| Show colorado and the way thither in n pursuit of the tho beautiful jn in nature in her wild and craggy dooks I 1 had llad occasion recently to isit the tho the west colorado somo homo account of the nature of bf tho the trip may be interesting to tho the stay sitay at homo home readers of nie NIC lie lle news othen other who may think if visiting that very attractive lo 10 t allty iway possibly get a hint or two all aboard then for colorado pay your 52 3 to the U C R R 2 sot fot set tet teb reb your breakfast at ogden sl 1 at lilo tile it R B R depot 60 cents centa at tile tiie sla sid shows just as your means will r al alvator nilor vitor get your baggage checked cir ctr cheyenne on tho the thou theu U P R IL 1 in ili abou about an hour ilour you will be iving living eastward through the we and echo call cail canyons some one marked that it was very singular that in coming to zion you should be required to pass through the davils devils gate it was really a devil vils gate to the pilgrim who came b by the we ox express but seated in tile the comfortable cars of the U P R R 3 ou glide overt over it as a bird would the next of particular interest is the tile remarkable formation known as aa the tho devils slide more of his lils satanic mi majesty lesty jesty then the 1000 mile mlle tree witch rocks nocks echo elty eity junction of the echor echo R R up up ap the canyon rising rapidly monument and pulpit rocks verdant travelers tell you that ia prest res B young once reached on the top dont spoil t or they will be as wise as you are aro all men are green when they travel remember what tile the stage driver said to the new yorker in ili tho tito white mountains gri 1 I expect if I 1 was in new york I 1 should gawk around as you do cohere here hero As wo we a all nil I 1 have lots to learn it is hard to determine who knows know most iwas I 1 was once askel asbed whore where we kept all our pretty women in utah this was the enquiry of a lady I 1 told her that they were keeping close until tiley they could see some from th eStates with an extra share of beauty As beauty is 13 not nob my weakness I 1 leave the subject as the engine 1 is p puffing hard on the steep p up grad towards the head of echo passing castle rock nock on the left and many other attractions the crops all the way are looking very fine and there seems to be plenty of feed for cattle everywhere after leaving bro andersons magnificent herd ground over jordan A sensible difference in the temperature of the air is felt we are some 2000 feet higher than salt lake valley and when we reach evanston we are much higher still and the air is cool and bracing here isa is a first rate dining hall and the trains each way stop thirty minutes evanston is tho tile most lively place on the U P R it each time that I 1 pass new buildings are spring springing ing up ap near by are arc tile the wyoming and rocky mountain coal beds of almost inexhaustible quantity machine shop and round houses help to give the town per business leaving evanston you cross bear river and gradually reach at aspen the second highest point on the road next muddy creek pt passing using at carty station fort ort bridger some twelve miles distant Glim glimpses pRes of the uinta rn mountains may bo obtained as you I 1 rheed r aeed some fifty miles to tile the ih ehi you are now in ill wyoming i tory leavin having passed the utah 1 between wasatch and evans ir the country begins to look i ii and unfruitful buta but a crop of T I 1 agates may be raised if you 1 r T for northern thern long in the i f of church buttes glon aion ion is known among achen ell eli oil en as the bad lands land pro r i marsh mansh leidy alid and cope cop have v astonishing discoveries in I 1 remains in this region show that this was once the bed of a t 1 0 inland sea their researches mae generally ene vae rally raily made in the buttes 4 of fort bridger x r een river is the tile next objective it and is very attractive to the L L CA c i abt observer erver the palisades are c i a the east cast hide bide L ide elde of the river and y i pass a remarkable fish rock cut YOU sou descend to green river i adrena of fossil specimens of f i and other objects aie found v i 1 is as you take supper here you 11 find all an enterprising vender of eslis tails with a good display on the l vl tt foral many other fantastic loo ing nooks may be seen in the no to which enterprise il ia photographers have given odd na from thia point professor powell fowell descended in boats to tho the mouth of the rio virgin in arizona passing through tir til rough the grand canyon of the colorado river you now change engines and conductors and begin to ascend bitter creek passing through rock creek coal mines mines and but few objects worthy of note this thesis is a part of the route nice to sleep over and before you wake up inthe m orning morning vou cou on will have passed fort fred steele teele and rawlings early morning will find you yon I 1 in the neighborhood of tile snowy region famous camou 14 for blockades in 1871 2 now almost impossible by the tho extra precaution adopted by the RR lur officials the track is raised for itil les ies and many of the worst parts are over laramie iia Xia namie ramie city is the next prominent place this is gradually growing in importance the country is fast filling up with settlers and vast flocks of sheep and herds of cattle fill the valleys and cover the hills this th is is considered a splendid stock raising country and on this source of revenue tile tiie future of this region will chiefly depend but little mining is done and it is almost too cold for some kinds of vegetables tb ree rue m iles lles from laramie city is fort sanders and from the last point to sherman the highest point on the road there is a steep ascent dale creek bridge is passed four miles west vest of sherman this is a ic remarkable structure about feet high and feet long iong a vast mass of timber sherman station is feet above the level of the sea being the highest railway station in north america and perhaps in europe although in south america I 1 hear bear of a railway station feet above sea level there is nothing of great importance in this place and bidding bye to tile the western slope we ascend to cheyenne the country is woodless and undulating sage brush seems to have been left behind as very little of it can be seen herds of buffalo used to roam across these parks but they area amm ame a thing of the past all have lave disappeared cheyenne he yenne is an uninteresting place principally made up of the one story shanties with some fine buildings in the central part of the town fort russell hussell is close by and old oid fort laramie is reached after a drive of ninety miles you will have plenty of time to do cheyenne as the denver pacific train does not leave until on the morning after you arrive giving you twelve hours to study the topography og ethnography and geology of a town on the plains it lul is miles to denver and you are politely requested to fork ov over erten ten dollars for the trip now how ow I 1 have heard people grumble about our utah railroads and tile the cost of fare how would they like to pay ten cents per mile bolens volens you must pay it here having enjoyed the luxury of a pine feather bed in the waiting roo room m I 1 left at the appointed time in lyt some dilapidated cars of the kansas kausas pacific for nenver denven As we were nearing summit st station 11 some one threw a rock into the kind hind hind end of the tho car striking a gentleman just under the eye A universal consternation ensued some thought the train was attacked A grand hunt on the prairie followed result nothing it seems that tho tha brakesman on the down trip to cheyenne had bad put unauthorized deadhead dead head and lie ho tried to make it even by Y means of the rock but hit t the 0 wrong man moral keep clear of crowds when there is any shooting going on the road from cheyenne to denver is an unbroken plain costing little or nothing to make tile the graze grae midway you reach greeley containing about 2000 inhabitants boasting a school building that cost 10 containing also banks saw and Urles uries grist r mills machine shops canneries tanneries tann tan ernes ennes ac modeled after salt lake city as to irrigation and tree planting in fact it looks somewhat like our mormon towns there are belonging to tile the colony two irrigating canals one 12 and the other 36 miles jong iong that cost nearly liquors cannot be bought in the town and a clause of forfeiture is inserted in all deeds if this agreement is violated la ed this be fearful on the salt lake ring if sueh such tyranny were enacted ln in utah atah utah just to think of it yo ye freed freedom 0 m ah no liquor to be bought or sold without forfeiture of your real estate it is high time a government post was c established near greeley to break down such an oligarchy by in lil this great republic an insignificant place called hughes is the junction of the road to boulder city 18 miles from denver and here hero we are an in the fall of 1857 tile the first log hut but was built huilt upon the present fite site site ite t of denver today to day it boasts a population of inhabitants with the tile terminal points of five railroads centered within the limits of the town denver is a live bustling town with every feature that shows enterprise ter prise gasworks gas works water works theatre smelting smelling mill manufactories manu factories ac the plop teer narrow guage road in the united states runs froia denver len south bouth and is called the denver and rio bio grande IL 11 it fare faro at the rate of ten cents per mile neat commodious cars car runs beautifully smooth and free from jar on my return from crest lake to denver we made 30 miles per hour without the ghe he first inconvenience as to jolting in chave omitted to say that the eye is much relieved on the level plains around denver by the sight of the mountain chains called the rocky mountains Blount ains longs peak greys peak and other monarchs of the air each over feet loom up in the distance in fact the most thickly populated parts of colorado territory are at the base of the rocky bocky mountains and follow them clear around to canyon city on tho arkansas river A ride of 75 miles brings you to colorado springs thesis this is tile the objective point for a variety variety of very interesting trips if you are after the beauties of nature from here you can visit cheyenne canyon one of the most beautiful of canyons terminating in iti a water fall of seven divisions pikes peak feet above sea level lave with a meteorological station on the summit is visited almost daily then there are arc the wonderful ironald iron and soda springs of manitou Man itou the garden of the gods glen ament park ute pass and ana many interesting points almost too numerous to mention colorado springs is another colony ony formed on temperance principles the same clause of forfeiture of real estate holds good here as at greeley I 1 enquired of some of the leading citizens if all went well with avith them in reply I 1 learned that a ring was formed to break up the temperance compact tile the matter iad lad had once been tried in the courts but the colorado springs colony came out ahead it ashow ever believed that it will be uphill work to hold hoid their ground men are not always successful when they are in the right the colony is beautifully situated in close proximity to a core eore of attractions tr some few gardens can be seen but but bat the town is ver very young was only commenced in 1871 Elevation 20 feet above sea level I 1 noticed at that there was less snow ata at a greater altitude than with us could see none only near the crest of pikes rikes peak while large deposits can be seen on our wasatch range 2000 or feet less altitude in fact in colorado there is a scarcity of water for lor extensive agricultural purposes and the rain min fall is less there than with us in talking with mr siller editor of af the colorado springs gazette gazelle he mourned the fact that they bad llad not the plodding industrious people we have in in salt lake valley in fact it is the unsettled undecided character of tile the population that makes everything backward as to agriculture men do not raise fruit because they do not try to do so most of the fruit consumed in colorado comes from california in some localities they are raising abundant quantities there are very few places where tho tha gooseberry red currant raspberry and other small fruits wont grow our cache valley at a similar elevation produces liberally or of fruit and my advice to Color adans was never give up rai ral raising ing fruit until you have made the trial and failed when there july I 1 found that colorado was buying new llew potatoes from california at 10 cents per pound retail with us they could coul dhave have been purchased for one and a half cent cents yet nothing from utah could be seen it might bo be a good idea for some of our operative cooperative co gardeners to learn what kind of market we could have along the line of the U P R R and in colorado for early fruit and vegetables I 1 made arrangements with some gentlemen to have our nurserymen nurseryman nursery men send fruit trees the coming summer all that is mentioned or known about utah by many is that wo we heave a dane dane of fruit and that our couii couil country is almost a paradise of gardens beyond that little more is known of utah than of timbuctoo colorado lias has a set of government officials just as unpopular as ours and they are regarded as excrescences gov DI mccook cCook recently appointed was berated daily in the papera papers I 1 could hear ilear of no good trait of character in the man imported officials not in harmony with the people as to local interests and not conversant with the struggles necessary to the founding of the community can never be popular nearly every man that comes to utah tries to bo be a reformer everybody here is in a condition worthy of missionary zeal and almost all want our community to conform to the regulations of some village either in the east or west that the reformers hall from colorado has never had the difficulties difficult les ies to contend with that our people have had eighty per cent of our emigration are almost penniless when they arrive here and from our limited facilities fine houses fine farms and elegance are a long time coming with colorado it is the reverse ninety per cent of her people have means to start with hence fine schoolhouses school houses residences etc and any improvements in t the e style of their buildings jn colorado every point of interest to tourists has been named with high sounding titles all of which tends to strike one at a distance with awe the garden of tho the gods is a series of rocks thrown up edgeways by some convulsion of nature similar to the devils slide only different diff brent in form glen eyrie is a continuation of the same monument park is a ser series serles lesof of curiously formed rocks of a volcanic nature resting upon a fine white conglomerate which being 0 softer than the upper stata has been washed away by the elements into all sorts of forms I 1 found tho the curse of the west the locusts hard at work from denver for 30 or 40 miles south using up the crops having experienced experienc ea the disappointment of seeing every thing ro eo before their ravage 3 31 I 1 can sympathize with the unfortunate farmers afflicted by liy them the wail of their distress comes from iowa and nebraska and now they know how it is themselves I 1 remember once telling some visitors from these states that the poverty of our settlements was owing to the visits of the grasshoppers for five successive years and they could not understand how it could be so with us no one thought we needed help let us hope that the present victims of these aerial robbers will |
