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HOUPER, Qeneral Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. Denver, Colo. FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION. Tourists' Handbook DESCRIPTIVE OF COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH. TWENTY-FIRST EDITION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH THOUSAND. REVISED AND CORRECTED TO JANUARY 1, 1901. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT OF THE DENVER k RIO GRftNDE RftlLROAD - J- . A„t „f rr,n(.r<.«5 in the vear 1901, by S. K. Hooper, at the Entered according to Act ot (.ongress, ui me jcai . >/ , j Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. FOREWORD. anions. No sooner do they reach the goal than two others start off, and thus for two hours, until the sum of victories gained l)y individuals entitles one j)arty or the other to claim success. The race decided, the runners range themselves in two facing lines and, preceded by the tlrum, l)egin a slow, side-wise march. Now the excitement runs high. The lines are broken and the Indians, chanting weirdly, have hard work to make their way through the struggling mass of 2,000 or 3,000 spectators. To add to the excitement, the women cast loaves of bread and cakes from the terraces of the pueblo, for which all scramble in a headlong, hap-hazard fashion. At length the estufas have again swallowed up the runners and the forenoon ceremonies are ended. The afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock is consumed by the antics of six naked and hideously painted clowns. As the sun nears the west, interest centers around the pole, where the poor sheep still hangs. After many mimic attemjits the pole is climbed and, amid the yells of the on-lookers, the sheep is thrown to the ground. The fruits and grain speedily follow. All are carried off by the clowns, amidst the wildest excitement, and St. Jerome is supposed to rejoice in this happy conclusion of the festival in his honor. This descrijition is necessarily brief and gives but a faint idea of this sjiectacle. The festival is well worthy a journey to see it, and the Denver (S: Kio Grande R. R. will make special rates for parties who desire to be present when these rites are performed. Accessible Cliff Dwellings— One of the most attractive portions of Colorado to the scientist, antiquarian, or, indeed, the general tourist, is that part in which are found the cliff dwellings of a long since extinct race. The most accessible of these prehistoric remains are situated about five miles from Espanolo, near Santa Cruz Creek. Here a large extent of country is covered with these puzzling remains. It is only recently that they have been discovered and, though the most accessible of any yet found, have been seen by but few people. Any resident of Espanola can serve as a guide for the exploring trip, which should be made on horseback. The ruins are of great interest and must soon become widely known. SANTA FE. Capital of New Mexico. * Santa Fe is the oldest city in the United States, there Population, 7,000 Elevation, - 6,968 being evidence to show that it was inhabited as early as 1325, or nearly three hundred years before the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock. The City of Holy Faith is situated on both sides of the Santa Fc Creek. The streets are narrow and the buildings are almost all constructed of adobe and only one story in height. The city is filled with anti(iuities, the most remarkable of which, perhaps, is the church of San Miguel, built in 1582, and the Palace, erected in 1581. To get an adequate idea of this quaint and interesting country, one should take the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. and make the journey to Santa Fe through the ancient pueblos and Indian villages which dot the way. Hotel— The Palace provides good accommodations for the tourist. SCENERY ON THE SILVERTON EXTENSION. Phantom Curve— Just before Toltec Tunnel is reached, a sharp curve takes the train into a cove among the hills, with monument-shaped rocks on one side and fantastic castellated cliffs rising five or six hundred feet on the other. This is known as Phantom Curve. It is, indeed, a wild spot, with the valley so deep below, the weird, red monumental rocks around and the tall, shelving cliffs above. At one place, near the track, there is a small cave, in which is found a beautiful light green moss. A mile beyond Phantom Curve the railway crosses the head of the ravme on a high bridge of trestle work. From this point the track runs directly toward the valley, on a line almost at right angles with it, to where it narrows into a mere fissure in the rocks at Toltec Gorge. TOLTEC GORGE— CHAMA— INDIAN RESERVATIONS— PAGOSA SPRINGS. 2$ TOLTEC GORGE AND TUNNEL. An hour's ride from Antonito brings the traveler to the brow of a precipitous hill, from whence he looks down into the peaceful and picturesque valley of the Los Pinos. As the advance is made around mountain spurs and deep ravines, glimpses are caught of profound depths and towering heights, and then the train makmg a great detour of four miles around a side canon, plunges into the black- ness of Toltec Tunnel. Heights ! Depths ! Mere words these ; but here they are stupendous things. Six churches, each with spires as towering as Trinity's, placed one above the other, would scarcely bring the topmost steeple on a level with the observer's eye. For six hundred feet the tunnel has been blasted through solid granite. When the train emerges it is upon the brink of a precipice. -A solid bridge of masonry set in the rock, after the manner of a balcony, supports the track, and from this coigne of vantage the traveler beholds the grandest and most thrilling spectacle. The tremendous gorge, whose sides are splintered rocks and monumental crags and whose depths are filled with the snow-white waters of a foaming torrent, lies beneath him, the blue sky is above him and all around the majesty and mystery of the mountains. Garfield Memorial On the twenty-sixth day of September, 1881, the American Association of General Passenger Agents, at the time President Garfield was being buried in Cleveland, held memorial services at the mouth of Toltec Tunnel and since have erected a beautiful monument in memory of the martyr President. At Cumbres, the summit of the Cumbres range of mountains, one of the four points where the Denver & Rio Grande crosses the great continental divide, is reached, an elevation of 10,015 feet, and the journey of the descent is a trip fraught with great variety of scenery and abounding in interest. Here may be seen mountain meadows lush with vegetation, the surrounding hills being heavily timbered and abounding in game. CHAMA. Population, - 325 Elevation, - 7,863 Chama is a thriving town of Northern New Mexico on the main line of the Silverton extension, noted principally for its extensive wool and lumber interests. Situated as it is in the heart of a great sheep-growing country and surrounded on all sides by magnificent forests of huge pines, its future business interests are assured. Roundhouses and repair shops are located here. Hotel — The Denver & Rio Grande dining station is here and excellent meals are provided. INDIAN RESERVATIONS. At Amargo, Lumberton and Dulce the Indian reservations are entered, and the rude tepees of the Southern Utes and Jicarilla Apaches can be seen pitched along the banks of the Juinata, San Juan and Rio de las Florida. Occa- sionally a glimpse can be caught of a stolid brave, tricked out in all his savage finery, gazing fixedly at the train as it speeds by. Frequently there is quite a little group of these aborigines at the station, and they are always ready to exchange bows and arrows, baskets and blankets, trophies of the chase, or other specimens of their rude handiwork in return for very hard cash. PAGOSA SPRINGS. Health Resort. Pagosa Springs, the far-famed "big medicine" of the Utes, the greatest thermal fountains on the continent, are situated in Conejos County, thirty-one miles north of Pagosa Junction, on the Silverton extension of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., the junction point with the Rio Grande, Pagosa & Northern R. R., which has recently been completed, and operating in connection with the mam Population, - 600 Elevation, - 7,108 26 DURANGO— TRIMBLE HOT SPRINGS— ANIMAS CA^fON. system, bringing these famous springs within easy rail communication of the outside world. These springs lie upon the northern bank of the San Juan River, at an altitude of 7,000 feet, and in a situation combining numerous advantages and attractions. To the north are the peaks of the San Juan Range, east and west are the grassy plains dotted with immense pines and far to the south the undulating prairie stretches into New Mexico. With such an environ- ment the Pagosa Springs must ere long gain the celebrity to which their medicinal qualities undoubtedly entitle them. The Indians have long been aware of the healing powers of these "great medicine waters," and have, until recently, jealously guarded their possession. It is not surprising that these children of the wilderness, who find relief from distress mainly in the medications of Nature, should deplore the loss of these powerful thermal waters. Within a basin seventy feet long and fifty wide, formed from its own alkaline deposits, which are twenty or thirty feet thick, the water bubbles up at a temperature of 153" Fahrenheit. There are four other springs in the immediate locality, their similarity to the main source as shown by analysis, suggesting a common origin. Upon a cold morning the steam which rises from these different springs can be seen at a distance of several miles. These purgative, alkaline waters, with the large excess of sulphate of soda, so much increased in medicinal virtue by the degree of temperature, would seem to designate Pagosa as the Bethesda for sufferers from calculous disorders, gravel with uric acid diathesis, rheumatism and skin diseases, when alterative and depicting treatment is indicated. Hotels— Good hotel accommodation can be found here, supplemented with well furnished and well conducted bath houses. DURANGO. Comtnercial Town. Population, 4,000 Elevation, - 6,620 DuRANGO is the county seat of La Plata County and is a prosperous and growing town. It is situated on the Rio Las Animas, on the Silverton jjraiich of the Denver > AROUND THE CIRCLE. * The journey "Around the Circle," on the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., from Denver to Silverton, Silverton to Ouray and return to Denver, or via the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. to Durango, thence over the Rio Grande Southern to Ridgway and return to Denver, comprises more noted and magnificent scenery than any other trip of similar length in the known world. Piercing the heart of the Rocky Mountains, crossing and recrossing the "Great Divide," between the Atlantic and Pacific slopes; penetrating four canons, each of which is a world's wonder, and no two having the same characteristics; climbing three mountain passes by rail and one by stage; achieving grades of 2ii feet to the mile; reaching heights ii.ooo feet above the sea; penetrating gorges whose walls soar a half a mile in perpen- dicular cliffs above the track; traversing fertile and picturesque valleys, watered by historic rivers; passing through Indian reservations and in sight of frontier cantonments of national troops; pausing in the midst of mining camps, where gold and silver and coal and copper are being taken from subterranean recesses; in a word, making the traveler familiar with peaks and plains, lakes and rivers, canons and passes, mountains and mesas; with strange scenes in nature, aboriginal types of men, wonders of science and novel forms of art; surely no other journey of a thousand miles can so instruct, entertain, entrance and thrill the traveler as this trip "Around the Circle." The special points of interest on the trip "Around the Circle" are described in the pages of this book, buf for more detail and explicit directions in regard to this famous tour the reader is referred to a pamphlet issued by the Denver & Rio Grande R. R.. entitled "Around the Circle," which will be sent free on application, to any representative of the company. THE RAINBOW ROUTE— THE OURAY TOLL ROAD. 31 THE RAINBOW ROUTE. From Silverton the journey "Around the Circle" is continued by taking the Silverton railway, a road constructed up the difficult grades of Red Mountain, and doing an immense business in the handling of ores which are taken from these rich deposits; also employed in the transportation of passengers. This wonderful road owes its construction to the genius, daring and wealth of one man, Mr. Otto Mears, who has for years been the "pathfinder" of the San Juan region, building toll roads and opening the gates of prosperity to the many mining towns of this mountainous country. He is the sole owner of the road, and has con- quered engineering diiflculties of the most astounding character. The line does not as yet bridge the gap between Silverton and Ouray, and from Red Mountain Town, its terminus, stages carry tourists over the mountains to the latter point, where the trip is resumed by the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. THE OURAY TOLL ROAD. The stage ride forms one of the most attractive features of this most attractive journey. Lasting only two hours, passing over the summits of ranges and through the depths of canons, the tourist will find this a welcome variation to his method of travel and a great relief and recreation. The old-fashioned stage, with all its romantic associations, is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. A year or two more and it will have disappeared entirely from Colorado. Here, in the midst of some of the grandest scenery on the continent, the blue sky above, and the fresh, 1 ■1 ^ ■ ^^ 1 'j ^H ^l^^^E Kr 't ej^ ^ ^^n|^| w^fsm^^StK^K^K^KKK^^- ^^ ^^^^/. H-'f^wiS'' '•■ '"'" ""^ p; 's r .f. OURAY TOLL ROAD. pure, exhilarating mountain air sending the blood bounding through one's veins, to clamber into a Concord coach and be whirled along a splendidly constructed road, drawn by four or six fiery horses, guided and controlled by a typical Western stage driver, is surely a novel and delightful experience. The scenery on this ride between Red Mountain and Ouray is one of the greatest magnificence. The Ouray toll-road has long been noted for its attractions in the way of scenery, the triangular mass of Mount Abrams towers to the left, while the road winds around the curves of the hills with the sinuosity of a mountain brook. The scene from the bridge over Bear Creek is one which once beheld can never be forgotten. Directly under the bridge plunges a cataract to a depth of 253 feet, forming a most noteworthy and impressive scene. The toll road passes through one of the most famous mining regions in the world, and the fame of Red Mountain is well deserved both from the number and richness of its mines. Before Ouray is reached the road passes through Uncompahgre Canon. Here the roadbed has been blasted from the solid rock wall of the gorge, and a scene similar in nature and rivaling in grandeur that of Animas Canon is beheld. Fupiilaiion. 4,000 Elevation, - 7,721 32 OURAY— OURAY TO MONTROSE. OURAY. Mining Center. County Seat of Ouray County. Ol'ray is situated in a grand amphitheatre of mountains and can be reached by the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. from Montrose, and by rail and stage from Silverton. The summits of the surrounding peaks are from three to four thousand feet higher than the town and from ten to fourteen thousand feet above tide-water. In the southwest portion of the basin, in which stands the town, and where the waters of Canon Creek flow into those of the Uncompahgre, there are some lovely canons and picturesque gorges; and here, in places, where the hot springs flow down over the banks into the main stream, the rocks are covered with a perfect mat of "maiden hair" and other ferns. Some of these springs contain iron and sulphur in large quantities. A short distance from here, up Canon Creek, is a large cave. There are large chambers in it, and the roof and floor are covered with stalactites and stalagmites. The cave is entered from the edge of Cafion Creek and it is impossible to get into some of the chambers without ladders. The hot springs above spoken of, all of which flow into the Uncompahgre, serve to keep that river without a film of ice in the severest weather, both in town and for some distance below it; indeed, on a very cold morning in winter, a little white cloud of steam hangs over the river for more than a mile below town. On the east side of Ouray, Portland Creek flows in, and from a cleft high up in the gigantic buttress of red sandstone, which flanks the northeastern portion, Cascade Creek rushes down and shoots far out into the air, ending in a lovely veil of spray. In the northern part of the town there are more hot springs, and where they flow into the river are large beds of delicious watercress, which, owing to the warmth of the water and protection from frost by steam, remain green all through the severest winter, a luxury not to be despised at that season when "green stuff" for food is so scarce and so desirable. The Uncompahgre and its tributaries abound with speckled trout. Hotels — The tourist will find accommodations at the Beaumont Hotel equal to those of a metropolitan city. The service is first class in every respect. The Dixon Hotel is also popular and furnishes good accommodations at reasonable rates. Hot Springs — The hot springs here are provided with bath rooms as well as a large plunge bath. The waters are a specific for rheumatism. Hunting and Fishing— Plenty of sport can be had about Ouray. The mountain sheep and wapiti have not yet been killed off; deer and trout are abundant. The rides up the roads and trails to neighboring mines and mining camps, through valley and canon and over mountain and mesa, are not soon exhausted, and the lover of botany or geology, or the student of mineralogy and mining, could scarcely find a finer field anywhere than in the neighborhood of Ouray. OURAY TO MONTROSE. Leaving Ouray, a ride of thirty-five miles, via the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. brings the traveler to Montrose, on the mam narrow-gauge line of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., between Denver and Salt Lake. Two miles from Ouray the country begins to become open and soon one is passing through farms and an excellent agricultural valley. En route one passes the confluence of the Uncompahgre and Dallas at Ridgway, where the Rio Grande Southern branches to the gold fields of San Miguel, and the mesas and terraces on either side abound with almost every species of game— deer, elk, mountain sheep, bear and smaller animals. Further on, twenty-two miles from Ouray, you come to the old Los Pinos Indian agency, where Chiefs Douglas, Jack, Colorow, Piah and other Indians, who participated in the massacre of Thornburg and the Meekers, tested the nerve of Gen. Hatch and his associates in 187Q. The storehouse, council chamber, etc., are still standing. Old Fort Crawford, the now abandoned military post, is passed twenty-six miles from Ouray, and five miles further on one reaches the residence of Chipeta, the widow of Ouray, the dead Ute chief, who, during his reign, held the Utes in check and was always the friend of the white man. At Montrose the tourist can take the main line of the Denver &. Rio Grande R. R. for the cast or west. FLORENCE — CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD DISTRICT— CANON CITY. 33 FLORENCE. Commercial Town. Florence is a thriving commercial town, 153 miles from Population, 4,000 Denver and 33 miles west of Pueblo, on the main line of the Elevation, - 6,199 Denver & Rio Grande; the center of the great oil fields and the connecting point with the Florence & Cripple Creek R. R. Here are also located oil refineries and the several great reduction works for the treating of the vast quantities of gold ores frorp the Cripple Creek mines. Florence & Cripple Creek R. R. — Extending northwardly from the line of the Denver & Rio Grande runs the Florence & Cripple Creek R. R. to the wonderful mining district of Cripple Creek. Its connection with the Denver & Rio Grande is made at both Florence and Cafion City, the two stems converging a short distance north of the two towns and from thence to its northern terminus at Victor and Cripple Creek. This marvelous railroad penetrates beautiful and wonderful cafions, rivaling in beauty some of greater renown. Skillful engineer- ing work is frequently visible in the great loops and curves necessary to attain the elevations, and from these high points long and artistic vistas of snow-covered serrated ranges are beheld. Aside from its magnificent scenic attractions the Florence & Cripple Creek R. R. is greatly interesting as the main artery for the rich ores of the Cripple Creek District en route to the reduction plants at Florence, Cafion City, Pueblo and Denver. CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD DISTRICT. Cripple Creek: Population, 11,000 Elevation, - 9,396 VICTOR: Population, 5,000 Elevation, - 9.728 The towns of Cripple Creek and Victor have advanced with the prosperity of the mining district of which they are the center. From camps of a few wooden shanties and tents, a few years ago, they have risen to well-built, well-defined mining towns. Brick buildings are being erected in the business centers and dwellings of a permanent character are dotting the slopes around the towns. There is a stability about them which is most encouraging. The hotel accommodations are first class. There is an excellent water service, the supply being piped from the mountains above, and the towns are peaceably and well governed. The advent of the railroads, the great attention being paid to gold mining and the immense quantities of ore that are being uncovered in the mining district, all go to show that the Cripple Creek District is but entering upon an era of great prosperity. The Florence & Cripple Creek R. R., from its connec- tion with the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., at Florence and Caiion City, and the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Ry., connecting at Colorado Springs, provide direct all-rail connections from Denver and Pueblo. CANON CITY. Pleasure and all-the-year Health Resort. . Canon City, on the main line of the Denver & Rio Grande Population, 6,500 R. R., is a handsome residence and business town, supplied Elevation, - 5,343 with electric light, telephone, waterworks and sewerage system. Is the county seat of Fremont County; the State Penitentiary is located here and there are mineral springs of great value. The town is sub- stantially built and is noted for its fine residences and the handsome grounds which surround them. It has a warm, well-sheltered location and equable climate, making it a favorite resort for tourists and invalids. Recent reports for the United States Signal Service has proved it to possess the mildest winterclimate in the State, having a larger proportion of dryness and sunshine than is to be found elsewhere in this the sunniest of all climes. Snow falls but seldom and quickly disappears. Fair weather here is the rule and stormy weather the excep- tion. Its sheltered position gives it mimunity from high winds, while the rich soil supports the finest vineyards, orchards and meadows in Colorado, all fruits and other products coming to maturity at the same time as in the Middle States. First among its attractions are the Royal Gorge Hot Springs, at the mouth of the Grand Canon of the Arkansas, the virtues of which were first generally THE ROYAL GORGE— GRAND CANON OF THE ARKANSAS. 35 made known through an analysis by Prof. Leow, chemist of the Wheeler Govern- ment Exploring Expedition, who said in his official report: "Of all the mineral waters of the West which I have analyzed, I find those of Canon City the best," A cozy hotel has been erected here which furnishes, in connection with the hotels of the city, ample and elegant accommodations for pleasure and health seekers in this justly famous all-the-year resort. . The drive to the top of the Royal Gorge is through wonderful scenery, passing the State Penitentiary, where four hundred convicts are confined, then the Cold Soda Springs, the Vichy water of Colorado, then following up a little red land valley along the base of the Hogback, past the immense greenish marl protuberances known as Beecher and his pulpit; then, at Three-Mile Spring, after drinking the waters, you bear toward and pass the mineral paint and cement deposits and cross great conglomerate beds, the reddish glow of chaotic times still clingmg to the fused mass, which readily suggests the appropriateness of the name Devil's Gate. On the right are Twin Mountains, the sides of which are plated with coarse marble. A little further the pent-up world opens suddenly into one of Colorado's grandest views, the snow-clad peaks of the Continental Divide, at the head of the South Arkansas, nearly a hundred miles away, and the beautiful peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Range to southward ; as you pass on to the right is Eight-Mile Park, with its evergreen-clad mounds. The soul expands and you wish to hurry on, feeling ready now for the awe-inspiring view that awaits you at the top of the only Royal Gorge. Not to have seen it from the top is not to have imbibed the grandeur of Nature's most stupendous work ; is not to have done Rocky Mountain scenery. The Saurean Bonefields, Marble Caves, the Bottle Rocks, the Bottomless Pit and Grape Creek Canon are all well worthy of a visit. The magnificent orchards of fruit, the oil fields and famous coal fields, the extensive stone quarries and the health-giving springs are all tributary to the prosperity of this ideal residence city. With these and many other attractions every person born and living near the sea-level can but be benefited by a sojourn on this altitude, a location where are combined pleasure and profit, in the midst of a panorama of the picturesque and grand in Nature. The Florence & Cripple Creek R. R. has but recently completed a branch line to connect Canon City with the main line, and through travel to the Cripple Creek district will pass through Caiion City instead of Florence as formerly. Hotels — The McClure, Strathmore and St. Cloud hotels furnish first-class accommodations. The Royal Gorge Hotel, situated at the hot springs near the city, is especially adapted for tourists and invalids. There are a number of smaller houses and restaurants. THE ROYAL GORGE. GRAND CANON OF THE ARKANSAS. One of the World's Wonders. Just beyond Canon City the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. enters the Grand Canon of the Arkansas, the narrowest portion of which is known as the Royal Gorge. When first examined it seemed impossible that a railway could ever be constructed through this stupendous caiion. There was scarcely room for the river alone and granite ledges blocked the path with their mighty bulk. In time, however, these obstructions were blasted away, a roadbed, closely following the contour of the cliffs, was made, and to-day the canon is a well-used thoroughfare. But its grandeur still remains. After the entrance to the canon has been made, surprise and almost terror comes. The train rolls round a long curve close-under a wall of black and banded granite, beside which the ponderous locomotive shrinks to a mere dot, as if swinging on some pivot in the heart of the mountain, or captured by a centripetal force that would never resign its grasp. Almost a whole circle is accomplished, and the grand amphitheatrical sweep of the wall shows no break in its zenith-cutting facade. Will the journey end here? Is it a mistake that this crevice goes through the range ? Does not all this mad water gush from some powerful spring or boil out of a subterranean channel impene- trable to us ? No, it opens. Resisting centripetal, centrifugal force claims the train, and it breaks away at a tangent past the edge or around the corner of the great black wall which compelled its detour and that of the river before it. Now what glories of rock piling confront the wide-distended eye ! How those sharp- edged cliffs, standing with upright heads that play at handball- with the clouds. 36 SILVER CLIFF— WEST CLIFF BKANCH— SALIDA. alternate with one another, so that first the right, then tlic left, then the right one beyond strike our view, each one half obscured by its fellow in front, each showing itself level browed with its comrades as we come even with it, each a score of hundreds of dizzy feet in height, rising perpendicularly from the water and the track, splintered atop into airy pinnacles, braced behind against the almost con- tinental mass through w.hich the chasm has been cleft. This is the Royal Gorge. Escaping from the Gorge, the narrow valley of the Upper Arkansas is traversed, with the striking serrated peaks of the Sangre de Cristo close at hand on the west, until Salida is reached. Here the main line of the railroad bears northward to LeadviUe, Teimessee Pass, Mount of the Holy Cross, Glenwood Springs, Grand junction. Salt Lake City, Ogden and the Pacific Coast; while the narrow-gauge line crosses the Arkansas, leaving Poncha Springs on the left, climbs into a narrowing but verdant valley running down between low-browed hills, and begins to scale the heights of Marshall Pass, crossing which the road continues on to Grand Junction, where it once more connects with the standard-gauge main line for the West. SILVER CLIFF. Mining and Commercial Town. Silver Cliff is situated in the Wet Mountain Valley and Population. - 800 is noted as the center of a large and remarkable mining district. Elevation. - 7,816 Here was discovered the Racine Boy Mine, which caused a tremendous rush to that section, resulting in other great dis- coveries. The town is surrounded by a fertile valley, which produces large quantities of grain and hay. WEST CLIFF BRANCH. Realizing the vast importance of the Wet Mountain Valley as a mining and agricultural region, the Denver & Rio Grande has commenced the construction of a branch line extending from Texas Creek station to West Cliff and Silver Cliff, heretofore reached by stage lines. This branch will be completed and in operation early in iqoi and will be but another addition to the already large num- ber of paying and interesting branches. The scenery on the new line is equal to that on the main line, with gorges and passes, mountains and valleys, difficult feats of engineering, and altogether well worthy a side trip from the main line. Population, 4,000 Elevation, - 7,060 SALIDA. Picturesque Mountain Town. Salida is a prosperous town on the Arkansas River, at the junction of the standard-gauge main line leading via Lead- viUe, Tennessee Pass and Glenwood Springs to Grand Juncton, and the narrow-gauge line via Marshall Pass to another con- nection with the main line at Grand Junction. Here also is the northern termi- nus of the branch lines to Durango, viilverton, Alamosa, Wagon Wheel Gap, Creede, Santa Fe and all jtoints in the San Luis \'alley and southwestern Colorado. Repair shops of the Denver & Rio Grande R.R. arc located here, and this point being the terminus of four divisions of the railroad makes Salida one of the most important stations on the entire system. The situation of Salida is beautiful and the tourist will find much to interest him in its vicinity. The river affords great attractions to the fisherman and the walks and rides are particularly charming. Hotels — The Monte Cristo Hotel is the best in the city, being also the eating station of the Denver & Rio Grande R.R. A word may be added here concerning the excellent character of the eating houses on the transcontinental line of this road. The greatest care is taken to give the best satisfaction and to furnish accommodations of first-class quality. Mineral Springs— Poncha Hot Springs are five miles from Salida, a full description of which will be found on another page. Wellsville Hot Springs are six miles distant down the Arkansas River. Here there is a natural warm plunge bath, the waters of which are strongly impregnated with medicinal quali- ties. The Wellsville Springs are a favorite resort and are made the objective point for many very pleasant excursion parties. BUENA VISTA-COTTONWOOD HOT SPRINGS-COTTONWOOD LAKE-TWIN LAKES. 2,7 BUENA VISTA. Picturesque Mountain Town. Population, 1,100 Elevation, - 7,967 BuENA V^iSTA is situated in a broad expanse of level country completely surrounded by high snow-capped mountains, the Arkansas River flowing through the center of the plain. It is a thriving town with good business prospects of mineral and agricultural character. The State Reformatory is located here and may be seen to the east of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. tracks, south of the town. Hotels — There are ample hotel accommodations of the first class. Population, - 700 Elevation, - 7,950 COTTONWOOD HOT SPRINGS. Hunting, Fishing and Health Resort. The Cottonwood Hot Springs have long been famous in Colorado for their curative properties. They were the resort of the Indians before the whites took possession of the country and have since been greatly improved and made accessible to invalids and tourists. The springs are situated six miles from Buena Vista, whence a stage line conveys passengers arriving on the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. to the springs. For cases of inflammatory rheumatism, lead poisoning and diseases of the blood these waters possess remarkable curative properties. The scenery of the valley in which the springs are situated is of great loveliness, the Colle- giate Range of mountains forming an imposing background. Fine trout fishing can be found in ten minutes' walk up and down Cottonwood Creek, and the neighboring hills abound in game. Hotels — The Cottonwood Hot Springs Hotel furnishes first-class accom- modations. . COTTONWOOD LAKE. Fishing Resort. South Cottonwood Creek forms this pretty sheet of water, which lies twelve miles southwest of Buena Vista. Its waters swarm with trout and the hillsides around are covered with wild raspberries, currants and strawberries. The lake is out of the way of the general course of fishermen, and consequently has not been fished out. The stage will carry passengers from Buena Vista to the lake at reasonable rates. Accommodations — There is no regular hotel, but a resident miner and fisherman has a number of comfortable cabins in which guests can find lodging, and he will guide his patrons to the best fishing places. This is an excellent place for a party of gentlemen to spend a few days or weeks in recreation and in the pursuits of the sportsman. TWIN LAKES. Pleasure Resort. A two hours' drive from Granite Station, on the main line Population, - 25 Elevation, 10,700 Population, - 200 of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., brings the traveler to the Elevation, - 9,357 lakes. Of all the health and pleasure resorts of the Upper Arkansas Valley, the Twin Lakes is perhaps the most noted. They are fourteen miles south of Leadville. The larger of the two lakes is two and one-half miles in length by one and one-half in width, and the other about half that size. The greatest depth is seventy-five feet. These lakes possess peculiar merits as a place of resort, lying at an altitude of 9,357 feet— over one and three-fourths miles— at the mouth of a caiion, in a little nook surrounded by lofty mountains. On the lakes are numerous boats, and fishing tackle can always be obtained. Both lakes are well stocked with fish and the neighboring streams also abound in mountain trout. Surrounding the lakes are large forests of pine, which add their characteristic odor to the air. The nearest mountains, whose forms are reflected in the placid waters, are Mount Elbert, La Plata (each higher 38 LEADVILLE. than Pike's Peak), Lake Mountain ami the Twin Peaks. Twin Lakes is one of the highest of the popular Rocky Mountain resorts, and furnishes an unfailing antidote for hot weather. Even in midsummer ilannels are necessary articles of. apparel and thick woolen blankets are indispensable at night. The latter part of July and part of August constitute the rainy season, when there is usually a shower everyday, preceded and succeeded immediately by a clear sky and bright sunshine. A nunil)cr of private cottages or lodges have been erected here by Leadville citizens, who make this their summer home. Hotel— The Interlaken Hotel furnishes excellent accommodations for visitors, and is supplemented with boarding houses and private establishments. LEADVILLE. The Great Carbonate Camp. I Leadville first became known to fame in 185Q as California Population, 75,000 Gulch, one ot the richest placer camps in Colorado. F"rom Eieuation, 10.200 185c) to 1864 $5,000,000 in gold dust were washed from the ground of this gulch. The camp was afterwards nearly aban- doned, and it was not until 1878 that the carbonate beds of silver were discovered. Immediately after this discovery a great rush ensued to the carbonate camp, which was named Leadville, and the population rose from a nominal number to 30,000. Leadville is the county seat of Lake County, and is situated on the main line of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. It is the fourth city in size in Colorado, and the greatest and most unique carbonate mining camp in the world. The visitor to Leadville is irresistibly reminded of the words of Joaquin Miller: "Colorado, rare Colorado! Yonder she rests, her head of gold pillowed on the Rocky Mountains; her feet in the brown grass; the boundless plains for a play- ground; she is set on a hill before the world, and the air is very clear so that all may see her well." The city is lighted by gas and electricity; has telephonic communication with surrounding points; has the usual conveniences and luxuries of cities of corresponding size, and in ail respects ranks as one of the greatest cities of this great State. Leadville is one of the most interesting cities in the world to the tourist. It abounds in scenes of a novel and characteristic nature and presents views of life entirely foreign to the conventional. Mining methods are here fully illustrated in every form, from lode mining to hydraulic and sluicing work. Leadville has a handsome theatre, the Tabor Opera House, having a seating capacity of 1,000. The scenery around Leadville is magnificent. It is walled in on all sides by towering mountains whose .summits are crowned with eternal snow. Occupying so high an altitude, the effect is remarkable, and tourists can find no more striking or interesting scenes than those presented by Leadville and its weird and wonderful surroundings. Hotels — Leadville is well supplied with good hotels, the principal one being the Vendome. Livery accommodations are first class and the boulevard affords one of the finest drives in the State. Soda Springs — Situated on the front of Mount Massive, at the mouth of Colorado Gulch, and distant five miles from Leadville, are the popular Soda Springs. The Boulevard, a carefully constructed drive, 100 feet in width and as smooth as a race track, gives access to the springs, a stage connecting w-ith Leadville twice a day. The springs are strongly impregnated with soda and are of a highly medicinal character. There is excellent trout fishing within a few minutes' walk of the springs, pleasant drives and rides are numerous and placer as well as lode mining are in progress in near proximity, easily accessible to the inspection of the tourist. Hotel — The Mount Massive Hotel affords first-class accommodations, setting an especially fine table. It is provided with good bath houses, supplied with iron and soda water from adjoining springs. Chrysolite Extension — In order to reach the very rich mines on the hills surrounding Leadville, the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., in 1898, constructed this branch through Big Evans Gulch to the Ibex (Little Johnny) and Resurrection mines. Passengers are not carried over the line, but it is worthy of mention, inasmuch as at its terminus at the Ibex mine it reaches the marvelous elevation of 11,522 feet above sea level, the highest traction railway point in the world. Population, - 26 Elevation, 10,500 EVERGREEN LAKES — FREMONT PASS — TENNESSEE PASS. 39 EVERGREEN LAKES. Health and Fishing Resort. On the eastern slope of Mount Massive, six miles southwest of Leadville, is situated one of the most pleasant summer resorts, known far and near as the Evergreen Lakes. To the people of Leadville, and to the tourists visiting the Carbonate Camp, these lakes afford an easily accessible and very charming place for a day's outing, or, if time permits, for a prolonged sojourn. The lakes are natural bodies of water improved by the hand of man. Upon their surface float handsome sail and rowboats, and in their depths sport myriads of mountain trout. Hotel — The Evergreen Lakes Hotel is a large and comfortable building, with elegant accommodations for guests, and among its other conveniences possesses a large hall for dancing. This popular resort is reached by two roads from Leadville. NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY. At the Evergreen Lakes is located the national fish hatchery. This is a branch of the main hatchery at Washington and is under the supervision of the National ' Fish Commission. Here are bred annually millions of trout and their kindred, which, after reaching a certain age, are turned loose in the numerous trout streams throughout the State, assuring an abundant supply of fish at all times. FREMONT PASS. The Highest Railroad Pass in North America. Through an Arcadian valley, on the Blue River branch of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., the approach to Fremont Pass is made. A famous pass, with the historic name of him who has been called the Pathfinder, although a later day has witnessed greater achievements than his among the Rocky Mountains. A journey here deserves the title of a pilgrimage, for from the summit of this pass ihe traveler can discern the Mount of the Holy Cross. The scene is one replete with vivid interest. Fainter and fainter grow the lines of objects in the valley, until at last the clouds envelop the train, and at the next moment the observer looks down upon a rolling mass of vapor through which the light strikes in many colored beams. The sublimity of the scene forbids all thoughts other than those of reverence and rapture. The railway crosses the pass at an altitude of 1 1,330 feet. MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS. From the crest of Fremont Pass the traveler looks eagerly about and soon catches sight of the sacred symbol which gives name to the famous mount. The snow-white emblem of Christian faith gleams with bright splendor against the azure sky. The wayfarer at last realizes that he has reached that height "around whose summit splendid visions rise." This is the best point of view from which to behold this wonderful mountain and can be reached by a two hours' ride on the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. from Leadville. The Mount of the Holy Cross is also visible from a point near Pando, on the main standard-gauge line, but it is but a fleeting glimpse. TENNESSEE PASS. Leaving Leadville the line descends abruptly to Leadville Junction, where an additional locomotive is attached to the train for the ascent of the great Conti- nental Divide and crosses it at Tennessee Pass at an elevation of 10,240 feet above sea-level. The roadway differs some from the Marshall Pass, crossing the same range but farther south, inasmuch as its summit is reached m a tunnel through the great granite mountain nearly one mile in length. The descent on the westward side is rapid, and the blue and limpid waters of the Eagle are constantly in sight. While the crossing of this Pass is not so bold or striking as the daring work on Marshall Pass, nor does it give the awe-inspir- ing heights of Toltec Gorge, it is none the less interesting and beautiful. 40 RED CLIFF— EAGLE RIVER CANON — STEAMBOAT SPRINGS. Population, Elevation, - - 400 8.608 RED CUFF. Mountain Mining Town. Red Cliff is situated on the Eagle River, on the standard- gauge through line of tlie Denver & Rio Grande R. R. at the toot'of Tennessee Pass. It is a flourishing mining town and is in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by the grand- est of scenery. Good hunting and fishing can be found here and good accommo- dations for the tourist. Mount of the Holy Cross — From the hills near Red Cliff one can obtain an unusually fine view of the famed Mount of the Holy Cross. From here the adventurous tourist can make the journey to the Mount if he be so inclined. No grander view can be conceived than that of this wonderful mountain, which bears upon its bosom the sacred symbol of Christianity. EAGLE RIVER CANON. Cliff-Perched Dwellings of the Miners. Beyond Red Cliff the Eagle River Canon opens to the view at first a compara- tively wide expanse, later more narrow, walled in on each side by cliffs of vari- colored rocks, whose lofty and apparently insurmountable summits bear the dark banners of the pine. Admiration and awe at this stupendous work of nature take possession of the mind, when suddenly these emotions are overshad- owed by wonder and almost incredulous sur- prise at the daring of man, for there above us on our right, perched like the nests of heaven- scaling eagles, rest the habitations of men — the town of Gi Iman ! These are the shaft houses and abiding places of adventurous miners, who, having climbed these cliffs.pickin hand, have he-re discovered rich veins of the pre- cious metal, which being blasted from its matrix, is conveyed to the rail- road track 2,000 feet below, by a most ingeni- ous system of tramways and endless steel ropes. There is something very impressive in the sight of these frail cliff-perched dwellings, and the shaft-penetrated, tunnel-piercetl rock peaks suggest irresistibly the fabled cavernous labyrinths of "Kor." Nowhere can the traveler find a more interesting and instructive illustration of mine methods than is here presented by the shaft-scarred sides of Battle Mountain and the pinnacle-perched eyries of Eagle River Canon. EAGLE RIVER CAI^JON. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS. Wonderful Hot Springs of Routt County. Leaving the railroad at Wolcott station, the tourist can go by stage or private conveyance to Steamboat Springs, distant seventy miles, and reached by a most interesung and pictur- csque route. The road follows up the divide between the Eagle and Grand rivers through a fine grazing country, dotted here and there with beautiful little lakes. The Kokomo and Sheephorn ranges rise to the east, while Population, Elevation, - - 600 6,500 CANON OF THE GRAND. 41 the Mount of the Holy Cross towers to the south. From the summit of the divide a fine view of the Flat Top Mountains can be obtained. Descending, the traveler enters Egeria Park, famous for its lovely scenery, a noted feature oi which is the Topanas, or "Sleeping Lion." Finger Rock, 265 feet high from base to top, is also a remarkable landmark. The first stream crossed is the Roaring Fork of the Yampa River, along which is to be found the finest trout fishing in Colo- rado. Elk, deer, bear and moun- tain sheep abound here. Pro- gressing, "Court-House Rocks" come into view and beyond is the "Devil's Grave." This curious uplift in the form of a grave, with a great headstone rising from one extremity, is an object of great interest. Pass- ing through Yellow Jacket Pass, the Harrison Bottoms fine graz- ing lands are entered and soon the famous "Steamboat Springs" are reached. The springs send off clouds of steam and its escape makes a peculiar pui^ng noise, whence the name. There are sixty of these springs, embrac- ing those characterized by sulphur, magnesia, iron and soda. The springs vary from 156 degrees of heat to cold. The scenery around the springs is exceedingly attractive. The Storm Mountains, around whose surnmits storm clouds always gather. Crystal Park, Soda Park, Sheddegger*s Park, and Fish Creek Falls are all objects of interest, and within a radius of ten miles. The Fish Creek Falls are three m.iles east of Steamboat Springs, they are 150 feet in height and have a width of eighty feet. Those in search of health, the beautiful in nature or who enjoy the recreation of the sportsman or fisherman cannot do better than make a visit to Steamboat Springs. The town of Steamboat Springs is a thriving village with a wonderful future. It has free public library, public schools, churches, fine water supply, an unusually large number of mercantile establishments, banks, planing mill and flouring mills. Hotels — Good hotel accommodations for sportsmen and health seekers. CANON OF THE GRAND. CANON OF THE GRAND. One of Creation's Greatest Miracles. The Canon of the Grand River is approached through the valley of the Eagle. Gradually the valley narrows, high bluffs hem us in on the left, the river is close to the track on the right, and its fertile banks suddenly change into a tumbled, twisted, black and blasted expanse of scoria. The few trees on the hither side of the stream are also black, an inheritance of fire; the waters under the black banks and reflecting the blackened trees, take on a swarthy hue — a Stygian picture! Just beyond, a distant glimpse of fertile country, and the clear waters of the Eagle are lost in the muddy current of the Grand and a canon greater in extent and more varied in character than that of the Arkansas opens before us. As the train speeds downward, the mountains on the horizon behind us seem to rise upwards toward the zenith as though the miracle of creation was being repeated before our eyes. Soon, however, the distant mountains are shut out and only the sky above, the river and track beneath and the cliffs around are visible, and here begins a panorama kaleidoscopic in its ever-changing forms and colors, the wonder of one who sees, the despair of the one who wished to tell others what he saw. 42 GLENWOOn SPRINGS. In places the effect is that of giant Egyptian art and architecture. Vast bastions of granite, strata on strata, rise to a stupendous height, braced against rocl< masses behind them infinitely vaster. Suggestions of the Sphnix and of the jiyramuls can be caught in the severe and gigantic rock-piled structure on every hand. These are not made up of boulders, nor are they solid monoliths, like those in the Royal Gorge. On the contrary, they are columns, bastions, buttresses, walls, pyramids, towers, turrets, even statues of stratified stone, with sharp cleavage, not in the least weather-worn, presenting the appearance _of Brobdignagian masonry; hence, the use ot tlie phrase "rock-piled structures" advisedly and as best descriptive of what there exists. But the kaleidoscope is shaken and the rock pieces are rearranged. The effect is startling. We have left P^gypt, with her shades of gray and her frowning, massive andgigantic forms. We are in a region of glowing colors, where the vermil- ion, the maroon, the green and the yellow abound and mingle and contrast. What strange country was the prototype of this? Ah! yonder is something characteristic — a terraced pyramid bounded with brilliant and varied col- ors — the teocoli of the Aztecs. Whirling around a head- land of glowing red rock, which it seems ought to be called "Flamingo point," we are in a region of ruddy color and of graceful forms. Minarets, from whose summits the muezin's call might readily be imagined falling upon the ear of the dwellers in this "Orient in the West," spires more graceful than that of Bruges, more lofty than that of Trinity, towers more mar- velous than Pisa's leaning won- der, columns more curious than that of W'ndome, splintered and airy pinnacles, infinite? in variety, innumerable ! inimita- ble! indescribable! In a moment darkness and the increased rumble of wheels — then light and another mar- velous view. We have passed tunnel No. i, the portcullis; darkness again for a moment, then the blue sky above us. We have entered through the pos- tern gate ; darkness for the third time, absolute, unmitigated blacknessof darkness — this must be "the deepest dungeon 'neath the castle moat"— but soon again we see the blessed light and there before us lies Glenwood Springs. GLENWOOD SPRINGS. Health and Pleasure Resort. Glenwood Springs is the county seat of Garfield County and is situated at the junction of the Grand and Roaring Forks rivers. It is reached via the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. through line, via Leadville. The ride over Tennessee Pass, down through Eagle Canon in sight of the Mount of the Holy Cross, thence through Eagle River Cafion across the Valley of the Eagle and through the Canon of the Grand River, is a most thrilling, interesting and romantic experience and can be accomplished in four hours. At its termination the tourist or the invalid finds himself in a valley or park fully 5,700 feet above sea-level, protected ^^f'mmw. SECOND TUNNEL, CANON OF THE GRAND. Population, Elevation, - 1,600 5,758 GLENWOOD SPRINGS. 43 on every side by lofty mountains, which holds within its limits a series of hot sulphur springs bursting out of the mountain rocks and forming lakes of large proportions, making natural bathing places which by artificial means have been • rendered very convenient for the use of man. This hot sulphur water, used as a drink or to bathe in, has been found very effica- cious asarem- edy in many diseases, and the volume of the water is so great that there seems to be no limit to the uses to which it may J5e applied, or to the number of people who may partake of or be bene- fited by it. Above the springs, as they rush out of the rocks, are lar^e ooen hotel Colorado and bath house. caves which, somewhere within their recesses, must have communication with the hot sulphur water below, because they are filled with the hot sulphur vapor or steam, which rushes out from 'their mouths in dense clouds. One may enter these caves, divest one's self of clothing, penetrate as far as the heat will allow, and partake of a natural hot sulphur vapor bath such as can be had nowhere else in the world, and which must be of great remedial or curative value for many complaints that the human frame is afflicted with. The trout fishing is superb. Trout of two to eight pounds weight are taken in great numbers, and with little trouble. In the fall and winter the hunting is very fine; deer, elk, bear, grouse and ptarmigan being driven into the park in great numbers by the heavy snows on the surrounding mountains. The winter climate is quite mild; hundreds of invalids remain at the hotels the entire season. HOTEL COLORADO. Glenvvood is well supplied with hotels. The Hotel Colorado, completed and opened in June, i8g3, at a cost of $350,000, is probably one of the finest resort hotels in the United States. It is built of peach-blow Colorado stone and contains 220 guest rooms and 100 private baths, is built in Italian style, and located immediately under the shadow of the mountains, with the banks of the famous Pool and magnificent bath houise immediately in front of it. It is surrounded by beautiful parks and drives, and withal is a most delightful place to spend a season. This beautiful hotel is managed by Mr. E. A. Thayer, proprietor of the Rio Grande Hotel Co., which operates all the eating houses on the line of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. The Hotel Glenwood, also conducted by Mr. Thayer, provides first class accommodations. The Hunter's Paradise — Perhaps the best hunting and fishing in all the Rocky Mountains can be found on the headwaters of the White and Yampa or Bear rivers in northwestern Colorado. To reach these wild and virgin regions take the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. to Glenwood Springs, where horses and pack animals can be obtained. From this point a journey of forty miles north- ward brings the sportsman to Trapper's Lake, at the head of the White River, from which two men recently took 500 pounds of trout in a single day. The head of Bear River lies thirty miles further north and affords a perfect paradise for the lovers of outdoor sports. The whole region abounds in deer, elk, bear and other large game. Population, 4,000 Elevation, - 7,874 44 ASPEN— GLEKUOOD SPRINGS TO GRAND JUNCTION. ASPEN. Mining Town, Aspen, a mining town of note, is situated at the terminus of the Aspen branch, an important feeder to the main line, reaching in a southeasterly direction from Glenwood Springs a distance of forty-one miles. Aspen ranks as a city of the second class, is the county seat of Pitkin County, and has a well organized and efficient city government. The streets are wide and in the residence section tliey are lined with trees. The city is supplied with a fine system of waterworks, by which the inhabitants are furnished with the purest water, and it has one of the most perfect electric-light systems in the State. The city is situated in a beautiful park that is well enclosed with mountains of the most picturesque character. The ground slopes gently to the Roaring Fork, a gem among mountain streams, room enough being afforded to accommo- date a large population of busy people. The elevation of the city is just sufficient to give a pleasant climate and is low enough to make vegetation luxuriant. All kinds of vegetables are grown and the lawns are clad in luxuriant verdure. The climate of Aspen is salubrious. In winter the ground is well covered with snow, • but the weather is never severe. In summer the days are never excessively hot, while the nights are always cool. The enclosing mountains protect the city from the winds that are so common in many places. This feature of the climate is peculiar and is well held to be a great attraction. Those suffering from throat or lung troubles, and dyspeptics universally, find renewed health after a very short residence. The mineral belt upon which Aspen is located is believed to be the richest ever discovered in the world. The first locations at this point were made as far back as 1879. Considerable work was done and many important discov- eries made during the immediately succeeding years. The mineral resources of the camp were shown to be sufficient to justify the construction of a railroad to the place. Early in 1887, the Denver & Rio Grande management determined to build, and in November its trains were running into Aspen. Since that time the development of the camp has been marvelous. It is now producing at a rate of more than $10,000,000 a year, and the output is being rapidly increased. The mineral belt passing through Pitkin County is forty miles long, only three miles of which have been developed, and the results obtained indicate plainly what the future of the Aspen district is to be. Aspen combines great activity in mining with beautiful, attractive surroundings, and this combination will always make it a point of interest to tourists. From Aspen drives extend in every direction to attractive mountain resorts. Ashcroft is fourteen miles distant, the road leading up Castle Creek, probably the most beautiful stream in the State. Maroon Lake, near the head of Maroon Creek, is reached by a drive that is unsurpassed in natural features. Curtis Lakes, eight miles up the Roaring Fork, is a delightful resort. These are only a few of the points that the tourist will find pleasure in visiting. The streams are filled with trout and good hunting is found in the neighboring mountains. Hotels — Aspen is well supplied with hotels, the Hotel Jerome being a fine new brick structure, well managed and deservedly popular. The Clarendon Hotel is another hostelry of considerable note. GLENWOOD SPRINGS TO GRAND JUNCTION. Leaving Glenwood Springs the line of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. crosses the Grand River at the confluence of the Roaring Fork and continues along the north bank until Grand Junction is reached. First after leaving Glenwood we reach New Castle, noted for its coal mines, coke ovens and burning mountain. Then comes Rifle, in the midst of a great agricultural and game country, the debarking point for Meeker and the great hunting fields of northwest Colorado; Parachute, De Beque and Palisade, three towns of growing importance situated in the heart of the finest peach growing country in the world. The shipment of peaches, apricots, nectarines and kindred fruits from the large orchards of the Grand Valley is excessively large, necessi- tating in the season special trains run on passenger-train schedule, composed exclusively of specially constructed fruit cars. Fruit culture is the great and Population, - 100 Elevation, - 7,480 PONCHA HOT SPRINGS— MARSHALL PASS— AMONG THE CLOUDS. 45 growing industry of this beautiful Grand Valley, and the three towns mentioned, together with Grand Junction, are the principal distributing points. Sugar beets are cultivated largely and shipped to the sugar works at Grand Junction. In addition to its agricultural and horticultural value the Grand Valley is a natural game preserve, and from all the points mentioned a horseback or wagon journey of a few hours will bring the sportsman to large game in abundance. Elk, deer, antelope, bear, lions, wolves, bob cats, grouse and other feathered game abound in great numbers, and all streams are full of the finny tribe. Hotels of good quality, livery, guides, sportsmen's supplies, etc., are to be found at all these points. PONCHA HOT SPRINGS. Pleasure and Health Resort. These noted Hot Springs are situated on the narrow-gauge line of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., five miles southwest of Salida. As a resort for invalids, this place offers superior inducements, especially to those suffering from chronic troubles. The sick get well here in less time and with less medicine than in any other sanita- rium outside of Colorado. The return to health here is made radically permanent. A great variety of diseases are cured by the peculiar earth-heated and earth-med- icated waters and an intelligent system of baths. The scenery is in the heart of the grand old Rocky Mountains, and is too sublimely beautiful, and picturesque for adequate description. The effect on the sick is wonderfully beneficial, corre- lating a specific energy with the climate and pure atmosphere, and the very feeble are enabled to tolerate much hotter baths than in damper or lower altitudes, and secure correspondingly greater results. The analysis of the Poncha Hot Springs corresponds almost exactly with the waters of the Hot Springs in Arkansas. The temperature of the various Arkansas Hot Springs varies from qo*^ to 175°; that of the Poncha Springs varies from go'' to 185" Fahrenheit. The water is clear as crystal and perfectly odorless and tasteless. It quenches thirst, whether hot or cold, and does not disturb the stomach in any manner. There are ninety-nine of these hot springs, all flowing from a great field of tufa, the natural precipitation of ages of loss of temperature from contact with the atmosphere, and chemically the same as the tufa of the Arkansas Hot Springs. The flow of water from the springs is large enough to bathe 40,000 persons daily. Commodious bath houses have been erected, and competent physicians are in attendance. The waters are said to be a sure cure for rheumatism and all blood and skin diseases and catarrh. Hotels — At the Hot springs Hotel good accommodations can be secured, and, together with boarding houses, comfortable quarters can be found for 200 visitors. MARSHALL PASS-AMONG THE CLOUDS. Through Poncha Pass, whose lesser glories lead up to the grand surprises of Marshall Pass, as an introductory symphony leads up to the triumphant music of a majestic march, the traveler makes his advent. Gradually the view becomes less obstructed by mountain sides, and the eye roams over miles of cone-shaped summits. The timberless tops of towering ranges show him that he is among the heights and in a region familiar with the clouds. Then he beholds, stretching away to the left, the most perfect of all the Sierras. The sunlight falls with a white transfiguring radiance upon the snow-crowned spires of the Sangre de Cristo Range. Their sharp and dazzling pyramids, which near at hand are clearly defined, extend to the southward until cloud and sky and snowy peak commingle and form a vague and bewildering vision. To the right towers the fire-scarred front of old Ouray, gloomy and grand, solitary and forbidding. Ouray holds the pas^, standing sentinel at the rocky gateway to the fertile Gunnison. Slowly the steeps are conquered, until at last the train halts upon the summit of Marshall Pass, The awful silence of the storm-tossed granite ocean lies beneath. The traveler looks down upon four lines of road, terrace beyond terrace, the last so far below as to be quite indistinct to view. These are only loops of the almost spiral pathway of descent. Wonder at the triumphs of engmeering skill is strangely mingled with feelings of awe and admiration at the stupendous grandeur 46 WAI'NITA HOT SPRINGS— GUNNISON— CRESTED BUTTE. of the scene. The grade on both sides of Marshall Pass between Mears Junction and Sargent, a distance of thirty-two miles, is one of 4 per cent, or 2 11. 2 feet to the mile. At the sununit an elevation of 10,856 feet above the sea-level is reached, or 296 feet more than two statute miles. A halt of ten minutes gives the visitor an opportunity to ascend to the observatory constructed above the station, which elevation commands a view of both Atlantic and Pacihc Slopes, one of, if not quite, the most awe-inspiring views on the continent. Population, - 25 Elevation, - 7,364 WAUNITA HOT SPRINGS. The Waunita Hot Springs are situated ten miles from Doyle, a station on the narrow-gauge line of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., 271 miles from Denver and 29 miles west from the summit of Marshall Pass. The waters have long been famous for their great medicinal qualities and they have been frequented by those suffering from ill health, with the most surprising and gratifying results. A bath house with private baths and a large swimming pool, with dressing rooms for ladies and gentlemen, stands adjacent to the hot springs. Good accommodations have been provided for invalids and tourists. A hotel of fifty guest rooms, with spacious parlors and halls, heated throughout with water from the hot springs, having been recently erected. The scenery surrounding the springs is unsur- passed and no pleasanter place can be found by the searcher after health or pleasure. Stages connect with the railway trains at Doyle, and the stage journey of ten miles but adds to the enjoyment of the trip. GUNNISON. County Seat of Gunnison County. Population, 1,500 Elevation, - 7,683 Gunnison is a flourishing town on the Gunnison River and is located on the narrow-gauge line of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. between Salida and Grand Junction. Here also is the junction of the Crested Butte branch with the main line. Mines of silver, copper, lead and coal are found in the vicinity and smelters have been erected to treat the ores. The town is beautifully situated and is in such close proximity to some of the most attractive scenery of the Rocky Moun- tains that it has become a favorite objective point for tourists. The Gunnison River offers fine sport for the fisherman and the hills abound in game. Hotels — The La Veta Hotel is one of the most magnificent in Colorado, being erected at a cost of $225,000. It is also t.he ■^v .' \g station for the Denver & Rio Grande R. R. Smaller hotels, restaurants -. boarding '■■juses abound, so that the traveler will find no lack of suitable acc^i odations. Population, 1,200 Elevation, - 8,878 CRESTED BUfTE. Mining Town, Health and Fisliing Resort. This pretty village is situated most delightfully among the mountains at the northern terminus of the Crested Butte branch, twenty-eight miles from Gunnison, one castellated peak directly opposite the town conferring the name it bears. This is the center of the most remarkable coal region yet discovered in Colorado and abounding also in rich mines of gold and silver. At Crested Butte, just back of the village, is found abundant measures of exceedingly bituminous coal, which is mined largely and made into coke. Four miles north of the town anthracite coal, equal in every respect to the best found in Pennsylvania, is taken from the top of a mountain and shipped all over Colorado and Utah. Eleven miles beyond Crested Butte is Ruby, to which point a branch road known as the Ruby-Anthra- cite line extends, the traf^c of which consists of immense quantities of bituminous and anthracite coal. The fishing and hunting in the mountain streams and over the wooded hills furnish abundant sport for the residents and tourists and the rides and drives afford an almost infinite variety of scenery. Hotels — The Elk Mountain House is the leading hotel and affords accom- modations of a first-class quality. BLACK CANON. 47 Scenery in the Elk Mountains— Perhaps the finest mountain scenery in Colorado, and certainly the least known to tourists, is found in the Elk Mountain region, near Crested Butte. A majority of the peaks composing this range stand isolated, rising without foothills or mesa a sheer 6,000 or 8,000 feet above the level of the plain. BLACK CANON. The Grand Gorge of the Gunnison. Twenty-six miles west of Gunnison we reach Sapinero, the junction point of the Lake City branch, and just as we leave Sapinero (still on the main line) we enter the portals of the justly famous Black Canon of the Gunnison. In all the world there is no place so beautiful, imposing, sublime and awful that may be so easily and comfortably visited as the Black Canon, for the iron horse has a path- way through the canon and he draws after hmi coaches as handsome and pleasant as those which he draws on the level plain. Along many miles of this grand gorge the rail- way lies upon a shelf that has been blasted in the solid walls of God's masonry; walls that stand sheer 2,000 feet in height and so close together that for most of the distance through the canon only a streak of sky, some- times in broad daylight, spangled with stars, is seen above. Once in a while the railroad changes sides with the noisy stream, the waters of which, in the semi-twilight that prevails between the rising and going down of the sun, seem to be of an exquisite emerald green. Unlike many of the Colorado canons, the scenery in this one is kaleidoscopic, ever changing. Here the train glides along between the close, regular and exalted walls, then suddenly it passes the mouth of another mighty canon, which looks as if it were a great gateway and unroofed arcade resembling the pathway of some monstrous giant. Now, at a sharp turn, there is a stream of liquid crystal pitching from the top of a dizzy cliff to the bosom of a sparkling pool which lies beside the road. Then a spacious amphitheatre is passed, in the center of which stands, solitary and alone, a towering monument of solid stone which reaches to where it flaunts the clouds like some great cathedral spire. This is the famed Curecanti Needle. At another place the train goes sailing straight as the flight of an arrow, right at a bronze and ponderous bulwark that looks as if the cars must crash against it and pile up in broken and splintered masses at the base of its rugged and beetling front, but just when, seemingly, the pilot must charge the frowning wall, and when before and to the right and left there appears to be no means of escape, the engine, as if playing "tag" with the cliffs, darts to one side with the swiftness of a weasel and away it goes, train and all, thundering down another stretch of the echoing gorgeway. • Cimarron Canon — Where Cimarron Creek empties into the Gunnison through a short cafion, the road leaves Black Caiion, which continues on with the larger stream, heightening in awfulness. Down there the fall of the river increases so rapidly that to follow it to the end the railroad would emerge 1,000 feet below the valley which it seeks, if a practicable grade should be kept, so the engineers have turned the road out to the valley through Cimarron Canon, and in four or five miles a verdureless expanse is reached, and for hours the road traverses a region which is picturesque in its poverty and desolation; and in the summer the distant and sun-heated buttes, with the arid plains between, remind the traveler of the wastes of Arabia Petra. The Cimarron abounds in trout and CHIPETA FALLS, BLACK CANON LAKE CITY BRANCH — LAKE CITY. 49 the country around is alive with large game. The sportsman will find good accommodations at the station of Cimarron and will be amply repaid by the splendid sport he will enjoy here. Cerro Divide is reached directly after emerging from Cimarron Canon. From here the Uncompahgre Valley, its river and the distant, picturesque peaks of the San Juan are within full sight of the traveler. Descending to the valley we come to a halt at Montrose. LAKE CITY BRANCH. Leaving the main line and following along the Lake Fork of the Gunnison from Sapinero, you pass through the weird and dismal canon of the Lake Fork, that fills the mind with awe and wonder, thence winding through an ever chang- ing view of glen and vale, gorge and canon, presenting a glorious panorama of delightful scenery. A trip of forty miles brings you to Lake City, nestled among the hills in the very heart of the mountains. Population, 7,200 Elevation, - 8,686 LAKE CITY. Lake City is one of the prettiest little towns in the moun- tains. It lies in a beautiful little amphitheatre at the junction of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River and Hensen Creek. The city is well laid out, with shade trees on each street, which give it a handsome and picturesque appearance. Small streams of water, pure and clear as crystal, flow down the sides of each street, insuring a perfect system of sewage. No better class of buildings can be found in any mountain town; there are solid, substantial blocks of brick and stone that would do credit to a metropolitan city. Its climate is mild and equable, the snowfall is light in winter and the mountains protect it from winds. The town has hand- some and substantial public school edifices; four religious denominations are represented; the population is intelligent and moral; there are good hotels and superior and convenient terminal railroad facilities; an electric light system and a first- class system of waterworks. Every arrangement has been made forcomfort and cleanliness. Lake City lies in the center of one of the richest mining sections of Colorado. Capital City, Rose's Cabin, Cottonwood, Sherman, Burrows Park and Carson are all tributary mining camps, and all are rich in great and exhaustless ore bodies. The mountain sides are literally ribbed and seamed with veins of mineral. Hinsdale County is the home of the true fissure, with its inexhaustible wealth. The ores are principally galena and gray copper. For those in quest of health Lake City presents superior attractions. The summers are delightfully cool and pleasant, extremes of cold and oppressive heat are unknown. With its pure, bracing air and clear, cold water, it is unrivaled as a sanitarium for those who are ailing. There are a number of fine mineral springs in the immediate vicinity which have become famous for their curative qualities. CURECANTI NEEDLE. 50 UNCOMPAHGRE PEAK— LAKE SAN CHRISTOVAL — MONTROSE— DELTA. UNCOMPAHGRE PEAK. To the tourist, pleasure seeker and mountain climber, Lake City offers special inducements. He can make a trip to Uncompahgre Peak, 14419 ^eet above sea- level, and enjoy one of the grandest sights miaginable. It is but eight miles from town and a good wagon road all the way to its base. The route is by Hensen Creek Canon; great mountain ranges rise on each side of you, crags and peaks that pierce the sky with their spires. In every canon you pass on the way are scenes of marvelous beauty. Standing on the summit of Uncompahgre when the air is clear and transparent the vista is grand beyond description; the world is beneath you, mountain piled upon mountain, range upon range, lie at your feet. To the eastward are seen the plains of Colorado stretching awav in the distance, while to the westward the eye takes in the valleys of Utah, while the Wasatch Range lies like a cloud on the distant horizon. LAKE SAN CHRISTOVAL. A trip to Lake San Christoval is also delightful in summer; it would be hard to find a lovelier spot in the Rocky Mountams. A mile from Lake City you pass the beautiful Granite Falls, another mile brings you to Argenta Falls, whose waters come down in sheets of foam and falls with a noise like thunder into the seething chasm beneath; half a mile further and Lake San Christoval is seen in all its beauty. This lake was discovered by a Spanish monk in the seventeenth century and is a beautiful sheet of water, clear and transparent, two and a half miles long and one mile wide; it is studded with fairy-like isles, where boating parties go to.enjoy a picnic; the variety of scenery along its borders is the wonder and delight of the artist, and a sail on its waters in the cool, refreshing breeze is delightful. The San Juan is well named the Switzerland of America, and around Lake City are many of its scenic features. Its glens and its valleys surpass the Bernese Oberland; its peaks and domes may be compared without exaggeration with those of the Jungfrau and Matterhorn. Population, 1,500 Elevation, - 6.811 MONTROSE. Center of Agricultural District. Montrose is the center and distributing point for a vast agricultural district, whose produce is shipped to all points in the State. There are several large irrigating ditches taking water from the LIncompahgre River, which insure the farmer, or m western parlance, ranchman, his crop. Montrose is prosperous and with its contiguous agricultural and horticultural country bids fair to be a metropolis. It is at Montrose that the Ouray branch, described elsewhere in these pages, con- nects with the main line. There are several good hotels in Montrose, the principal one being the Bel- vedere. Here is also the eating station for Denver & Rio Grande trains. Population, 1,000 Elevation, - 4,980 DELTA. Agricultural Town. Like Montrose, Delta is a town whose entire resources are dependent on the products of the soil. The country surround- ing Delta is very prolific, and its produce is much sought for in the markets of the larger cities. Like the Grand Valley on the standard-gauge line to the north, the Gunnison Valley is a great fruit country and enormous crops of peaches and other fruits, together with the hardy grains are grown and successfully harvested each year. Hotchkiss, Pomona, Cedar Edge and other small towns adjacent to Delta, but off the line of railway, owe their origin and growth to the vast agricultural and horticultural country sur- rounding them. Lower Gunnison Canon— After passing Delta and traversing the rich farming lands of the valley, the road passes through the lower Gunnison Cafion, which abounds in striking and beautiful scenery. GRAND JUNCTION — SCENES ON THE SALT LAKE LINE— CASTLE GATE. 5 1 GRAND JUNCTION. Agricultural and Horticultural Center. Grand Junction is well named, for here is the converging Population, 4,000 point of the Standard and narrow-gauge lines of the Denver & Elevation, - 4,594 Rio Grande R. R. with the Rio Grande Western line for Ogden, Salt Lake and the Pacific Coast, as well as the con- fluence of the two largest rivers in Colorado, the Gunnison and the Grand. It is the commercial center of a vast agricultural and horticultural region and is also within easy access of one of the large coal fields of the Pacific Slope. Natural gas is found in abundance. The country contiguous to Grand Junction produces the finest fruit in the west; ready market at the best prices is always attainable in Denver, Pueblo and other larger cities, to which places great quantities of pears, apples, peaches and grapes are shipped every year. The discovery that sugar beets could be raised cheaply and satisfactorily in the country around Grand Junction, led the capitalists of the State to invest in the construction of a plant for the conversion of this vegetable into sugar. The plant is large and has enormous capacity and as the production of beets increase can easily enlarge this capacity. The beets raised in the vicinity are particularly valuable for sugar manufacture, running as high as 15 and 18 per cent in saccharine matter and being fully 90 per cent pure. Farmers in the neighborhood are devoting large acreages to the cultivation of the beet, as remunerative crops, with the aid of irrigation, is assured. This industry is also being developed in other parts of the State, and the day is not far distant when Colorado will rank among the foremost in the production of sugar, a truly valuable and interesting addition to its long list of business interests. SCENES ON THE SALT LAKE LINE. The Book Cliffs— The space of over one hundred miles intervening between the Grand and Green rivers resembles a billowy desert and is especially interesting for its wild and peculiar characteristics. Close by, on the north, are the richly-colored Book Cliffs, while away to the southward the snowy groups of the Sierra la Sal and San Rafael glisten in the distance. Between them may be distinguished the broken walls which mark the Grand Cafion of the Colorado, scarcely fifty miles away. Beyond Green River and Castle Valley commences the steep ascent of the Wasatch Mountains and the beautiful in nature again appears. Castle Canon — Near the Azure Cliffs, so called from the color of the clay, the Green and Grand rivers join to form the sublime Colorado, which flows into the Gulf of California. Beyond is Castle Caiion, at the entrance to which stand two towering sandstone shafts which rise to the height of 500 feet, looking like monstrous castles, with battlements, bastions and turrets guarding the way and just wide enough apart for the train to pass between. The cafion which follows is another of sublime beauty. Great walls and dome-appearing rocks lift on either side in appalling grandeur, and the tourist is deeply impressed with the sublimity of the scene. After a few miles through this grand gorge the train plunges into the heart of the Wasatch Mountains and then emerges into the beautiful and fertile valley of Utah, in the center of which lies a long, blue sheet of water, Utah Lake. CASTLE GATE. Guarding the way to Price River Caiion, through which the railroad runs into the very heart of the range, stands Castle Gate, similar in many respects to the gateway in the Garden of the Gods. The two huge pillars, or ledges of rock com- posing it, are offshoots of the cliffs behind. They are of different heights, one measuring 500 and the other 450 feet from the top to the base. They are richly dyed with red and the firs and pines growing about them, but reaching only to their lower strata, render this coloring more noticeable and beautiful. Between the two sharp promontories, which are separated only by a narrow space, the river and the railroad both run, one pressing closely against the other. The stream leaps over a rocky bed and its banks are lined with tangled brush. Once past the gate, and looking back, the bold headlands forming it have a new and more PROVO — SALT LAKE CITY. 53 attractive beauty. They are higher and more massive, it seems, than when we were in their shadow. Huge rocks project far out from their perpendicular faces. No other pinnacles approach them in size and majesty. They are landmarks up and down the canon, their lofty tops catching the eye before their bases are discovered. Soldier Summit is the next striking feature on the route to Salt Lake; so called from the fact that the United States troops under Albert Sidney Johnston, en route to Salt Lake City in the '40's crossed the Wasatch Range at this point. Then come in quick succession the Red Narrows and Spanish Fork Canon. These are all characterized by beauty and grandeur; they are full of charm- ing contrasts, soft contours and whispering waters. Utah Valley resembles in its Arcadian loveliness the vales of Scotland, and is a mountain- girdled, well-cultivated park. The entire valley is covered with fine farms and orchards, trav- ersed in all directions by a most extensive system of irrigating canals, insuring the hardy farmer large and lucrative crops of fruit and grain. Utah Lake lies in the center of the valley of the same name. It is a pic- turesque sheet of clear, fresh water, to the north of which lie the Mormon towns of Provo and Springville. The scene is an entrancing one. Eastward the oblong basin is shut in by the Wasatch Mountains, and on the west is the Oquirrh Range. Northward are low hills, or mesas, crossing the valley and separating it from that of the Great Salt Lake, while in the south, the east and west ranges approach each other and form blue-tinted walls of uneven shape. To the left of this barrier, Mount Nebo, highest and grandest of the Utah peaks, rises majestically above all surroundings. Its summit sparkles with snow, its lower slopes are wooded and soft, while from it and extending north and south run vast, broken, vari-colored confreres. The valley is like a well-kept garden; farm joins farm; crystal streams water it, and scattered about in rich confusion are long lines of fruit trees, amid which are trim white houses. Salt Lake City is visible and beyond slumber the waters of the Great Salt Lake. PROVO. Population, Elevation, ■ 6,000 4,517 Summer Resort and Agricultural Center. Provo is pleasantly situated on the Provo River, a little back from Utah Lake, and shaded by the near peaks of the Wasatch Mountains, at whose base it lies, forty-eight miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Its streets are wide and well laid out, lined with trees, and one of its chief characteristics is the' great number of large and elegant private buildings it possesses. Provo is a pleasant summer resort, and is a favored spot for relaxation and rest. It is well provided with good hotel accommodations. SALT LAKE CITY. Capital of Utah. Salt Lake City, the interesting city by the great salt sea, is in a veritable garden. Low and picturesque adobe houses harmonize in their cool, quiet tones with the extensive orchards of fruit and gardens of flowers which surround them, and the business blocks in the center of the city are imposing and strong. Salt Lake City has long since advanced to a foremost place among the cities of the Union. Its Population, 65,000 Elevation, - 4.228 54 THE GREAT SALT LAKE — SALTAIR BEACH. business interests are large and varied, and its merchants rank with the merchant princes of the world. Wide, well-paved streets, first-class electric street-railway syslcni, electric lights, gas, excellent waterworks, efficient fire department, metro- politan police force, theatres and hotels, all combine to give Salt Lake City the advantages and charm of a large eastern metropolis. Back upon a "bench," and several hundred feet above the city, is Fort Douglas, the flag of the Republic standing out in bright relief against the Wasatch. The buildings are partly cov- ered with and surrounded by trees, while the sun lights up in glinting sparkles of gold the polished cannon that stands on guard. In this place it has no warlike look, and the picture would miss an interesting and bright feature were it removed. Strong and rapid mountain streams come rushing through the canons and are led into the city where the clear, cold, limpid waters sing a pleasant song as they sport and play along the sides of the streets, where they are conducted through the entire city. The Ocjuirrh Mountains shut in the valley to the west, the Great Salt Lake, twenty miles away, glimmering in the sunlight like a stream of silver. The great object of interest to the tourist and stranger is Temple Square; here are situated the great ecclesiastical buildings of the Mormon church. Promi- nent among them is the Temple, Tabernacle and Assembly Hall, as shown in the illustration. Hotels— Salt Lake is well supplied with first-class hotels, among which are the Knutsford, the Templeton, the Cullen, the Walker House, the Continental, the Clift, the White House and the Metropolitan. There are many smaller hotels and an abundance of restaurants and boarding houses. THE GREAT SALT LAKE. This great lake is a mysterious inland sea, which more than any other body of water on the globe has created and left unsatisfied the curiosity of mankind. Its dead, dreamy, silent, tideless, slumbering waters are still an enigma, both to the learned and unlearned. The lake has an area of 2,500 square miles and its surface is higher than the Alleghany Mountains. Its mean depth is about sixty feet and numerous small islands ornament its bosom, the principal of which are Antelope and Stanbury. At different periods the level of the lake has changed and rechanged most perceptibly, which has led scientists to conjecture that the shore land was by no means stable. It compares with other bodies of saline water analytically as follows : Water. Solids. Atlantic Ocean 96 5 35 Mediterranean g6 2 38 Deatl Sea 76 o 24 o Great Salt Lake 86 o 14 o In specific gravity, distilled water being unity, the following comparison exists: Ocean Water i 027 Dead Sea i 116 Great Salt Lake i 107 Of late its waters have been numerously frequented for bathing purposes and there cannot be any doubt whatever of their valuable hygienic effects. This fact, in addition to the many mineral springs abounding in Utah, makes it a sanitary as well as a scenic paradise. SALTAIR BEACH. The Saltair Beach bathing resort, on the great Salt Lake, about eighteen miles from the city, is by far the best place on the lake to enjoy its magnificent bath- ing. During the season bathing trains are run almost hourly from the Rio Grande station at Salt Lake City to Saltair ; these trains enable all overland passengers stopping off at Salt Lake City to have a bath in the great dead sea. Saltair is only a few minutes' ride from the city and has good hotel accommodations, and then besides the bracing waters, the climate is delightful. The mountains rise into a cool sky, furrowed with canons almost Yosemitic in grandeur and filled with a glorious profusion of flowers and trees. Lovers of science, lovers of wilderness, lovers of pure rest will find here more than they ever may hope for. SALT LAKE TO OGDEN — OGDEN— HUNIING AND FISHING. 55 Here is located the finest bathing pavilion on the continent, each of the bath rooms is fitted with shower bath, stationary water bowls, mirrors, chairs, incandes- cent electric lights, etc., making Saltair one of the most attractive watering places on the continent. There is a first-class restaurant ; careful male and female attendants, and a silver-cornet band furnishes music day and evening. The second story of the pavilion is given up to a dancing hall, one of the largest in the country, and the dancing floor unequaled for the purpose. Prof. John Muir, the celebrated scientist and literateur, speaks as follows concerning a bath in the Great Salt Lake: "Since the completion of the trans- continental and Utah railways this magnificent lake in the heart of the continent has become as accessible as any watering place on either coast, and I am sure that thousands of travelers, sick and well, would throng to its shores every summer were its merits but half known." SALT LAKE TO OGDEN. From Salt Lake to Ogden the Rio Grande Western Ry. traverses a narrow plain. On one side are the dead waters of the Great Salt Lake, on the other the serrated peaks of the Wasatch Mountains. The region is highly cultivated. Farms reach their brown or green fields over its length and breadth and little streams run in bright threads out of mountain canons and across the meadows. The lake is in full view of the traveler most of the way and is a never-ending source of interest. What history belongs to it ? Why is it, of all America's inland seas, salt and without life ? But the train speeds on and, entering an amphitheatre set around with mountains, reaches Ogden, the western terminus of the Rio Grande Western Ry., the western connection of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., the "Scenic Line of the World." Population. 26,000 Eleuation, - 4,286 OGDEN. Railroad and Manufacturing Center. Ogden, the principal city of northern Utah, is beautifully located on the western slope of the Wasatch Mountains. It is well laid out and well built; the streets are wide, regular and lined with shade and ornamental trees and lighted with electric light. By a system of waterworks the mountain streams and springs furnish an abundant supply of pure water; the natural sewage system is particularly favor- able, and many of the private residences and grounds are very handsome and the business houses and public buildings are solid and substantial. Ogden is the junction point with the Southern Pacific R. R. for the coast, also with the Oregon Short Line for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana points. Hotels — There are several good hotels in Ogden, one of the best being the hotel at the Union Depot. HUNTING AND FISHING. Colorado, which to-day stands forth as one of the brightest gems among the States that make up this great and wonderful land of opportunities, is every- where known not only for its vast natural resources but also for the abundance of large game that still remains within its boundaries. The principal varieties found are deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, bear, mountain lions, rabbits, grouse, wild turkey, quail, wild doves, wild geese and ducks. Wagon Wheel Gap, on the southern extension of the road, is a favorite resort for the sportsman, game of every kind abounds in the surrounding hills, and the Rio Grande and its confluent streams are full of trout. This is true in general of all the clear, rapid water courses among the Colorado hills. Certainly the angler can hardly go amiss in search of sport. With many the rarest of sport is enjoyed in chasing antelope or rabbits upon the plains with hounds. Nowhere else in America are greyhounds so numerous as here, and they seem, by the law of the survival of the fittest, likely to still further increase. Tn the San Luis Valley, between Alamosa and Saguache, are the San Luis Lakes, or marshes, in which may be found a profusion of wild geese and ducks. 56 THE HIG GAMK COUNTRY. These marshes are reached by a day's drive from Alamosa and are readily traversed on foot. Swans, also, are found there, and white brant, or snow geese, as well as sandhill cranes. t tt /- i On the mountains, between Antcinito and Durango, near Los Pmos Creek and the Chama River, are extensive regions almost devoid of settlements and here- tofore seldom reached by sportsmen. Here are broad plateaus and pleasant valleys, where game is abundant, the climate unsurpassed and nothing wanting that the hunter can desire. To camp out among the pines and stalk deer and elk, untroubled by niosquitos or flies, with venison and trout for diet, plenty of elbowroom and scenery that might entrance the soul, is a consummation any sportsman might covet. All the San Juan region abounds in game and the streams and lakes are full of trout. Uurango, Silverton, Lake City, Ouray, are all excellent head- quarters for the hunter, and he will have no difficulty in soon discovering plenty of elk and deer, and, if so disposed, a grizzly or a cinnamon bear. To the northward, in the Elk Mountain country, near the Gunnison River, game is equally abundant. Beyond the Saguache Range, near Red Cliff, are also favorable ranges for game of all kinds found in the State. On the Marshall Pass narrow-gauge line the sportsman will find excellent fields for enjoyment. Stop- ping at Poncha Springs, JVIears, I^arlins, Sapinero, Cimarron, Montrose, Delta or Grand Junction, the hunter or fisherman will find superb sport within a radius of ai few miles. THE BIG GAME COUNTRY. The region embraced by Garfield, Rio Blanco and Routt counties is probably the greatest game preserve now remainmg on the continent. Within its borders are iound all species of big game indigenous to America. Deer, elk and antelope abound in the hills and parks of this region, and the streams are filled with gamy trout. Should the hunter desire to try conclusions with some of the more dangerous wild beasts, such as grizzly, silver-tip and cinnamon bears, mountain lions and the larger varieties of the timber wolves, it is only necessary to go in search of them and he will surely find them in abundance in almost every part of this great game region. This district, which for the most part is still untouched by the hand of that despicable villain, the hide hunter, can indeed be called "the sportsman's para- dise." Within this territory, made up of majestic forests, interspersed with open grassy parks of from a few hundred to a thousand acres in extent, and traversed by some of the most beautiful trout streams in the world, it is not uncommon to see, lying in the shade or grazing in the open, herds of deer and elk numbering from three hundred to five hundred head. The hunter will find himself well repaid for any expense incurred in reaching this favored spot, as many sportmen who take their annual outings in these parts can testify. These hunting grounds are very accessible from either Wolcott, Rifle or Glenwood Springs on the Denver & Rio Grande R. R., from which points stages run regularly to the interior points, where outfits can be obtained. From Rifle the objective point in the interior is the thriving little town of Meeker, forty-five miles distant, with a population of about 800, being connected with a good and reliable stage line capalDle of handling any number of tourists without delay. Meeker is situated near the geographical center of the game country and is well supplied with good hotel accommodations, and the tourist can find here everything necessary for his personal comfort and to make his hunting trip a grand success. CLIMATE OF COLORADO. 57 Within easy reach of Meeker is Trapper's Lake, at the head of the north fork of the White River. This beautilul body of water is two miles long by three-quarters of a mile wide. Nearer Meeker and at the head of Marvine Creek, lie the Marvine Lakes, in beauty of scenery beyond the conception of any who have not seen these works of nature. Nearer yet to Meeker is the well known Marvine Hunting Lodge, situated on Marvine Creek, one of the finest trout streams in America, where also the best hunting can be had within easy reach. From Wolcott station it is eighty miles to Steamboat Springs, which is the outfitting point for the game regions further east and north, extending clear to the Wyoming line. This country is still very wild and to a great extent unexplored. The top of the range is covered with green timber and there are numerous parks, lakes and streams, the favorite haunt of the elk and deer. To the westward over loo miles to the Utah line the country is unsettled except along the principal streams, and therefore the wild game still has full sway. The country is broken by numerous ranges of hills, and the nutritious grasses which are produced make it an ideal home for game of all kinds. The far-famed Trapper's and Marvine Lakes, mentioned above, may also be reached from Steamboat Springs or from McCoy — a most desirable stopping place about twenty-one miles from Wolcott. The Egeria Park region, through which the tourist passes to reach Steamboat Springs, has many advantages and attractions for sportsmen. The Roaring Fork traverses almost its entire length, and the surrounding hills contain large quanti- ties of deer. In addition to the big game and abundant trout fishing, through the entire breadth of this wonderful game country, there is also an abundance of grouse, sage hen, geese, ducks, and rabbits in their respective seasons, thus affording the hunter every variety of sport. The Denver & Rio Grande R. R. will take partic- ular pains to give sporting parties the best accommodations and assist them in every possible manner. CLIMATE OF COLORADO. Colorado is the land of sunshine. The Government Weather Bureau reports an average of 357 sunshiny days, covering a period of twenty years. Sunshine being the greatest factor of health, this feature of Colorado's climate cannot be overestimated. Humidity is another factor of health, and twenty-two years of of^cial obser- vation shows an average of 49.64 per cent of saturation in Colorado. This important feature is made manifest by a comparison with the average humidity of Chicago, which is 69.6 per cent; New York, 71 per cent, and San Francisco, 74 per cent. The altitude of Colorado carries with it crisp, electric atmosphere, through which the warm sun shines with slight loss. The chief health resort of Switzerland is located at an altitude of an even mile above the sea level. The elevation of Denver is exactly the same, but the difference in climatic conditions is shown in the growth of tender plants and shrubs. Near Denver many varieties of tender shrubs and plants grow and thrive, while at the same altitude in Switzerland they cannot exist. Just so with the delicate invalid. A prominent physician, in a paper read before the Academy of Medicine in New York, said: "At Colorado Springs, for instance, in a given period, one month, there will be twenty-eight good days — at Davos, in Switzerland, only twenty. At Colorado Springs during the shortest days of winter the invalid may enjoy eight hours of sunshine — at Davos only four and one-half. In early spring, as soon as the snow begins to melt, invalids are compelled to leave Davos, while at Colorado Springs they may remain with benefit throughout the entire year." Davos is unquestionably the most desirable of the high altitude resorts in Europe, but these statements must impress upon the reader the superior advantages of Colorado Springs, which is only cited as one of the many desirable resort points in the State of Colorado. The Colorado climate is not alone an almost perfect specific for the cure of pulmonary and asthmatic troubles, but it affords to all the greatest enjoyment of outdoor life the year round. The cold of winter, like the heat of summer, is tempered by the dry, rarefied air, and its invigorating quality is conducive of mental and physical vigor, and the largest measure of health. 58 EQUIPMENT. The winters of Colorado are especially delightful. Extreme cold weather is rarely known until after the holiday season, and seldom exists longer than three or four weeks during the months of January and February. Denver probably suffers less inconvenience from snow than any other city of its size north of the Mason and Dixon line — in fact, sleighing is practically unknown. The light snows that do fall occur between sundown and sunrise and disappear under the glowing morning sun. Autumn is perhaps the most enjoyable season of the year; it is very dry and warm, without excessive heat and with few storms. FREEDOM FROM MALARIA. Colorado is exempt from a long train of diseases common to the low lands of the East; the high altitude, sparkling water and pure, dry mountain air rendering malaria, fevers, cholera and epidemic diseases almost impossible. The invalid will find health and strength returning to him while summering in Colorado, and those who are in good health will find immunity from disease and an abundance of enjoyment. The summer resorts of Colorado present all the attractions of handsome hotels, beautiful scenery, medicinal waters and good society. The tourist should visit the Rocky Mountains for pleasure and the invalid for health. Figures that Don't Lie — A high altitude and a dry climate are condu- cive to health. Pulmonary troubles find relief and in most cases cure under such conditions. If now we wish to know in regard to the absolute and relative moisture of Denver (which is a pretty fair standard for the health and pleasure resorts of the State), we have no better means of judging than by turning to the data which the Signal Service Bureau furnishes, and, for the purpose of putting forward these and other facts of interest we introduce the following table, com- piled from such data: Augusta, Ga JacKsonville, Fla Boston, Mass.. . . Newport, R. I.. . New York, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa Chicago, 111 St. Paul, Minn... Denver, Colo.. .. Santa F95° Creede 8,852 Crested Butte 8,878 Cripple Creek 9,396 Cuchara 5,942 Cumbres Pass 10,015 De Beque 4.945 Delta 4,980 DelNorte 7,880 Denver 5,198 Dillon 8.859 Doyle 8,062 Durango ^-S^o El Moro 5.079 Espaiiola 5.590 Florence 5,i99 Fort Garland 7,936 Fremont Pass 11,33° Granite 8,940 Grand Junction 4,594 Glenwood Springs 5,758 Gunnison 7,683 Howardsville 9,700 Ibex 11,522 Ironton 9,94o Irwin 10,500 Kokomo 10,614 Lake City 8,686 La Veta 7,024 La Veta Pass 9,242 Leadville 10,200 Los Pinos 9,637 Marshall Pass 10,856 M alta 9,582 Mancos 7,008 Manitou 6,318 Monte Vista 7>o65 Montrose 5, 811 Newcastle 5,562 Ogden, Utah 4,286 Ojo Caliente 7,324 Ouray 7,721 Pagosa Junction 6,271 Pagosa Springs 7,108 Palmer Lake 7,237 Feet. Poncha Junction 7,480 Poncha Pass 9,059 Pueblo 4,672 Red Cliff 8,608 Rico S.737 Ridgway 7. 00^ Rifle 5,^10 Robinson 10,867 Rosita 8,500 Ruby 9,861 Saguache 7,723 Salida 7,050 Salt Lake City 4,228 Santa F6 6,968 Sapinero 7,255 Sargent 8,477 Silver Cliff 7,816 Silverton 9.224 Telluride 8,756 Tennessee Pass 10,240 Toltec Gorge 9,465 Trimble Springs 6,575 Trinidad 5,994 Victor 9'72^ Wagon Wheel Gap 8,449 Walsenburg 6,187 Westcliffe 7,864 Wolcott 6,976 ALTITUDES OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS. 6i ALTITUDE OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Height. Name. 14, 147 Pike's Peak RAMPART RANGE. County. El Paso Nearest Point. . Manitou Springs. FRONT RANGE. From Lulu Pass to Canon City in the transverse valley of the Arkansas. This range divides Grand County from Boulder County, passes through Gilpin County, Clear Creek County and Park County, and ends in Fremont County. Height. Name. County. .Boulder. Nearest Point. .Boulder. .Sunset. 14,271.. Long's Peak. 13,173.. Audubon .... 13,520.. Arapahoe 13,283 . . James Peak — Gilpin Central City. 13, 133.. Perry's Peak. .. '• ..." " 12,873.. Mount Flora. .. " ... " " Height. Name. 14,336.. Torrey's Peak 14,411 . . Gray's Peak . . 14,321 ..Evans Peak... 14,340.. Mt. Rosalie . .. 12,446.. Bison Peak ... County. Nearest Point. ClearCreek . Georgetown. Park Fairplay. MEDICINE BOW RANGE. Is due northern continuation of the North Range. Height. Name. County. 13,832 Haynes Peak Larimer. 13,167 Clark's Peak " Nearest Point. BLUE RIVER RANGE. Sometimes called Eagle River Mountains; runs parallel with the Park Range through Summit County. It ends in the western part of Park County. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 13.565.. Mount Guyot Summit.. Breckenridge. 13,800.. Mount Hamilton.. " .. " 13,835.. Silver Heel Park Como. County. Nearest Point. .Summit.. .Dillon. Height. Name. 13,398.. Mount Powell. 12,382.. Red Peak " ... " 12,890.. Miles Peak " ... " 13,200.. Whale Peak . ..Park Breckenridge. PARK RANGE. Begins in the northern boundary of the State, marking the boundary lines of Routt and Larimer and ends in the transverse range of the Arkansas Mountains, passmg through Eagle, Summit, Lake, Park and Chaffee counties. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. Height. Name. County. 12,126.. Mount Zirkel .. Larimer 14, 269.. Quandary Summit. ..Breckenridge. 14,297.. Lincoln Park Alma. 13,796.. Arkansas " ... " 13,961.. Buckskin " ... " 14,185.. Bross " ... " 13,650.. Evans (No. 2).. " ... " 14,008.. Sherman Park, 13.750. .SheridaniNo. 2) " 13,909.. Horseshoe " 13.738.. Ptarmigan " 13,328.. Buffalo Peak... " 14,132.. Goat's Peak ... " Nearest Point. Alma. Fairplay. SAGUACHE RANGE. Begins in Eagle County and runs parallel with the Park Range, the Arkansas River flowing between them m the southern region. It traverses Lake and Chaffee counties and ends in the Cochetopa Hills, the central part of the Conti- nental Divide. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 14,176.. Mount of the Holy Cross . . Eagle Red Cliff. i3.o73--Homestake " ... " 14,424.. Mount Massive. Lake Leadville. 14,436.. Elbert 14,302. .La Plata Peak. Chaffee ...Buena Vista. Height. Name. County. 14,375.. Harvard Chaffee 14,187. .Yale " :4,i9g.. Princeton " 14,245.. Antero " 14,239.. Shavano " 14,055.. Ouray " Nearest Point. Buena Vista. Salida. Maysville. Marshall Pass 62 ALTITUDES OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS. ELK MOUNTAINS OR ASPEN GROUP. This range is a great semi-circle of mountains in Pitkin County, with Aspen in the center and with spurs running into the adjoining county of Gunnison, Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. Height. Name, County. Nearest Point. 12,823.. Sopris Peak ...Pitkin Carbondale. 13,327.. White Hack.. .. Gunnison .CrestedButtc. 13,997.. Capital Peak... " ...Aspen. i3,ii3..Teocalli Peak.. " ... " " 13,978.. Snow Mass " ... " 13,956. .Grizzly Pitkin — Aspen. 14,008.. Maroon Peak.. " ... " 13,350.. Italian Peak . ..Gunnison .CrestedButte. 13,885.. Pyramid Peak. " ... " 13,357.. White Rock . ..Pitkin Aspen. 14,115.. Castle Peak " ... " WEST ELK MOUNTAINS. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 13,102 West Elk Peak Gunnison Gunnison. SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE. It unites at its northern point with the Arksansas Hills, which run east and west, and with the Cochetopa Hills, which run from the southwest to the north- east and which form a part of the Continental Divide. N. B. — There are many unnamed peaks above 13,000 feet in this range. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. Height. Name. County. Nearest Poinl. 12,446.. Hunt's Peak. ..Fremont .. Poncha. i4,233..Crestone Grant Moffat. 12,863.. Kito Alto Custer Villa Grove. 14,041.. Humboldt Custer Silver Cliff. 13,600. .Silesia Peak.... " ... Hot Springs. 14,483. .Sierra Blanca.. Costilla Alamosa. 13,729. .Gibson Peak. .. " ..." 14,176.. Old Bald y " Blanca. 13,447.. Horn Peak " ...Moffat. i3,6i5..Grayback " " CULEHA RANGE. Is a continuation of the Sangre de Cristo Range. '■ Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 14,079 Culeha Peak Las Animas '. .• Trinidad. 13,611 Trinchera " .' " 13,718 Spanish Peak " " THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. This range is the southern part of the Continental Divide. It has many lateral ranges, like buttresses, and its general course is from southeast to northwest, where it joins with the Uncompahgre Range and the Cochetopa Hills. It is very little known, and contains many high unnamed mountains. It is spread over Saguache, Hinsdale (southern part), Archuleta, Rio Grande and Conejos counties. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. Heiglit. Name. County. Nearest Point. 14,032.. Stewart Peak ..Saguache . Lake City. 12,506.. San Juan Peak Hinsdale 14,100. San Luis Peak. " ... " 13,154.. Macomb's Peak " ..Wagon Wheel Gap, 13,131.. Mesa Peak " ... " 12,673.. Bellevue Peak Rio Grande Del Norte. 12,840.. Bristol Head. ..Hinsdale.. 13,081 . Del Norte Peak •' 14,092.. Red Cloud " ...LakeCity. 13,347.. Conejos " ... Pagosa Springs. 14,149.. Handles Peak.. " ... " 12,824.. Banded Peak Archuleta. 13,400.. Pole Creek Peak " ... " 14,065.. Simpson's Peak Rio Grande Del Norte. NEEDLE MOUNTAINS. A series of short ranges on the west side of the Grand Divide, buttressing the San Juan Mountains. It contains many high isolated peaks named and unnamed. Height Name. County. Nearest Poiat, ileiglit. Name. County. Nearest Point. 12,305.. Sheridan Peak. La Plata ..Durango. 14,055.. Rio Grande Pyramid. San Juan..Needleton. (No.i) 13,542.. MoimtKendall. " .. .Silverton. 14,054.. jI^.oIus " ... " 13.356.. Mount Canby.. " ... " 14, 051.. Needle Peak.. . " ... " 13,550.. King Solomon. " ... " 13,755.. Mount Oso " ... " 13,501.. Sultan " 13,928.. I'igeons Peak.. " ... " 13,357. .The Hunchback " ...Durango. ALTITUDES OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS. 63 OURAY MOUNTAINS. A prolongation of the San Miguel Mountains to the north, uniting with the Uncompahgre chain, which runs from west to east. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 14,340 Mount Sneffels Ouray Ouray. SAN MIGUEL MOUNTAINS. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 14,075.. Unnamed SanMigueL.Telluride. 13.890.. Unnamed Dolores Rico. 14,160.. Lizard Head. . . " Trout Lake. 12,703.. MountFreeman " " 14,309.. Mount Wilson. Dolores Ophir. 12, 516.. Mount Elliott .. " " 13. 1^02.. Dolores Peak .. " ... " 12,542.. Anchor " " 12,703.. Mount Dolores. " Rico. 12,635.. Lone Cone San Miguel.. Telluride. LA PLATA MOUNTAINS. Are a prolongation south of the San Miguel Range. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 13,376 Hesperus Montezuma Dolores. 13,456 Babcock La Plata Durango. UNCOMPAHGRE MOUNTAINS. This range is short and runs from west to east. It contains some very high mountains, usually at right angles to the chain. Height. Name. County. Nearest Point. 14,419 Uncompahgre Hinsdale Ouray. 14,069 The Wetterhorn " 64 NAMKS OF SPRINGS, KESOKTS AND FARMHOUSES. NAMES OF SPRINGS, RESORTS AND FARMHOUSES LOCATED ALONG THE LINE OF THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD. Post Office Address Dist. Mil: Convoy auce AVERAGE BOARD Day Week Proprietors Buena Vista . Canon City... Cimarron. . . . Cottonwood Springs. . . Hot Springs Hotel Farmhouse Buena Vista. . ..Colo, Canon City Colo. Cimarron Colo. Crested Butte. Durango . Doyle . . . De Beque . Granite . Gothic Hotel Antlers Park Trimble Springs WaunitaHot Springs. Alexandria Lakes Hotel Antlers Lodge Glen Beulah Park Mesa Lodge Twin Lakes Greenland . . . . Glenwood Spr'f Husted.. Tola.... Littleton Larkspur. Monument . I. J. Noe Farm (Farmlicnise) Hotel Colorado Hotel Glenwood Kendrick Cottages. . . . Main's Cottages Ward's Trapper's Lake (Hunt'p and Kishiii- Kesorl) Marvine Lake Walker Ranch CeboUa Hot Springs. . . Glen Plyme IWilliains.iii's Halieli) Lyndburst Nanachant Inn Daken Ranch '. .. Farmhouse Gothic Colo. Amethyst Colo. Trimble Colo, Waunila Colo, De Bcque Colo. Highmore Colo, De Beque Colo, Mesa Colo. Twin Lakes Colo. Greenland Colo, Livery Railroad Glenwood Spr'gs, Colo, Buford Colo, .Colo. Husted . Powdcrhorn. . ..Colo.' is Littleton Colo. 9 Private Stage. . . Private New Castle . . Palmer Lake. Perry Park .... Colo, Monument Colo. Capf. Watson Farmh'se;New Castle Colo, Rockland's Hotel Kinnikinniok Hotel. . . Y. W. C. A. Hotel.... Boarding Houses Farmhouse., Palmer Lake. . . . Colo, Cochetopa Colo, IParlin's Colo, Salida South Fork . . . Trimble Spring Wolcotl Rifle Falls Mountain Dell Home. . Marvine Lodge Peltier's Ranch Steele's Ranch Meeker Hotel Miller House Windemere Lodge Wilbur's Ranch Tichenor's Cabins Poncha Springs Boarding House Trimble Springs Hotel McCoy Hotel Yampa Hotel Sheridan Hotel 12 Buford Colo. (;.5 Marvine Colo. HO Buford Colo, i).^ tiO Meeker Colo. -15 4.5 Livery Hacks . Private, Livery. Buford Colo. Meeker Colo. :Rifle Colo. Poncha Colo. South Fork Colo. Trimble Springs. Colo. McCoy Colo.'-.>-' Yampa Colo.' 15 Steamboat Sp'gs.Colo.| . . Livery. 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