Show PIKES PEAK is 15 pikes peak the prominent landmark of the newly discovered gold mines out west vest is is situated in in th the rucky rocky mountains fountai nin in latitude 38 3 deg cleg north longitude lonc e deg west iest it is is about miles east cast of the TV western estern boundary line of kansas kanas territory sixty anil miles es south of the southern line of nebraska one hundred and fifty miles due south of fort r ort laramie and six six hundred miles west est from independence mo ale its sao snow s form orlin the source of ahr three e e lar large ge rivers aers the t it e arkansas arka which takes a southeasterly sou the asterley direction the kansas which runs due cast and the south platte which runs northeast A very ery heavy immigration it is i reported in in our eastern exchanges will flow into that thai region next spring pang 1 from fro in the th e western we t and norths northwestern estern states ta tes ard terri tern tories lories and in au attempt will be made to organize orga nizo a now new territorial government out of portions of kansas and nebraska salt sai independent |