The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-19
m THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
, "TRIP oTER THE KANSAS PACIFIC
RAILWAY.

VI silver Mines Of Coiorado-Hcr Hot
snrinr.und snowy Mountain Peaks.
Nh, Kansas Pacific Railway, after ten years Of
,,ss.,e is cen pieted and In operation (6g milos)
D,uycr. Colorado. The formal opening took
,,,e, an tie list ult A select party OF gentlemen
,,y,cd rs tie CorVanv, and including statesmen
,iiici.rs, lawyers jlurf alists, and railroad men
ian an sections o the Urion. assembled at ST.
Ions ~ The Goth Of August, and on tie righ ~
it,sist tet out on excursion over tie new road.
TIE EXCURSION TRAIN
6r,t Icuis consisted Of we've Pullman cars ir.
,irdttr ncrthoufe, fotcl, saloon. and sleeping
or,. .lofdmg Gil tie comforts and Injuries Of
ssttlsss tottl. It reached Kansas City, on tie
yifu lofdcr, and tie beginning Of tie Kansas
,Gc foad, Nv Iocn OF the next day. Tie party
totfd here vehicles and a truss band, TO the music
Of Which they made the circuit Of u e city AZ er
Breakfast al the st. James Hotel tDat would hsyo
goro honor to Dcr'oi leo. Kansas City IL situate at
thejuuc,icn Of tic Kansas and Missouri rivers. 1t
u.atiCn Of nearly $500, and on every hand
lf,ils mot gratifying evidences Of prosperity A
JofiiCu Il II town. below the lIu0s, around tie
rAvay, Tut tie lux Of it is on tic plateau above.
Ne W.. to which IL by orcnngs through the bluffs
TO 100 feet deer. The town Is well aid out, and
many q iis buildings are most substantial stuc.
nrrs OF brick and a creamy White stone from June
lCn City.
After halt nj the mqnsion OF Mayor MCGEE, WHO,
hough tie earliest pioneer and guide Of Frcmon,
the Rocky Mountains. Il now one OF the wealth
o., in Missouri, we returned to tho cars, the
Iay.r promising TO follow and accompany rs as
ON as nis wife had furnished him with a billed
LEt."
LEAvESwoRrn
TAs he next point visited 1t is a clean, wel.buit
~ OF 5000 inhabitants and owes something OF Its
posperN to the business Which the fort brings to
{ For L,avenworth has been an important mill.
bar depot, Ia, the spread OF population hui ireds OF
rs beg ond makes 1t Of little value now a. an ont.
post Il ought to be sold and its Iusnc.s novel
hrler on, as It doubt will he one Of these days
Already see tie Chicago and Southwestern
sIvay Company are bridling the vi ssour for a
IcS which VIII cut right into the art!ilery sheIs vi
t. oft
AT LAWRENCE
iso We we're roynlly received. Al an carly hour
uc 'ovl.folls came down with vehic.es, ana took
O. over ilc liver TO the matt part " eir beau iul
up. L4Wr,rco the tattle ground OF freedom, il a
vel bt.lt' ~e,-oiG,roi city Of li,JO0 people. Tue
streets are broad and marginod With trees. Tie
sveAinr- are rcomy no comfortable aud the
rcu t~ about tho sTScious and well st with trees
ni yincs for ruit and sh ide. Mount Dread, where
o. ihe patriots In border times for idod themselves
ECfds super view Of tie valley o. the MQukeruHa.
Along tai valley. as far az the e}o cat reach. 90
VelOuilt farm houses in the midst OF waving rn-
teds and pas Tres yeriant with fcd Vuvl,
en- cisaed letds O. tat cuttls ard orchard. ani
cumIs OF forest trees. II Was notice bic h. .rr
Oroughuut Kansas that tie firm dwellings tAough
The residences " ,nparatiyeiy new comers, were
more neat ard GOMEZ table and the farms Tar better
Tiled than in tie older Settlements ia Missouri.
The weeds II hissouti often oyortoprod the crops,
al II uusanGs Of -cres u corn were completely sab
Eer.ed N
WILLOW suA OF suSFLowERs.
~ .
ore1d. IL viii be = handsome structure of ycllov
tone; quarriol rom the hill On which II is built
Tie state las iborally endoN Cd IT, and private cor
k'buons will, no doubt. pour into its Golfer sum
uent means TO insure It's success
After our rtdt, tue ladies welcomed Ms % Liberty
Hsl. This is y fine frrestone building yer, spa.
tlod-. IN the centre Ct the city. The walls and
t.ircs are frcscoed at great cost with the sccnes
q n,otecr NE. The main picture REPRESENT. a fer
De h1ns-s riain covered With rare fruits and other
trodu,:s Of the soil. whe spread on tables arc aud
e : al were The producis thensclyca IN most "a.
tihc'ni rrou-ion Such ncars and Te c.cs, such
~, could ohly grow Ia
THE GARDEN OF uEsPEriurs,
O. o'ong The fat tottous OF TIC Waulorraa Al
utrr god ihinCt were 'prCId f,t ur de'ecta'ion.
j. = i'' ''s e. ray tn1t theJ were oni1yei 10 the
W J, ara VAN 4 Eest heightened not little W tile
g ruiHg iua r"ns snd 'n-,',-n- o, Iawrsnee tue
IL ''stcs q The ut deior. Ater icaing 90 safety
w. len with ''r,e rOu ing cheers ior our fair en-.
tGlvineis. TIC residue Of lie iEuit WIS gathered
Up ed ind sent to the cars, vi e!o Il / n the
ioararv IN docious lie sert OF nearly two weeks.
ms demonstration Sent i1r toward discussing
ere o. ne ilel too ~ v.icnt thJt Kansas Is
huiliG. STATE. Tie rains tins year, though tie have
~ uuuced tine OFT luYur.nt CrUpr, aud ths song Ot
Ire Gasshoppcr having leased IA the Ind, I'D. 9 &
tcasou e ''sst, Tier" wal lea haIy,,t Lati ,Ieu
Twenty e. ut miles ful tier on and We reach
roPrKA,
The Genital o. Kansas. Governor IIp-vcy. blnd,
nrost iaTmtI. o 10 has siuoe b,en o. fuiult. Tor
s"clfcii1r, ceiYed us most cordially, and wei.
I'e " 70 trc hiaie llrse, TINS sfugtur. j. lu'
w,rf OF q C'ri' u d.. Is 70 he. l7 Sea.te AID
Assembly chan hers IRE f,cscoct viii pr COMES of
cone q tie wo.st pictures that f'snsurc Che Va
rcrIl az itol. ana bdicf portraits ol ncmorl DC
siotssuCn nd neroC Ct t'e nation.
Aonouc, J, ni.us tpm hausls cry, was Tire nest
Icrt of interest TIE Ilacv - notable - 'ae sh.-
Jing point o. the vast herds Of catr crown u l'Nu4
Nv Mexico. Colorado, Kansas, and the IN liam Ter.
/ .ory for the Eastern market. This IL most proat
! qrt l5OtO) head east OF the Mississippi The CON
! .nS now runuin- Two las. stock trains At OK.
Iross sIeed, NotNlt' tending hcse iac.lites, a.
,el, "a OJl I'd VIII n. We 90 he wintcrad al Abilene
1ttse cattle which are otla three and our months
ou the route tC the railroad. IRE prct,, lean when
lhey reach the car. rut they ire 40 excellent con.
iuon ivr The lat ,tlios anl tho
oytuGloyHG coLS cnIrs
o. Illinois. OHIO. ln,i-na. onl Wisconsin who-,
4 ~ are ittienel iol o." food Of the rIr-t En.,a
turs. We furd Adhere sIal. town a. irar.'
! uses, H. ar-c corral" Every catt O. yen n
ME country - "tOrfaI,' INTO which the animal
n driven rte1lFtory to loading IN the cara 4De
place ~ situated 40 the valley OF the Sun oky IIl
ft"r uLC tl around are ar te-s acres ct most M.
hti"us Iastui, fe. where the cattle ere kop, for
willie aiteI tLeir long drive to rUcupcrue before
81 ~ emit A.uund the de, ct rs oar Train came m
were rfuCLs OF Letd men, paiers df0Yer-, gTsaseTs
q 'NI'"ns ala DINERS. muinlj nom toe ext. ere
ftuii west, MON Jed and disuSouD 3D. wearing the
tho 10, - urs Vi thc counf, aud tquiDpe1 " ia
rev 'cts, rhes, toWlys, or iu.rots, stock whips,
a. tftlr necessities or inCinhuJn- dictated.
Gun f'"lIlug place .Or The nigLt was Hrockville
~ miles nom the state line. 1his setticuenL
! ougu very now, Nas growing randy. II il tue
J, fuuus u one section % the railroad, ard work.
'iOps are 10 be erected here for reyars unl renew
as II II also intended W make 1t un eItlelut !or
Ne Texas cattle trade.
Bound BfOOkyio TO Denver 43s miles, the eli.
mat is tuch that the land Is only avail bile OF graz
NC purposes The country is covered with a sparse
grown q buffalo grass with mere and there few
" yGs nHd cacti fur arabic purposes II is value
HtS, Unless u can be irrigated. the rainfall does
not eIcoed si- and Eaf inches per year Tie
,tftam- are nearly all dried up In tie summer
mere 4 me or no tiiAber even In tue river Dot
ons, and tic Indian,
IhE BuFFALd, AND TuE WOLF
Tiam over the Na~t spaces c0mutrl iyey unlnole.,.
~ NditI u rt chcd At from ~ g. - lcCt lclDW
y n surface 10 tupyy the wants Ot fhO 'cw srliltrt
llong tie road and ia the water ta..Ss lor me
] 'uli otiNcs. But ever water tank hlt 10 lie rrO.
Afttd b. soldiers, VINO, .ogc her with many Of tie
N.th rep.ifeIs, have 10 lgrroH IN me grplnt for
lt'le,t. rom the sayaae tribes that haunt Tho &c
b rniup plains. No doubt ~e saw the coultl, Al
We NUr-t Al least We were assured tlt Tho
sGurLt his wear was Unusually severe, but az No.
IN is TIC hufso grass green saw. Tor lew d..
'I'f lal., LAc ttn soon shrYc,liug Il ~ TO the
of nd 600 rlatH IN which We saW A. 4Ieap