New-York tribune., 1869-02-26

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scenery and prospective resources OF the NC"
but the warmth of his sympathy IS a"dSs emp.
by n sound Judgment and a rehneu lae'e' H P
sents no oyerdrawn pictures, the Drhi'"' ~ ssg
which awakens suspicion OF theH eol 90 -.
does not prove their extraVaganee re" WIZ
have kecner sense Of the beauties OIL mountain anu
pajn. river and valley but he never ahects INC Pl'
turesoue or falls into raptures, without sio"i"s
.ood arse for his admiration. He is one Of the rare
travellers who create interest IN their deSciiP''on0
witbout preparing for disappointment when you
come 70 see the reality He is certainly never a"n
for a moment but his viyacity is not sehtlien'"F
ism or flashes of ornate rhetoric, and hence nc 10 o
less Trustworthy as a guide than IL he deait NeioiS
In geography and statistics.
The present volume is devoted exclusively " WV
ado which he regards the Switzerland OF Aihcr-
iea with her vast plains, as large as States IN Ne"
England rising from six thousand to nine Thousand
feet above the level of the presenting romantic
,rioD of forest grass aud flowers. with mountains,
dreary with rocks and white with snow that 'owel
in majesty above them to the hight of three to five
thousand feet The dry and transparent atmosphere
lends peculiar enchantment to the landscape I'M
pressing the spectator with feeling, rather than
vision of beaaty and softly wrapping every sense IN
a acertain divine Elysium A more distinct ldea OF
the grand physical conformation of Colorado may DC
obtained from Mr.. Bowless minute description
Her geographical prominence and parentage are but
and developing life OF the nation Stretching TWO n9nd
red sixty D1es north and SOUTH ana @ tarritopv
has three natural subdivisions. The eastern tnTG US Is
TalIinc niateau from four thousand to five thou,
sand feet above the sea level rlohly %aserUa idv
the rivers ripe for abundant harvests OF gram, ana
fruits and vegetables, tho whole already tne 1eSE @ pS pas
ths 5sea IN s vide, treeioss sea Of
with a land break the mOnO(-
ony and lift the eye ON TO tue great oI oxs s
escSn line through ali its length hundred and
sixty miles and marks the second or mdde DIVISION lhe
state This is of abOnt equal neutrality-suspicious. one NUM-
red one hundred and fifty, two hundred miles deep-on,
on TO the west till this pure air tires OF carrying e
eve over peak peak, over range on rangeyOu thnk
YOU must look over into Brigham Youngs fertile valleys
and trace the Colorado River out OF s gtshad S t;
the Sierra Nevada Of California a., ,,., -.
Starting elevation at the end OF the P!ains OF
1--WE thousand five thousand i've hundred feet these
mountains rapidly carry you up TO eight Thousand, zen
feet above the sea level Nne and twelve thousand
feet peaks are scattered eyerywhereIthey are @ tue
nountans-whe those that mount TO thirteen or lour'
teen are plenty enough TO be familiar, ana are ]n'
deed rarely Of sight They do not form simple Inc,
valley. but are a dozen lines folded on aud mingled
among each other, In admiIa9e eonlnS9n; Opepnf ~ fs ~
their treasures and defy the approach OF man. atheng
OF exEa MASSIVE pf5portions cold with snow and dreary
with rock; aud shading down into comparatively tender
snmnts The line OF peaks that divide the waters mat
Bow TO the Atlantic from those eonrsng INTO Ie raSS
the Territory, very much int style OF long ana uouDe
backed bow, making an almost entire circle someumes,
and coming back to It's mission as north and south
line. Within its huge folds are other 0lYues, sepS,
side rival feeders OF the river and other ranges
with peaks high the parent Tange and within and
dicularty give way TO wde plains prarles, with all
the beauties and characteristics OF PLAINS apa prsies
outside the mountain region, and the added charm OF
holding little baby mountains OF their own TO diversity
landscape and feed forest and stream while up and
them through WOODS ana grassy Openings
the grand parent ranges that guard and enio what are
These Parks are distinctive and remarkable feature
Of mountain belt OF Colorado They open
upon the traveller at frequent Intervals IN charming u
exPectedness rich with grass and water with trees ana
no%er % Win So gey 0I Gons 70 9e tho onr and
white snow OF the high ranges around Most OF these
the heads Of single streams cOnaneons Of rail-
of lakes bnt there four great ones
are North PARK Middle Park, South Park and San Luis
Park varying IN size from twenty by fty miles 10
hundred by two hundred or say from Rhode Island
Observation-Disclosures episodes and mteIJeetlons among
aSso .aEe in & the sSs @ whole
regOn Of which they are sub feature as a"hole.
Tho climate of the mountain regions Of Colorado
rresents remarkable contrast to that of the White
Hills and the Alps.
In spite Of these great elevations the traveller carries
Summer skies he keeps Summer scenes with him at
tass and thcT ST' parks in Colorado We borrow
our ideas OF mountain travel and mountoin hights
IS among f6ons0n sm est S% abSys t
level and perpetual reigns among the Alps at
thousand 10 eight thousand feet and would the
vastor mountain regions than eheT OF Western America
the hills themselves only begin to rise from the Plans at
elevation Of five thousand five hundred feet Aud at
that hight though the nights are always deeousy COOL
the summers days are as warm rs lfOt warmer an tey
over are the valleys OF the New wEngand States and
enough for segg or 10 force the cattle TO shelter
other food than the prairie is only chance,
amemOry OF tho Oldest or a dream OF the youngest
iphabitant. At six thousand Or seven thousand
feet ia the valleys Of the mountains the small grains and
the tenderer vegetables successfully cultivated and
at seven thousand hYe hundred and eight thousand
five hundred feet potatoes turnp and eabbages thrive
hundred to nine thousand feet high IN It's level sections
and the South from six thousand five hundred 10
eleven thousand feet Yet grass grows richly and
and is cured already Tor all the wants that can be
reached; and In the lower parts OF tho South
Park, cattle Winter out OF doors, ana the smaller
great success and profit. Flowers are beautI.
S anu d agnant m qR 70 Ten 4oasaho a or eleven
serve them for special largest and best
Eaud FIVE hundred feet while the real absolute and
versaly IN Switzerland at eight thousand feet-S not
reached at all in these mountains. At twelve thousand
feet DeYne 10 ne III great patches on inc shaGed sdes
OF the Hills, or in deep laYines, and goes on TO
multiply IN such form as the
tains rise to their greatest hight at fourteen thou
sand TO fourteen thousand hye hundred foet. Bnt
IL absolutely mountain peak the tops fGrays
Peaks and Mount LncOiD the highest points In the whole
region dry and bare, at least AZ midday, through
August though in reaching them you may go over
fields twenty thirty feet deep aud miles long though
freshly whltencd peaks OF all the high mountains in
sight and though II makes every where and 40 all times
significant feature IN all the landscape visions OF the
country The ful mountains or and the rivers
OF Ice that belong TO switzerland not here and
certainly missed by the experienced mountain traveller
but for their abseice have many cOmpen eons-a
more varied and richeryerdure, wider range Of
tans, With greater variety OF form and eOoI, these ee