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Show 'r r { : ' Denver 'V'I VI 'V'Ielcomes Welcomes ' ' elcomes Visitors VisitorsTo To America's Americas ' I-tighest I tighest highest - Paorks Parks Denver , , this year offers new and andunpreceden andunprecedented ancunprecedented unpreceden unprecedented ted thrills thrUls for motoristand motorist motorists ; and vaca vacationistsMillions vacationists vacationistsMillions tionlsts tionlstsMinions Millions Minions ol 01 of dollars donars have been spent spentfor spentfor spentfor for new , paved highways high\\ays high ays \ to make iteasier it iteasier Iteasier easier to glide gl1de over the crest of the thegreat thegreat thegreat great mountain range that r ri&es ries rises & es in inthe inthe inthe the very back yard of the beautiful beautifulColorado beautifulColorado beautifulColorado Colorado capital Broad and bate bafe safe sev- sev several several sev several - - eral of these roads are the highest onthe on onthe onthe the American con continentThe continent continentThe tinen t The lof lofty loft4y Colorado Calorado Rockies were wereonce wereonce wereonce once looked upon as a barrier to man s sprogress sprogress sprogress progress Soon It was discovered that thatthese thatthese thatthese these great peaks and chasms chWms ) heldstores held heldstores heldstores stores of gold , silver sUver and other pre- pre predous precious pre precious - cious dous metals from which poured miIions mil- mil miI- miI mil110ns mil millions - ] lions 110ns ions of dollars doUars In wealth tha that t served servedall servedall servedall all sections of the civilized worldThis world worldThis This year Denver Is turning to itsspectacular its its.spectacular itsspectacular .spectacular spectacular . mounta mountain n area with new newpride newpride newpride pride and an invitation to the automobiling automobiling auto- auto automobiling - mobiling world to thrill to its new newpaved newpaved newpaved paved highway that extends across acrossthe acrossthe acrossthe the Con Continental tin entaJ , Divide Colc Colcrados Colcradoslatest Colorado ado s slatest slatest latest road-building road building road-buUding buUding - - achievement la is a aJink aink alink ] Jink ink of U S 40 extending from Atlantic At- At Atlantic At Atlantic - lantic City , , on the Atlantic Coast to toSan toSan toBan San Franclso Franc1so Franciso on Oil the PacificThis PacificThis Pacific PacificThis This great transcontinental high high- highway highway highway - way Is expected to capture much of ofthe ofthe ofthe the travel by automobile this year yearand , , and during 1939 when world's worlds ' fairs fairswill fairswill fairswill will be held on opposite sides of the thecontinentNew thecontinentNew thecontinent continent-New continent New - New York City- City City-- Cityand City - - - and the theGolden theGolden theGolden Golden Gate CitiesSupreme Cities CitiesSupreme Supreme triumphs In road construc construc- construction construction construction - tion and scenic grandeur of the en- en enUre entire en entire - tire Ure highway are reached in the Col- Col Colorado Colorado Col Colorado - - orado Rockies , just west of Denver DenverFrom DenverFrom DenverProm From the Colorado metropolis thehighway the thehighway thehighway highway ascends quickly past the thegrave thegrave thegrave grave of Buffalo Bill Bll1 ( atop LookoutMountain Lookout LookoutMountain LookoutMountain Mountain ) and through historic mining min- min mining min mining - ing districts , once the scene of fabu fabu- fabuJO.15 fabulous fabulous - lous JO\.15 JO.15 JO .15 15 \ . and feverish activityIn activityIn activity activityIn In less le.ss . time than it would require requireto requireU U to > motor thru one of the larger ciUes cities citiesof ciUesof citiesof of the east , the traveler is on the thevery thevery thevery very top of the American continent continentthe , , the backbone of the U USA S A This Thissummit Thissummit Thissummit summit , , known as Berthoud Pass is isat isat isat at an altitude of 11,315 11315 , feet This isthe is isthe isthe the highest h1ghest altitude reached by any any1ranscontinental anytranscontinental anytranscontinental 1ranscontinental transcontinental highway spanningthe spanning spanningthe spanningthe the nationHere nation nationHere Here as the motorist pauses to ab- ab absorb absorb ab absorb - - sorb the awe-inspiring awe inspiring - scene unfold unfold- unfolded unfolded unfolded - ed by the spectacle of 200 miles of ofmountain ofmountain ofmountain mountain peaks , 21 of them . morethan more morethan morethan than 14000 14 000 feet high . , he finds water waterfrom waterfrom waterfrom from the melting snow at the road road- roadsIde roadside roadside - side running eastward toward the theAtlRntIc theAtlantic theAtlantic AtlRntIc Atlantic or trickling trlckl1ng away to form formthe formthe formthe the Colorado river and , , passing thru thruBoulder thruBoulder thruBoulder Boulder Dam , , finds Its ' way into the thePacific thePacific thePacific thePacificTravelers Pacific PacificTravelers Travelers who knew about Switzer Switzer- Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland - - land before they became acquaintedw acquainted acquaintedwith w ' \ lth ith their own great West , , and then thendIscovered thendiscovered thendiscovered dIscovered the Immensity 1mmensity and variety varietyof varietyof of the scenic attractions of the Den Den- Den- Den Dener Dentier Denver - - "The The " Swit- Swit Switzerland Switzerland Swit Switzerland \ ver tier er area . , first called this - zerland of America " That mistakehas mistake mistakehas mistakehas has been corrected Now , most any anytraeled anytrateled anytra\eled anytra eled tra\eled tra eled trateled \ person knows that Switzer SwltR.er- SwltR.er Switzer- Switzerland SwltR.erland Switzerland . - land has only eight peaks to compare comparewith comparewith comparewith with the half hundred that can be bev1e beviewed beviewed viewed v1e ed in 1n Colorado from a single singlevan singlevantage singlevantage van vantage tage point All of Switzerland is 1s not as large as one Colorado Calorado countyCompletion countyCompletion county countyCompletion Completion of paving this year of ofU ofU ofU U S Highway 40 brings this 200 700 miles milesof milesof milesof of mountain magnificence and vaca vaca- vacation vaca- vaca vacation vacation - - tion paradise as close to the trans traru- traru trans- trarucontinental transcontinental transcontinental ; - - continental traveler as the side of ofthe ofthe ofthe the road over which he is gUding gliding glidingIt gUdingIt It is a high-gear high gear - road , blasted thru thrurock thrurock thrurock rock , wide and safe It la 18 is open thruout thru- thru thruout thru-out thru out - - - out the year and regular bus travel travelwest travelwest travelwest west of Denver was interrupted only onlyone onlyone onlyone one day during the past winter if ; p\1 p 1 p1it \ it itll TS . , ll f { rY t : { { fiY > r , ' N f " ! .n.i n.i ni . t tA tt A t A } ? 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Here , In addttjon addition to summer visitors , cuch 'irch irch ' as aWaits the photoTPpher photo phl'r phlr ' In this tthts scene , are buffaJo buffalo , , deer , baever baeverQ.Ild baeverand Q.Ild QIld and . many other varieties of wild wi d game , safe In a habitat that once was thell their " own . This i9 ' " one of the thefinest theFinest finest recreation areas in the world world , , WIth f facil 11 tIes for the plcl1Icker picnicker , camper and for those who desire desirethe desirethe the ltuuries luxuries of the modem modern hoteL . Exprt"SS ExprtSS Express " Standard SCENIC EDITtOS EDITION |
