when drunk the more rapidly are they absorbed, so that their local 
 effect is made less and their constitutional effect greater. The more 
 concentrated they are the greater is their local action. 
 
 The waters of Glenwood differ from those of Kissingen in contain- 
 ing a considerable quantity of sulphur, as may be seen by the deposit 
 on the walls of the vapor cave and at the sources. This fact, together 
 with the amount of salt, leads us to classify them as sulphosaline, the 
 sulphur being an important element in their constitution. This sulphur 
 is deposited from the sulphuretted hydrogen gas which is contained in 
 the waters in large quantity, and rises from them with the steam, as 
 may be seen from their slight but decided odor. Salt baths have 
 always enjoyed a very considerable popularity. They stimulate the 
 peripheral nerves and promote the capillary circulation. They im- 
 prove the nutrition of the skin and raise its tone, and, indirectly, they 
 stimulate change of tissue. When there is a considerable amount 
 of free carbonic acid gas in the water, as well as a large quantity of 
 chloride of sodium, as at Glenwood Springs, Col., Nauheim in the 
 Grand Duchy of Hesse, and Rehrne in Westphalia, the stimulating effect 
 on the skin and on the nutritive changes is greatly augmented. 
 
 Taken internally, as at Kissingen, Homburg, and other springs, 
 these waters stimulate the gastric and intestinal secretions and so pro- 
 mote the action of the bowels and improve the portal and general 
 circulation. By their stimulating influence on tissue changes and on 
 the circulation, they promote the absorption of morbid deposits. 
 
 The following figures as to the proportion of chloride of sodium 
 contained in 16 oz. of water, at various mineral springs, used internally 
 is of interest, remembering that the Yampa at Glenwood Springs con- 
 tains 136.2263 grains in each 16 oz.: The Bulowbrunnen at Rehrne in 
 Hesse, 180.63 grains; the Kurbrunnen at Nauheim in Westphalia, 
 109.923 grains; the Salzbrunnen at Nauheim, 141.822 grains; the 
 
CORRIDOR OF BATH HOUSE. 
 
 THE YAMPA SPRING. 
 
 Forty feet in diameter — flowing 2,000 gallons per minute. 
 
Kochbrunnen at Wiesbaden in Hesse-Nassau, 52.50 grains; the 
 Wilhelmsbrunnen at Soden in Nassau, 104.10 grains; the Soolbrunnen 
 at Soden, 114.40 grains; the Elisabethbrunnen at Homburg in Ger- 
 many, 79.15 grains; the Kaiserbrunuen at Homburg, 104.94 grains; 
 the Oranienquelle at Kreuznach in Rhenish-Prussia, 108.705 grains. 
 
 Chloride of magnesium, which is prominent in the Yampa, is found 
 in many celebrated mineral waters, such as Kissingen above mentioned, 
 Friedrichshall near Coburg, Germany; the Trinkbrunnen at Pyrmont 
 in Germany, and the Elisabethbrunnen and Kaiserbrunuen springs at 
 Homburg, Germany. 
 
 Sulphate of potassium, also prominent in the Yampa, up to the present 
 time has only been found in a small number of springs such as the Sprudel 
 at Carlsbad in Bohemia, Pullna in Bohemia, the Grosse Quelle and Kleine 
 Quelle Springs at Tarasp in the Engadine, Marienbad in Bohemia etc. 
 It is a valuable salt, from its curative properties, for the rheumatic 
 condition. 
 
 Similar particulars might be given as to sodium bromide, lithium bi- 
 carbonate and magnesia bicarbonate found in the Y ampa being also found 
 in a few of the celebrated European springs. 
 
 The value and extent of applicability of mineral springs depends very 
 much on their thermality — on their degree of temperature. If they rise 
 from the ground at a comparatively low temperature, they have to be 
 heated by artificial means before they are used for baths as is the case at 
 Scliwalbacli in Germany, St. Moritz in Switzerland, and other places. If 
 they spring from the ground at a very high temperature they either have 
 to be diluted with water of a lower temperature or allowed to stand in the 
 bath (as at Wiesbaden) until they are reduced to a suitable degree of 
 warmth. 
 
 The following are the temperatures of some of the most celebrated 
 thermal springs : — 
 
 Places. 
 
 Vichy (France) 
 
 Gastein (Austria) 
 
 Bareges (Pyrenees) 
 
 Carlsbad (Bohemia) 
 
 Aix-les-Bains (Savoy) 
 
 Bath (England) 
 
 Teplitz (Bohemia) 
 
 Gastein (Austria) 
 
 Bagneres de Bigorre (France). 
 
 Leuk (Switzerland) 
 
 Glenwood Springs, (Colo:) 
 
 Names of Springs. 
 ...Grand Grille... 
 . . .Doctorsquelle. . 
 
 . . .Le Tambour. . . 
 
 . . . Schlossbrunnen 
 . . .Alum Spring . . . 
 . . . King’s Bath 
 . . .Hauptquelle. . . 
 
 . . . Hauptquelle . . . 
 
 Hauptquelle 
 
 Yampa. . . . 
 
 Temp. Deg. F. 
 
 10S 0 
 
 in° 
 
 . 116 0 
 • r 1 9° 
 
 . 120 ° 
 . 120 ° 
 . 122 ° 
 .125° 
 1 26 ° 
 
Places. Names of Springs. Temp. Deg. F. 
 
 Aix-la-Chapelle (Germany) Kaiserquelle 1 31 ° 
 
 Carlsbad (Bohemia) Theresienbrunnen 131° 
 
 Amelie-les-Bains (Pyrenees) Fontaine Arago 145 0 
 
 Baden-Baden (Germany) Iiauptquelle 1 55 0 
 
 Wiesbaden (Germany) Kochbrunnen 1 36" 
 
 Carlsbad (Bohemia) Sprudel . 164° 
 
 According to tlie most eminent authorities, one of the most important 
 and interesting constituents of mineral waters is carbonic acid gas, the 
 “Spirit of the Springs,’’ which not only greatly contributes to the sol- 
 ubility of certain salts contained in such waters, but also renders them 
 more palatable and more agreeable to the stomach. There is a considerable 
 quantity of this gas emitted by the Yampa Spring. 
 
 Any account of Glenwood would be incomplete without some men- 
 tion of the famous vapor caves, which have been shown to be quite 
 invaluable in the treatment of many diseases. Such troubles as 
 dyspepsia, due to too good living with its attendant consequences ; 
 gout, obesity, nervous strain from overwork, and such definite diseases 
 as lead and mercurial poisoning have all found relief there. They have 
 long been used by the men employed in the smelters of the neighbor- 
 ing mining towns for the latter troubles with very remarkable results. 
 
 All Chronic Diseases and diseases of the blood, and especially Eczema, 
 Rheumatism, and Catarrh invariably find relief and cure by these baths. 
 
 Correspondence regarding the springs and treatment desired by 
 physicians maybe addressed to “The Resident Physician, Hotel Colo- 
 rado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.” 
 
 PRICE OF BHTHS. 
 
 STONE BATH HOUSE. 
 
 Hours: 7 A . M . to IO P.M. 
 
 ROMAN, CABINET, VAPOR AND DOUCHE BATHS with Attendance, Couch, 
 
 Coffee or Bouillon 
 
 ROMAN, CABINET, VAPOR AND DOUCHE BATHS with Attendance, Couch, 
 Coffee or Bouillon ......... S coupons 
 
 Plain Tub Bath 
 
 5 coupons 
 
 Alcohol Rub 
 
 Massage not exceeding one hour 
 
 POOL Suit Provided. Baths with Attendance, Couch, Coffee or Bouillon 
 
 « u u “ “ “ “ “ “ 5 coupons 
 
 “ without Suit Provided. Baths with Attendance, Couch, Coffee or Bouillon . 
 “ Suit Provided. “ Plain 
 
 “ without Suit Provided “ “ ■ 
 
 Care of Private Suit per month 
 
 POOL HOUSE. 
 
 Hours : 7 A . M . to IO P.M. 
 
 POOL with Suit Provided 
 POOL without Suit Provided 
 Care of Private Suit per month 
 
 pi. oo 
 
 4.00 
 .50 
 
 2.00 
 .25 
 
 2.00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 4.00 
 ■75 
 •75 
 .50 
 
 1. 00 
 
 1.50 
 
 .25 
 
 .50 
 
Bath Rates — Continued. 
 
 VAPOR CAVE. 
 
 Hour*: Men, 8.30 A. 31. to noon, and 6.30 I*. 31. to D I*. 31. Women, 1 P. 31. to 4 P. 31. 
 
 Bath with Couch Attendance and Bouillon ......... $0.75 
 
 “ “ “ “ “ “ ...... 5 coupons 3.25 
 
 “ Plain .......... 50 cents ; 5 coupons 2.00 
 
 Alcohol Rub ............ c . . .25 
 
 25-CENT BATH HOUSE. 
 
 Hour*: 8 A. 31. to 8 P. 31. Satunlay, 9 P. 31. 
 
 Single Bath 25 cents; 5 coupons $1.00 
 
 Alcohol Rub ............... .25 
 
 NOTICE. — In order that the waters maybe used to the best advantage coupon tickets at reduced rates will 
 only be sold at the Company’s ticket office in stone bath-house, or. presentation of a prescription from one of the 
 local physicians or from the Company’s resident physician whose office hours at the stone bath-house are from 
 10.30 a. m. to noon and 3.30 p. m. to 5.00 p. m. Admission is by ticket only. Attendants are not allowed to receive 
 money for baths. Tickets can be purchased at the Company’s ticket office in stone bath-house (open from 7.00 a. m. 
 to 10.00 p. m.), the Colorado Hotel, and Schuster’s store near the state bridge. Occupancy of room limited to one 
 hour. For further particulars inquire at Companv’s ticket office, stone bath-house. Valuables should be left at 
 home. The Company is not responsible for loss. Electric Launch arranged for at ticket office. 
 
 DIVING INTO THE BIG SWIMMING POOL OF WARM WATER. 
 700 feet long and 100 feet wide. 
 
BLUE BRIDAL CHAMBER OF THE COLORADO. 
 
HUNTING AND FISHING 
 
 IN THE VICINITY OR GLENWOOD SPRINGS. 
 
 T HERE are numerous excellent limiting and fishing resorts near Glen- 
 wood Springs, among which the following are the most attractive : — 
 
 (jrizzly is six miles from Glenwood Springs up the canon of the 
 
 Grand River. This creek furnishes the best trout fishing within a short 
 distance from Glenwood Springs. The scenery along this road, and the 
 creek with its picturesque canon are very interesting. The water is always 
 cold and clear as crystal. Along the banks of the creek are tall quacking 
 asp and fir trees which, with their dark shadows thrown on the high cliffs 
 above and mirrored in the waters of the creek beneath, make it seem like 
 a place of enchantment. 
 
 Suieet U/at?r Cal^e is thirty miles from Glenwood Springs. It is situ- 
 ated in the valley of the Sweet Water. It' literally^ swarms with mountain 
 trout, although of not a very large size. It can be reached in one and one- 
 half days from Glenwood on horseback. 
 
 Stye Soutty porl^ of tty? LUtyite l^iv?r unquestionably furnishes the 
 best fishing in the State. The fish are not only large but are the most 
 gamey trout ever fished for, taking almost any fly, and owing to the swift- 
 ness of the water they tax the skill of the most expert angler. One advan- 
 tage in camping on the Sonth Fork is that when a sportsman gets tired of 
 the rod he can rest himself by using his gun, and cannot go far from camp 
 before finding plenty of deer and elk. The camping place is in a large 
 park, or forest, the ground being covered by a luxuriant growth of grass. 
 
 /T\art/il}e Cal^?s, thirty-eight miles from Glenwood Springs, are the 
 headquarters of the Marvine Gun Club. A club house has been built on 
 the shores of one of the most beautiful lakes, and the lakes are furnished 
 with boats. Good accommodations can be had here for persons not wishing 
 to rough it. The lakes are separated by r a narrow strip of mountains. 
 On the east side of the lakes is one of the noblest peaks that rise above the 
 fiat tops of this country, known as Marvine Peak. A distance of three 
 miles from this good fishing and camping ground brings the hunter to the 
 summer home of the elk and deer, and if Marvine Takes were the only 
 
hunting and fishing ground in this section of the State one would be well 
 repaid for making a trip to this most picturesque spot. 
 
 Bi? L a K<?. forty miles from Glenwood Springs, as its name sug- 
 
 gests, has the largest fish in the State of Colorado, and plenty of them too. 
 There are no small trout to be found in this lake. A party visiting the 
 lake last summer caught no trout less than fifteen inches long and several 
 over twenty inches long. One-fourtli of a mile to the east of this lake and 
 divided from it by a little foot-hill is another lake studded with small 
 islands, on which are found every variety of ducks to be had in the Rocky 
 Mountains, such as the wood duck, mallard, etc. 
 
 Trappers Cal \e is forty-five miles from Glenwood Springs. The road 
 to this lake and the lake itself are probably the best known of any in this 
 vicinity or perhaps in this State. It is situated in the White River Plateau 
 country, and is the headwaters of the White River, and is also the largest 
 lake in the State of Colorado. It is here that the sportsman can make his 
 permanent home and ask for nothing better than to remain, making daily 
 trips to different points in quest of the game which he best likes, and his 
 every wish for game can be gratified. Elk, deer, lynx, foxes, sage hens, 
 Rocky Mountain quail, grouse, ducks, and every variety of the ornamental 
 feathered tribe make it their home. 
 
 VALLEYS OF THE GRAND AND ROARING FORK RIVERS, 
 Near Glenwood Springs. 
 
] 
 
 CANON OF THE GRAND RIVER, NEAR GLENWOOD SPRINGS. 
 
 ll/illiams for^ Of tl?e Bear l^iver, fifty miles from Glenwood Springs, 
 is another summer range for big game, and is a good camping place. 
 
 Deep Qree^ l^He, twenty-two miles from Glenwood Springs, at an 
 altitude of 9,000 feet, is reached only by a good mountain trail, and is 
 situated in a large basin, on the south of which a heavy growth of pines 
 furnishes a grateful shade. This is the best camping ground in the 
 mountains for persons afflicted with hay fever ; but be sure to bring plenty 
 of blankets along, for water freezes here every night in the year. One 
 night is said to be sufficient to cure the most hopeless case of hay fever. 
 There are plenty of deer and elk found here, and good fishing. The lake 
 covers an area of about 160 acres. It is circular in form, and has been 
 tested to a depth of 500 feet without reaching bottom. 
 
 I'/euil/S 5^®) situated about eight miles from Glenwood on the Ben- 
 nett’s mill road, is a very attractive place for an outing. The view from 
 there is sublime, over a broken cliff, 1,000 feet straight down at the bottom 
 of which No Name Creek can be seen. A grove of large cottonwood 
 trees overshadowing it makes it a beautiful spot in which to spend a warm 
 summer’s day, and for those inclined to use a gun, plenty of grouse and 
 squirrels are close at hand. 
 
THE COLORADO AND THE GRAND RIVER VALLEY. 
 
 MOUNT SOPRIS, 14,500 FEET HIGH. 
 View from Glenwood Springs. 
 
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 DENVER, COLO. 
 
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 GAME OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, TAKEN NEAR 
 
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 COPYRIGHT, 1894. BY FRANK S. THAYER. 
 
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 “As a rqatter of information to tlqe sportsrqai\, toiirist, or pleasure 
 seeder, tlqe publisher 'Would state tlqat tlqe particular section of tlqe RocK;y 
 Mountain region frorq wlqiclq rqost of tlqe foregoing pictures Were gathered, 
 is ir| tlqe i]ortl\West portion of tlqe State of Colorado, on Wlqat is Known 
 as tlqe westerly slope of tlqe Continental Divide; tlqe rqost central point of 
 rendezvous beiiqg Gleiqwood Springs, wlqiclq is reached by tlqe Denver & 
 Rio Grande R. R., starting frorq Denver. Tlqe Iqotel accorqrqodations and 
 otlqer accessories at tlqis point are Unsurpassed in tlqe United States, and 
 trips can best Iqere be planned to tlqe IqUnting grounds, Wlqiclq are oqly 
 a few days ride or drive by lqorse or Wagon-” 
 
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 [From the North American Review, March, 1892.] 
 
 “ There is no new thing under the sun,” said the wise son of David. If Solomon meant 
 by the word “new ” something that man had never seen before, then Solomon was wrong, for 
 there is “ a new thing under the sun,” and it is at Glenwood Springs, Colo. 
 
 Imagine a river winding between granite walls so lofty that their shadows subdue the sun- 
 shine into a “dim religious light,” its waters (of Colorado’s largest river fitly named the Grand) 
 chanting in melodious tones a hymn to Nature, as they proudly journey down the western 
 slope, to wed that peaceful ocean whose azure waves toy with the shores of the Golden Gate. 
 Now smooth and murmuring, now dark and angry, rushing at great rocks that lie in their path- 
 way, roaring defiance at the adamantine obstructions, forming with the shifting scenery of the 
 canon a living kaleidoscope, ever changing, now soothing as a pleasant dream, and now exciting 
 the mind with wonder and with awe, until the enchantment is broken by a new scene that greets 
 us as we emerge from a tunnel through a mighty mountain — for Glenwood is seen glistening 
 under Colorado’s brilliant sunlight. 
 
 We pass the beautiful bath-house, built in mediaeval style, — begetting dreams of the 
 Rhine, — see the' great hot springs, bubbling forth from Nature’s bosom, healing the sick and 
 invigorating the well, and the great bathing-pool, in which swimming is indulged in as a pastime, 
 even when the surrounding mountains are hoary with snow. You hear the rushing waters of 
 the Roaring Fork River as it reaches and blends with the waters of the Grand, framing a valley 
 nestled among mountains, at whose base stands the city of Glenwood Springs — a city whose 
 site a few short years since was the hunting ground of the savage, a babe born in the age of 
 electricity, blessed with all the improvements of science, and whose healing waters and vapor 
 caves inspire hosannas in the hearts of the sick; a climate fit for Arcadia, just enough winter 
 to destroy the germs of illness, and summers whose nights are so delightful that one dreams of 
 the poesy of Persia while gazing at the lofty peaks standing as sentinels in the glorious moon- 
 light, and you are in doubt whether to regret the sun or welcome the moon. 
 
 For now the waning sun sinking in the west 
 Discards his robes of fleecy clouds on 
 And around the mountain tops ; so painting all 
 With bright and roseate hues that, through the rifts, 
 
 The golden sky seems as the glistening gates 
 Of paradise ; 
 
 No deepening shadows mark the coming night, 
 
 For like a maiden brightened by her lover’s gaze 
 Diana comes, and with her chastened light 
 Soothes Nature’s sleep. 
 
 The flow of the hot springs is larger than any in the world, and they surpass all in healing 
 qualities; hundreds can bathe together in the swimming pool, and the sensation is so delightful 
 
that, once in, it is a task to leave it; large and small game abound in the immediate vicinity of 
 the city, and yet this Rocky Mountain paradise, with its immense water-power, also stands 
 pre-eminent among its sister cities as a commercial centre. 
 
 Being the county seat of a county whose agricultural productions range from the hardy 
 cereals to the luscious fruits of the semi-tropics, with mines of gold and silver, beds of kaolin, 
 large deposits of asphalt, herds of cattle on her hills, fertile farms in her valleys, Glenwood, 
 the capital of Garfield county, Colorado, located at the confluence of the Grand and Roaring 
 Fork rivers, on the great railroad highway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is a marvel, 
 and her springs are a “ new thing under the sun.” 
 
 [Rev. Frederick Campbell in The Evangelist , Nov. i, 1894 — “ 1,000 Miles in the Rockies.”] 
 
 A plunge through a tunnel, and the train whistles for Glenwood Springs. What a treat 
 awaits us ! From the rocky barrenness of Leadville to the exquisite verdure of Glenwood 
 Springs! Still, this is art more than nature; but nature has done her best here, too. The 
 mountains are all about us, and they have a character different from that of any yet seen. The 
 mouth of the canon gaps just above the town; the river, now of good size, makes a fine sweep; 
 the Roaring Fork pours out of its own valley and reenforces the main stream, then a superb 
 valley stretches away to the westward and fades away among mountains that close in tightly 
 once more. But what has produced all this verdure ? Not the springs, for a few years ago 
 they were pouring as today, but the place was comparatively barren. It fell to one man of 
 bright mind and trained talents to see the possibilities that lay hidden at this point, and he set 
 things in motion for the development of the place. Without wearying the reader with an 
 account of the process by which so great a revolution was wrought, let it suffice to say that at 
 enormous expense and at a great outlay of the best talent, there now stands one of the most 
 elegant hotels in the country, overlooking a great bathing establishment, and all surrounded by 
 a wealth of verdure, where a very few years ago the Indian led down his horse to bathe his sore 
 feet in these healing waters. 
 
 There is but one word to utter at Glenwood Springs — “Wonderful”! If one enjoys life 
 at the most luxurious of hotels, here it is at “The Colorado.” Built in the Italian style, of 
 peach-blow sandstone and light brick, lighted with electricity, a search-light reaching from one 
 of its towers at night and lighting the train up the valley, a powerful fountain, supplied from 
 the mountain stream up the canon, pouring like the geyser “ Old Faithful,” 170 feet straight 
 into the air, and views, views, views all about — nothing need be asked more. And yet more 
 there is. These wild springs of hot salt sulphur water, pouring out from the earth, must be 
 harnessed and made obedient to the wants of man, and now harnessed and housed they are, 
 for at the foot of the hill stands one of the greatest bathing establishments in the world. A 
 bath-house costing $ 100,000 is elegantly fitted up, and stands on the edge of an out-door pool, 
 700 feet long, into which the natural water pours at the rate of 2,000 gallons per minute, and at 
 the temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. To temper this, a powerful stream of cold moun- 
 tain water also enters, thus adding the possibility of different temperature to that of different 
 depths for the bathers, who enjoy their swims day and night, summer and winter. Two other 
 plainer and cheaper bathing-houses are near by. 
 
 But the most novel attraction is the vapor cave. Here one steps from his dressing-room 
 into the very side of the mountain, into an atmosphere heavy with the hot, sulphurous vapors 
 of the waters that flow beneath, and the result is a profuse perspiration, which is supposed to 
 carry away with it those poisons with which the system has become freighted. The effect of 
 
both kinds of baths is tonic, and one comes forth feeling like a Rocky Mountain antelope. I 
 know of no place in this country to equal Glenwood Springs for delights, and I predict that it 
 will shortly become one of the great resorts for health and pleasure. 
 
 [From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 14, 1S94 — “ In the Alps of America.”] 
 
 Glenwood Springs is somewhat of an eye-opener to the man with old-fashioned ideas 
 about the wild and wooly West. It is a smart town with electric lights, etc., and is 
 entirely up to date. The town is famous for its springs, of which there are many of every 
 kind and temperature. But the imposing feature is the Hotel Colorado, leased by W. 
 Raymond, the well-known excursion manager, and managed by A. W. Bailey, the most genial 
 of hosts. It is not particularly flattering to a Philadelphian to find after a 2,500 mile journey a 
 hotel which is so far ahead of anything in his own city that he feels called upon to blush. The 
 hotel is built in Mexican style of architecture and rests at the foot of a mountain. In front is a 
 large park filled with fountains, on all sides are the springs, and near at hand the swimming 
 pool, which is one of the most marvelous things in America. The hotel is built of peach-blow 
 colored stone and Roman brick. It is furnished lavishly, but in excellent taste. Everything 
 that can be thought of is provided for the comfort of the guests. You sleep in the softest of 
 beds, in the most elegant apartments. You eat of the fat of the land, cooked till it melts in 
 your mouth, and served by dainty New England maids in spotless caps and aprons. You sit 
 on the porch and loaf; you bathe in the pool and swim to your heart’s content; you eat again, 
 loaf again, dine, and sit on the piazza at night with a panorama before you worth a journey to 
 Mars. The fountains shoot up hundreds of feet and electric lights throw various colors on 
 them, while an orchestra plays sweet music. It is like fairyland. You feel like driving a stake 
 and never leaving. I have been in many lands, but never reached a more delightful spot. There 
 are a great many springs of various properties and varying in temperature from 40 degrees to 
 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The bathing pool is 600 feet long, 1 10 feet wide, and from 3 1-2 to 6 1-2 
 feet deep. It is fed from a hot spring, which discharges 2,500,000 gallons daily at a temperature 
 of 124 degrees. The mineral quality of the water is excellent for gout, rheumatism, and kindred 
 diseases. I know of no place in the world where enterprise has done so much. The first hotel 
 built here was made of material carried over the mountains by little burros not much bigger than 
 goats. Now the town is quite metropolitan and puts on airs, to which it is entitled. I cannot 
 express the delight of a month spent at this hotel. I had a notion that Eastern people were 
 beguiled West, and there systematically robbed by extortionate hotel-keepers. I know of no 
 hotel where equal service is cheaper, and certainly nowhere are the advantages of baths and 
 scenery greater. I shall not talk of fishing and hunting, of driving and walking, of beautiful 
 scenes, etc., for fear I may be accused of acting as press agent. I only say these things in 
 justice to the place and its people. 
 
 [Dr. J. F. Cook, President LaGrange College, in the LaGrange College Magazine, Nov., 1894.] 
 
 Knowing by past experience what was in store for us at Glenwood Springs, we had been 
 impatient ever since leaving Denver to reach this beautiful place. We say deliberately, after 
 having been to the principal watering places and health resorts of America, that in our estima- 
 tion Glenwood Springs easily stands first, and it is a matter of surprise that many tourists go to 
 Colorado and return without seeing this lovely place. My observation was that there was a 
 a universal jealousy at other resorts all over Colorado against Glenwood Springs, but in the 
 opinion of many tourists there is nothing in the State like it. Glenwood Springs is situated in 
 the heart of the mountains on the western slope, 5,768 feet in elevation. It is located in a 
 
depression in the mountains, which tower 2,500 feet above it. The Grand River goes through 
 the mountain range and forms the Canon of the Grand, which terminates directly at the 
 Springs, cutting through diagonally; on the other side is the Roaring Fork ; and in this beautiful 
 plateau in the mountains is the town of Glenwood Springs, with a population of 4,000 people. 
 The town is supplied with the purest water from a mountain spring thousands of feet above it, 
 and is lighted throughout by electricity. The streets are clean, and altogether it is the most 
 restful and delightful town to be found in the world. The Denver & Rio Grande and Midland 
 railways form a junction here. Glenwood Springs is not only a pleasure resort, but a health 
 resort as well. At the terminus of the Canon of the Grand, one of the most beautiful in all 
 Colorado, hot springs, strongly impregnated with salt and sulphur, emerge from a cave at the 
 base of the mountain. The temperature of the water is nearly 130 degrees, as clear as crystal 
 and in great abundance. 
 
 It is not simply a spring, but pours forth like a mountain stream. In the cave from which 
 it bursts forth rooms have been arranged in which there are splendid facilities for taking vapor 
 baths from the vapor that rises from this hot water. Here many of the most stubborn cases 
 of rheumatism, skin diseases, and others of like nature have been permanently cured, that 
 have resisted treatment at every other place. No place in the West attracts more of the 
 better class of people than Glenwood Springs. One will find less of the shoddy and shallow 
 parade of common people than anywhere we have ever been. Money seems to have been 
 most lavishly expended in improving this healthful resort. A large syndicate of Englishmen 
 and railroad men have expended over a million dollars in developing its wonderful resources. 
 A large bath-pool which covers more than an acre has been made with pressed brick bottom 
 and cut stone walls, and is kept as clean as a wash bowl. In this pool of water, warm winter 
 and summer, varying in depth from 3^ to 6 feet, a thousand people may bathe at one time 
 if they desire. It seems to be the paradise of women and children, who are found bathing 
 and swimming from morning till night. An expensive bath-house with every kind of bath has 
 been erected at a cost of about $ 100,000 . From this bath-house on the edge of the pool persons 
 may go quietly in and bathe for hours without fear of cold or harm. Indeed it is almost impos- 
 sible after having been in that salt water to come out and take cold. All around this pool are 
 found the most beautiful walks, fringed with every kind of flowers, kept by skilled florists. The 
 company has been most fortunate in its management. The president, Mr. W. B. Devereux, 
 and the treasurer, Mr. Lyle, devote their entire attention to see that everything is kept in order, 
 and that every facility for enjoyment is given to their guests. While there is a great elegance 
 about the place, there seems to be a freedom that is found only among the more cultivated 
 and better classes. The management of the company is liberal, and every effort is made to 
 have the people enjoy to the fullest extent the facilities offered. 
 
 There are all kinds of accommodations to suit people of different tastes, — boarding houses, 
 hotels, furnished rooms, and restaurants. One can have it his own way, and it is not expensive. 
 But one of the charms of the place is the Colorado Hotel ; and what shall we say of it and tell the 
 truth. First, it is the most attractive hotel that we have found in this country. It is located on 
 the side of Grand River on which the bath-pool and bath-houses are located. It is constructed 
 of peach-blow colored stone and Roman brick. Its dimensions are 224 ft. across the front and 
 260 ft. from front to rear. It has an open court 124 ft. square. It is situated in one of the 
 most romantic and beautiful spots in America. It is surrounded by flowers and fountains and 
 artificial water-falls, and looks more like a fairy spot than anything real, and when one first sees 
 it he is filled with surprise at its wonderful beauty. The rooms are large and most elegantly 
 furnished. They are furnished not only for comfort, but artistic taste has done its most in 
 making it all beautiful. It is under the proprietorship of Mr. W. Raymond and under the 
 management of Mr. A. W. Bailey, an experienced and accomplished hotel manager. Mr. 
 
Bailey has been connected with hotels nearly all his life, and we have failed to hear one word 
 of dissatisfaction of his treatment to his guests or the management of the hotel. He is genial 
 and kind and competent, and spares no pains or expense to make his guests comfortable. On 
 the table will be found mountain trout, venison, grouse, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits 
 produced in this country, and so well pleased do we find all the guests of The Colorado, that 
 one would be very rash to find complaint, and when accommodations are considered, we have 
 known no hotel more reasonable in its charges. We speak what we feel when we say that we 
 had rather spend a month at The Colorado, summer or winter, for it is kept open all the year, 
 than at any other hotel in America, everything considered. 
 
 [William E. Curtis in The Chicago Record , Oct. ir, 1894.] 
 
 The new hotel at Glenwood Springs is a great surprise to the strangers that come to Colo- 
 rado. It is finer than anything at Long Branch or Saratoga or Newport, and, excepting its 
 size, is equal in every respect to the Ponce de Leon at St. Augustine. It is owned by a syndi- 
 cate of Colorado, New York, and London capitalists, who had confidence that the people of this 
 country wanted the best they could furnish them, and were willing to pay for it. Mr. Raymond, 
 of the Raymond & Whitcomb excursion firm, is lessee, and the manager is Mr. A. W. Bailey, 
 who has kept hotels at Denver and Manitou for many years. Everything is as fine as it can 
 possibly be, particularly the dining-room, where the waiters are pretty Yankee girls from Boston, 
 who wear blue-checked ginghams and neat white aprons for a livery at breakfast and luncheon, 
 and appear at dinner with spotless gowns of white with natty lace caps on their heads. They 
 are gentle and quiet and graceful, and don’t stick their thumbs in the soup like the colored and 
 Irish waiters you find out here. 
 
 The hotel is a stately structure, — a close copy of the Villa Medicis at Rome, built of 
 Roman brick and trimmed with peach-blow sandstone. The corridors are wide, and the rooms 
 
 ROTUNDA OF THE COLORADO. 
 
are large and light and airy. The furniture is exquisite, of the most dainty and aristocratic pat- 
 terns. All the bedsteads are of brass, and the hangings and pictures and decorations are in 
 the very best taste. 
 
 The hot springs were the principal inducement for the erection of the hotel here, and their 
 curative qualities for rheumatism, gout, and kindred diseases are becoming well known. Dr. 
 Chamberlain, the well-known specialist of Boston, says he has been sending an average of one 
 hundred patients a year to Carlsbad, but now he is sending them all here, for the air is better, 
 and the waters are just as good. The bath-houses are equal to the hotel in all their equip- 
 ments, which means that they are as fine as can be, and the novelty is a great pool of hot water 
 out of doors that covers an acre, in which people can bathe and swim as they do in the sea, 
 winter and summer. Although there may be six inches of snow on the ground, and the ther- 
 mometer down to zero, the out-door bathing goes on daily just the same. 
 
 Glen wood Springs is now the outfitting point for the hunters that come down into Colorado 
 for big game, and they call it in the guide-books “ the sportsmen’s paradise.” This is the 
 height of the hunting season, and the woods are full of parties from all over the world, shooting 
 elk, antelope, deer, mountain sheep, and fiercer game if they prefer it; for there are still plenty 
 of bear, puma, and other wild beasts that will fight back if they get a chance. There are several 
 parties out now who came all the way from England “ to get a bit of sport, don’t you know,” 
 and in two or three weeks they will be coming in with haunches of venison, stacks of antlers 
 and deer and elk heads, bear skins, and tall stories. The best hunting grounds are over in the 
 White River and Bear River country, just west of the continental divide. There the game has 
 been disturbed but little, and by traveling from forty to sixty miles one can find plenty of heavy 
 shooting. The Roaring Fork, the Frying Pan creek, and the Eagle River have been pretty well 
 fished out, people tell me, but the new fishing grounds at Trapper’s Lake and Lake Marvine 
 are full of trout and bass this year. 
 
 You can get a guide here for $2.50 a day, plenty of horses for jjSi.oo a day, and good outfits 
 and provisions. The cost of an expedition for two or three weeks for a party of five or so is 
 about $5 a day each. 
 
 [From Road and Inn .] 
 
 No resort in all the Rocky Mountain region has come more quickly into prominence than 
 Glenwood Springs. There are two causes for its rapidly increasing popularity. Wonderful, 
 hot, salt-water springs, such as exist scarcely anywhere else in the country, are found here, 
 with baths of every kind and a fine swimming-pool. This of itself would make the place 
 famous. The second distinction — no less noteworthy than the first — is the existence here, 
 in the heart of the Rockies, of what is without exception the most elegant resort-hotel between 
 the Atlantic coast and California. In its natural surroundings, indeed, as well as in its 
 appearance, furnishing, and management, The Colorado is truly unsurpassed anywhere. 
 
 Glenwood Springs is situated about twelve hours’ ride from Denver by either the Atchison, 
 Topeka & Santa Fe or the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, near the western base, as Denver is 
 at the eastern base of the Rocky Mountain Range. The Roaring Fork and the Grand River 
 unite here in a picturesque valley surrounded by forest-clad heights. The altitude is 5,200 
 feet, and the town, which had about 200 inhabitants in 1S85, has now a population of over 
 2,500. Only a few years ago the place was a part of an Indian reservation, and little was 
 known of the marvelous hot springs which have since made the region so famous. The 
 tourist in search of pleasure, no less than the health seeker, will here find an inviting resting 
 place. The springs, the bathing facilities afforded by the great swimming pool, the luxurious 
 bath-house, and the unique cave baths, are not surpassed by anything else of the kind in 
 America. The “ Big Pool,” or Natatoriunr, covers upwards of an acre, and is from three and 
 
a half to five and a half feet in depth. The hot water pours in at a temperature of 120 degrees 
 Fahrenheit, and at a rate of 2,000 gallons per minute, but is reduced to a pleasant temperature 
 for bathing by fresh water from a mountain stream. In winter as well as summer the bathing 
 is in the highest degree enjoyable, the temperature of the great body of water being from 
 ninety-three to ninety-eight degrees Fahrenheit. In the midst of the hot waters a fountain of 
 cold water throws its grateful spray, forming a delightful shower bath. The 'bath-house, which 
 stands near the pool, was erected at a cost of over $ 100,000 . Its walls are of solid masonry, 
 the beautiful peach-blow sandstone being the material used. It is a large building, set in a 
 charming park, with terraced lawns and flower-bordered walks. 
 
 On a beautiful terrace above the springs stands The Colorado, which is constructed of 
 peach-blow colored stone and Roman brick. Its dimensions are 224 feet across the front and 
 260 feet from front to rear. The hotel is built around three sides of a large court, 1 24 feet 
 square. In locating the building, advantage was taken of the natural slope of the ground, 
 thus enabling the court to be terraced and adorned with fountains, paths, grass plats, and beds 
 of flowers, affording delightful promenades and commanding extensive views. Further charm 
 is added by the broad, open corridors and verandas encircling the court. These lofty corridors 
 are supplied with glazed sashes, which enable the openings to be closed when desired, or when 
 the weather renders it advisable. A stone bridge, arching the roadway, connects this court with 
 broad, easy flights of steps leading down to the river, bath-house, and springs. The hotel contains 
 two hundred guest rooms and about forty private bath-rooms. The bath-rooms are supplied 
 with the best plumbing fixtures, including nickel-plated pipes and fittings, and especial care has 
 been taken with regard to the sanitary arrangements, drainage, and ventilation. Most of the 
 rooms are arranged in suites of two or more, with or without private bath-rooms in connection. 
 In nearly every room is found an open fireplace, in which are burned the fragrant logs of 
 pinon pine, so famous in the Rocky Mountain regions of Colorado. Steam heat is also 
 provided. Mr. W. Raymond, of Raymond & Whitcomb, the Boston, New York, and Phila- 
 delphia excursion,, agents, is proprietor of The Colorado, and Mr. A. W. Bailey is manager. 
 Mr. Raymond has lately opened a bridle trail for horses and mules to the summit of Lookout 
 Mountain, behind the town, where a pavilion affords a grand view of hundreds of miles of 
 snow-capped ranges, from which the snow never disappears. There is also a new foot-path to 
 the top of Iron Mountain, just back of The Colorado, passing Exclamation Point, where the 
 prospect resembles that from Inspiration Point in the Yosemite. 
 
 [Karl Marble in the Western Trade Journal , Chicago.] 
 
 “ The Kissingen of America.” This is the title bestowed upon Glenwood Springs in 
 Colorado. One has not seen the grandeur of the mountain scenery of the United States until 
 he has been to Colorado ; and he has not seen the flower of the Centennial State until he has 
 been to Glenwood Springs. This is reached by means of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, 
 which traverses the finest mountain scenery in the world, and astonishes almost to bewilderment 
 the traveler, whether taking him through the Royal Gorge, the Black Canon, or the delightful 
 basin-like valley wherein Glenwood Springs is situated. 
 
 At Glenwood Springs, in the very heart of the Rocky Mountains, readily accessible by rail 
 from both the East and the West, will be found one of the most charming health and pleasure 
 resorts in the world. To the natural advantages of a romantic situation, pure air, healthful 
 surroundings, picturesque scenery, and the marvelous hot springs which have given the place 
 its great fame, has been added a magnificent and commodious hotel which supplies every 
 possible comfort and luxury to be desired by the health or pleasure seeker. Aside from the 
 hotel is a sanitarium, or bath-house, erected at a cost of over $ 100,000 , in the midst of a 
 
charming park and upon the verge of the largest swimming-pool of hot water in the world. 
 The view from the hotel is superb, overlooking the pool and park, the Grand River beyond, the 
 pretty town of Glenwood Springs, lying on the opposite bank, and far down the beautiful 
 valley with its borders of lofty mountains. The elevation of Glenwood Springs is the same as 
 that of Denver (5,200 feet). The town stands at the confluence of two mountain streams, the 
 Roaring Fork and Grand River, and is about the same distance from Denver and Salt Lake 
 City, on the main line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Near at hand is the remarkable 
 canon of the Grand River. 
 
 It is an ideal all-the-year-round resort, inviting at once to the seeker after health, the 
 traveler who is on pleasure bent, and the sportsman. Bathing is indulged in out of doors all 
 the year round. The hot saline water pours into a mammoth natatorium, which is from 
 to 5 y 2 feet deep and over an acre in area, at the rate of 2,000 gallons per minute. The 
 normal temperature is 120 degrees Fahrenheit, but it is reduced to pleasant warmth for bathing 
 by adding fresh cold water from the mountains. The bath-house contains a large number of 
 bath-rooms, together with dressing and lounging rooms, parlor, reading room, physician’s office, 
 etc. Near at hand is a “ cave bath.” The summit of the mountain, just east of the town, and 
 towering 2,000 feet above it, affords a superb view of the loftier snow-clad peaks. 
 
 The Colorado w r as opened in the summer of 1893, and at once became celebrated as one of 
 the most delightful sojourning places between the Atlantic and the Pacific. It is one of the 
 most complete hotels in America, and at the same time one of the handsomest. It is built of 
 peach-blow sandstone and Roman brick, and forms three sides of a court 124 feet square. It 
 is in the Italian style, the Villa Medicis in Rome having given inspiration for its central motive, 
 which consists of two towers with connecting loggias. Besides numerous commodious public 
 apartments there are 200 guest rooms and about 40 private bath-rooms. Special care has been 
 taken with regard to the sanitary arrangements throughout the house. In nearly every room 
 is an open fireplace, and no charge is made for fires. There are also electric lights and other 
 modern conveniences. The hotel is under the proprietorship of Mr. W. Raymond, of Boston, 
 Mass., of the firm of Raymond & Whitcomb, the well-known excursion managers, and also 
 proprietor of The Raymond, at East Pasadena, Cal. The manager is Mr. A. W. Bailey, 
 formerly of Manitou Springs and Denver. 
 
 Mr. Bailey is One of the most whole-souled and jovial of hosts, and is decidedly “to the 
 manner born ” both in Colorado life and hotel management. He was a pioneer in the State, 
 having made a visit to the territory when a very young man, about the time of the breaking out 
 of the war, when he saw after a few weeks’ stay there what the prospects of the mountain 
 region were, and cast in his fortunes with the country at once. He established a hotel in 
 Manitou in the early days, and was connected for a time with a hotel in Denver. But he 
 never was quite at his best until he took charge of this superb hotel, “ The Colorado,” which, 
 almost in the region of perpetual snow, is hemmed in by mountains so closely that it is never 
 cold there, as people in the East understand it, and the spot is as much of a winter resort as it 
 is a summer one. Last March the out-door crocuses were in bloom, and the grass is green 
 throughout the year. The Raymond excursions all stop over here, and after the California air 
 feel invigorated by the bracing air of this delicious valley. The hotel itself — it is a dream, and 
 must be seen to be appreciated. 
 
 [Luther L. Holden, Boston, September, 1S94.] 
 
 As much as I thought I knew about “ The Colorado,” having described it so confidently in 
 print, I confess that the hotel was a revelation to me. In all my experience I have never seen a 
 hotel so bright, cheerful, comfortable, and well arranged, and so delightfully furnished. There 
 is a quiet elegance and nicety about every room that I saw (and Mr. Bailey took me about 
 
DINING ROOM OF THE COLORADO. 
 
everywhere, from the tower to the cold-storage rooms in the basement), and a degree of 
 harmony in the smallest bits of decoration productive of the most artistic effects. Everything 
 is in the most refined and elegant taste, and at the same time there is an absence of overdoing, 
 so often seen, “ The Colorado ” combines the very best points of other hotels, and no end of 
 original ideas — for instance, the broad and roomy dressing-cases and bureaus, the profusion of 
 large and comfortable lounging chairs, divans, etc., the delightful corridors to be thrown open 
 or closed as desired, and the arrangement of the electric lights, both in the public rooms and in 
 the guest chambers. As for the working part of the house — the kitchen, store-rooms, cold- 
 storage, serving rooms, laundry, etc., — I cannot imagine anything more complete or better 
 designed for economical working. I was surprised, too, to find everything so charmingly 
 fresh, neat, and clean. It was the Hotel del Monte with improvements. Not a speck of dirt 
 or refuse was observable anywhere, inside or out, and the house throughout, in every depart- 
 ment, looked as if it might have been opened yesterday. Careful and complete supervision is 
 as self-evident as the fact that wise heads did the planning. I have long held Mr. and Mrs. 
 Bailey in high esteem, and my acquaintance with the former extends back thirteen years and a 
 half, but I depart from “The Colorado” with new respect for them both. There are many 
 landlords accounted as good managers and holding exalted reputations who have not half the 
 tact and intelligence of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey; and I am careful to mention Mrs. Bailey for the 
 special reason that her quiet and pure artistic taste is seen everywhere about this model hotel. 
 I can well understand that the Eastern hotel men were surprised to find such a remarkably 
 complete and well-balanced house “ away out West.” It is the habit of some of the Eastern 
 hotel men to imagine that there is nothing beyond Boston, New York, and Chicago except a 
 reflex of Eastern ideas, and, come to think of it, there is considerable “ Boston ” in this very 
 commendable enterprise. 
 
 I confess I was a “ doubting Thomas ” regarding the success of “ The Colorado,” but 
 having seen it and heard many of its guests express their own opinions regarding it, I am such 
 no longer. Continued upon the high plane upon which it has been started, it is sure to become 
 one of the most popular hotels in America. Mr. Bailey says it would break his heart to hear 
 anyone speak ill of the house ; but he need fear no fracture of that organ, since no person 
 whose opinion is worth a centime could possibly find room for criticism. 
 
 The lawns fronting the matchless swimming-pool are as fine as anything I have ever seen 
 in England or America, and with such possibilities in the way of green sward, its wide spreading 
 area is preferable to a great profusion of flowers. The corridors are a splendid conservatory in 
 themselves. Mr. Bailey let on the great fountain for our entertainment. It certainly is very 
 beautiful; and its immense height — claimed to be 185 feet — makes it unique, for the great 
 fountains of Europe, as I remember them, are in no case as lofty. 
 
 In a word, “The Colorado” is, to my mind, as perfect a pleasure resort as exists in this 
 country or Europe — admirably planned, thoroughly equipped, splendidly managed, and with 
 many original points of excellence. That its success may be commensurate with its just 
 deserts is the best wish I can utter. 
 
 P. S. — I had almost forgotten to mention the music. It was in every way enjoyable. 
 That it should be choice in character was to be expected from the well-known musical taste of 
 the proprietor of “The Colorado.” It was a pleasure, in perfect keeping with the other 
 charms of the hotel, to listen to the refined and nicely played selections at the morning and 
 evening concerts and at the Wednesday hop. 
 
 The Davenports and Learneds were charmed with the house. They had planned to stay 
 five days, and I think they wished they had made the time longer. 
 
[J. R. Crook, A. M., M. D., in the Post-Graduate, New York.] 
 
 In a grand amphitheatre of the Rocky Mountains, 5,200 feet above the level of the sea 
 and 280 miles west of Denver, is located the new watering place and health resort which rejoices 
 in the poetic name of Glenwood Springs. This point is reached from the east by the Denver 
 & Rio Grande, and the Colorado Midland branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, 
 both transcontinental routes. Dame Nature has been lavish in her adornment of this grand 
 and picturesque region. On emerging from the last of the tunnels of the Grand River canon 
 the tourist finds himself in a natural park of perhaps a mile in diameter and several miles in 
 length, surrounded on the north, east, and west by lofty forest-clad hills. The valley is inter- 
 sected by the Grand River and the Roaring Fork, two romantic mountain streams which unite 
 here to form a current of considerable size. The southern portion of the valley affords a mag- 
 nificent view of snow-capped Mount Sopris, a peak of surpassing majesty and grandeur. A 
 climb of 2,000 feet to the summit of Lookout Mountain, which forms the eastern wall of the 
 amphitheatre, reveals a panorama of dazzling beauty and splendor. Seventy miles eastward is 
 outlined the glistening, snow-crowned chain of the Continental Divide, while to the west, the 
 eye spans the valley of the Book Cliffs, whose majestic outlines ninety miles distant are clearly 
 defined. To the north stretches the great White River plateau. Turning the eye south the 
 lofty summits of the Elk range, fifty miles distant across the intervening valleys of the Roaring 
 Fork and Crystal rivers, come into view. On the left, or eastern bank of the Grand River, at 
 the foot of Lookout Mountain, is located the town of GlenwoRd Springs, a place of about 
 3,000 inhabitants, and the county seat of Garfield county. The ground slopes gently from the 
 mountain on the east to the two rivers on the west and south, affording excellent natural 
 drainage. The streets are well laid out at right angles, and the houses of the most part well 
 built and of a substantial character. The town is well lighted by electric illuminators. The 
 climate of the region is superb ; the clear, bracing mountain air infusing the visitor at once 
 with a sense of exhilaration and a desire for activity. The humidity of the atmosphere is 
 exceedingly low, 'as the visitor soon learns by the constant dryness of the lips. The tempera- 
 ture is never excessive in summer, while the nights are invariably cool. During the cold season 
 the location is admirably protected by the surrounding mountains, which form a natural bulwark 
 against the winter winds. Rainy and cloudy weather is the exception, and it is said that invalids 
 may safely be out of doors from 320 to 335 days in the year. The prime attraction of Glenwood 
 lies just across the Grand River, where are located the magnificent hot saline-sulphur springs 
 which give the place its name. These are upward of a dozen in number, but only the two 
 largest — the “ Yarnpa ” and the so-called “ Cocktail ” spring, yielding about 4,000 gallons of 
 water per minute — are improved. The waters from these springs are used to supply the recently 
 erected elegant and commodious bath-house and the mammoth natatorium or swimming-pool. 
 
 The temperature of the Yampa, the largest spring of the group, as taken by the author, 
 Oct. 21, 1893, was 124.6 degrees Fahrenheit, and of the Cocktail 126.4 degrees Fahrenheit. 
 The specific gravity of the former when cooled down to S3 degrees Fahrenheit was 1,013, and 
 of the latter a trifle less. That the waters are strongly impregnated with sulphuretted hydrogen 
 is readily shown by the heavy deposit of sulphur crystals on stones in the springs and on the 
 surrounding sandstone walls. In the Yampa spring the gas is in sufficient quantity to impart a 
 decided bluish tinge to the water, rendering it slightly opalescent. The atmosphere immediately 
 surrounding the springs is heavily charged with the escaping vapor. The great swimming-pool 
 is upward of an acre in extent, and is graded in depth from 3]^ to 5J4 feet. It is constructed 
 of the famous Colorado sandstone, and its bottom paved with pressed brick. 
 
 The waters from the springs in flowing into the pool are cooled to some extent by contact 
 with the air and by evaporation, but the temperature is further lowered by an artificial cold 
 
water geyser near the western end of the basin, supplied from a near-by mountain reservoir. 
 An average temperature of ninety-three to ninety-eight degrees Fahrenheit is thus maintained, 
 and bathing may be indulged in the year round. The cold water fountain, the spring board, 
 and the toboggan slide form a very agreeable, though not strictly therapeutical, accession to a 
 bath in the pool. In immediate juxtaposition to the natatorium is the sanitarium, or bath-house, 
 recently erected at a cost of $100,000. This establishment has ample facilities for the different 
 varieties of baths, with a lounging and dressing chamber for each bath-room. The pool and 
 bath-house are charmingly located in a little park tastefully adorned with shade trees, flower- 
 bordered walks, fountains and terraced lawns. The eastern boundary of the park is swept by 
 the Grand River, which describes a majestic curve at this point, and separates the grounds from 
 the outside world. On the rising ground coterminous with the western boundaries of the park 
 and forming a charming centre-piece against the dark timber-clad mountain back-ground, is 
 located the new Hotel Colorado, opened in June, 1S93. The Eastern visitor is struck with 
 amazement at the evidences of modern comfort, convenience and luxury which greet the eye at 
 every turn in this beautiful and commodious caravansary. Space prevents us from going into 
 details ; but when we have said that the guest will find in The Colorado every arrangement for 
 his well-being and comfort that the newest and best hotels of New York can supply, further 
 description is unnecessary. 
 
 Another interesting and unique feature of Glenwood Springs should not pass unnoticed. 
 Across the river from the Yampa, and two or three hundred yards up stream, is the entrance 
 to a cave which extends for some distance under the mountain. This cave has a natural tem- 
 perature ranging from 105 to no degrees Fahrenheit, which is saturated at all times with the 
 vapor of water strongly impregnated with sulphur like that of the springs. After a few 
 minutes’ time in the cave, the surface of the body is bedewed wdth a profuse perspiration. 
 Advantage has been taken of this natural vapor chamber, and a bath-house with the requisite 
 adjuncts has been constructed at its entrance. The cave itself is lighted by electricity, and at- 
 tendants are on hand to supply the wants of bathers either in the cavern or in private rooms. 
 
 The adaptability of Glenwood Springs as a health resort may be considered with reference 
 to two important points. 
 
 1. As to the climate and general surroundings. — The high elevation, the protected situ- 
 ation, and the pure, dry atmosphere place it at once on a par with such well-known resorts as 
 Manitou and Colorado Springs. From a priori reasoning, we would deem the location suitable 
 for debilitated conditions resulting from almost any cause, but especially those due to pulmonary 
 trouble. Almost all persons in such conditions visiting the place experience a gain in weight 
 and strength appreciable within a few days after arrival. The rarefied air would of course be 
 a contra-indication in cases of heart disease, aneurism, or the hemorrhagic diathesis. 
 
 2. As to the springs and baths. — The waters are highly thermal, and the analysis and 
 other evidences show them to be strongly saline and sulphuretted. What we require now is the 
 careful medical observation of actual, individual cases. During the author’s sojourn at the 
 springs a number of persons, some of them from distant points, were using the baths, but they 
 were for the most part acting under their own guidance, which fact invalidated their testimony. 
 As far as could be learned, however, the evidence is strongly in favor of the utility of the 
 baths in cases of chronic rheumatism, gout, cutaneous and renal diseases. One old gentle- 
 man w'ho had suffered for an indefinite period from rheumatism in his hip assured the author 
 that he gained more benefit from two of the baths at full heat than he had received from years 
 of previous treatment. A gentleman from Illinois, suffering from chronic nephritis, who had 
 been treated by a number of well-known physicians, including Dr. Belfield of Chicago, had 
 resorted to the vapor cave in an almost hopeless condition three months previously. His 
 improvement, as shown by a loss of his headache, an increased daily quantity of urine and a 
 
gain in weight and strength, had begun at once, and had been steadily maintained. In common 
 with all hot baths, these waters are contra-indicated in fatty degeneration of any important struc- 
 ture, in atheroma, aneurism, or organic heart disease, and in the predisposition to pulmonary, 
 cerebral, gastric, or intestinal hemorrhage. In conclusion, it may be said that for cases requiring 
 a high, dry, and bracing atmosphere, for those in which hot saline-sulphur baths are indicated, 
 or for persons who simply seek recreation or pleasure, Glenwood Springs offers superior advan- 
 tages. 
 
 [Henry M. Lyman, A. M., M. D., Chicago, in the Medical Record , Dec. 9, 1893.] 
 
 Our car wheels rumble through the tunnel that pierces the huge promontory around which 
 sweeps the Great Bend of the Grand River; a sudden burst of electric arc light illuminates the 
 foaming rapids and the valley and the mountains — we have arrived at Glenwood Springs. The 
 hotel ’bus trundles us across the iron bridge that spans the river. Everywhere a blaze of electric 
 light, by the aid of which we can see the foaming rapids, the broad pool of the swimming bath, 
 the lawn terraces, and finally, overlooking all, a stately Italian palace, built of red sandstone and 
 Roman brick — the new Hotel Colorado. Our party is ushered into the spacious corridor, where 
 at evening the guests assemble and listen to the music of a German quartette band, and watch 
 the arrival and departure of travelers. There are visitors from every considerable city in the 
 country. Englishmen of every variety abound. Here, fresh from the Columbian Exposition, 
 come a German count and countess, followed by their body physician and body surgeon and a 
 numerous retinue armed with rifles and other weapons of war. There goes a bright-eyed profes- 
 sor of world-wide reputation, from New York ; and yes, it is he, the prince of scientists, Von 
 Helmholtz himself, who is promenading up and down the long corridor. Elderly ladies draw 
 their easy chairs near the wood fire that blazes in the vast, old-fashioned chimney. Young 
 people in gala attire skip lightly over the polished floor of the ballroom, while the worshippers 
 of the great goddess Nicotiana sip their coffee and burn incense upon the wide veranda outside. 
 Throughout the house gas is unknown, and everything is resplendent with electric light. Out 
 of doors, despite the moonless night, the scenery is most impressive. The building stands upon 
 a hillside, and occupies three sides of a square, of which the fourth lies open toward the valley, 
 the river, and the town. The broad court, thus formed, is bordered with brilliant flowers, and 
 is carpeted with the greenest of turf, while from its centre springs a fountain of water that 
 throws its jet one hundred and eighty feet into the air. In the morning sunshine the spray is 
 filled with rainbows, but now at night its feathery films are lost among the stars that glitter like 
 diamonds in a cloudless sky that seems as translucent at the horizon as in the zenith. Beyond 
 the terraced lawns, at the foot of the hill, the vast swimming-pool shines, and the gliding river 
 shimmers in the electric light. Upon the opposite side of the valley the town of Glenwood 
 covers the slope of the ancient moraine; while above and around us lie the mountains, couched 
 like sleeping giants, strong and silent as the arch of heaven itself. 
 
 After a night of sleep such as seldom falls to the lot of a jaded citizen, morning arrives 
 freighted with new and unexpected pleasures. In this arid desert a diet of canned peaches and 
 fried ham would not have been a surprise ; but here, in an elegant hall, we find every comfort 
 that modem civilization can procure. Ripe fruit, fresh from the garden ; mountain trout, the 
 like of which can be found only among the mountains; juicy beefsteaks, delicious cream, 
 vegetables galore, — all proffered in abundance with the daintiest service in the world; the most 
 exacting epicure could ask for nothing more. 
 
 Thus fortified we sally forth upon the town — a little village of about one thousand 
 inhabitants, but well built, for Colorado abounds in beautiful building materials. The streets 
 are wide, and will soon be shaded with a luxuriant growth of cottonwood trees, urged forward by 
 the moisture that reaches their roots from the sparkling streamlets that gurgle through the open 
 gutters. The crisp morning air and the brilliant sunshine inspire everyone with life and hope. 
 
Let us return to the other side of the river. Here, at the foot of the mountain, are the 
 famous hot springs, bubbling up along the bank of the stream. The largest source has been 
 surrounded with a curb that incloses a pool about twenty feet in diameter, where the water, at 
 the temperature of 124 degrees Fahrenheit, boils up with a strong and steady stream that flows 
 through a broad conduit to the red sandstone bath-house and the great swimming-pool, a few 
 yards below. The water is beautifully transparent ; it exhales a faint odor of hydrogen-sulphide, 
 and tastes like chicken broth. 
 
 From the analysis it appears that the water of the Glenwood Springs resembles that of 
 Aix-la-Chapelle and the “ chicken broth ” springs of Germany. It is, therefore, useful in the 
 treatment of those diseases that find relief at those springs. Syphilitic diseases of the skin and 
 mucous membranes, arthritic diseases, cutaneous disorders, and chronic catarrhal inflamma- 
 tions are the principal ailments for which the baths and the internal use of the waters are indi- 
 cated. The temperature and the taste of the fresh spring water are not disagreeable, and the 
 baths cannot be surpassed. For delicate patients ample provision is made in the tub-baths that 
 occupy two floors of the spacious bath-house, while for all who can enjoy the luxury of a swim 
 the open air natatorium affords a pool five hundred feet long, covering more than an acre of 
 space, constantly filled with water from the great hot spring, so that an almost uniform tem- 
 perature of eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit is maintained during the entire year. As the spring 
 water enters and leaves the pool at the rate of two thousand gallons per minute, its transparent 
 purity never deteriorates. In midwinter, when the boys are skating on the frozen river, the 
 natatorium is always warm and perfectly comfortable. It is impossible to give an adequate de- 
 scription of the beauty of the place. The construction of the bath-house alone involved an out- 
 lay of one hundred thousand dollars. The great pool is curbed with red sandstone, and its 
 floor is paved throughout with hard, red brick. The surrounding lawns are of that vivid green 
 that is so characteristic of Colorado wherever irrigation is practised. The mountain stream 
 that furnishes such delicious water to the Colorado Hotel and to the town, here feeds an array 
 of fountains that fill the sunny air with rainbow-tinted spray, so that the adjacent landscape 
 forms a pleasing contrast with the sombre hues that darken the arid slopes in the background. 
 This aridity, however, forms one of the principal advantages of Colorado as a health resort. 
 Dew is unknown, and rain seldom falls. The subjoined tabular record of observations by the 
 United States Signal Service at Glenwood during the year 1889 illustrates this fact. It does 
 not, however, give any idea of the continuity of sunshine throughout the year. For days and 
 weeks together the deep blue sky remains unflecked by a cloud ; and the transparency of the 
 atmosphere, unstained by dust or smoke, is like that of the oceanic belt within the tropics. For 
 this, and for many other reasons, Colorado is remarkably attractive to all tourists and invalids 
 who desire an out-door life. 
 
 GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO. 
 
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