Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-13

lieve, no lives were lost. Dined at
Hugo, about 100 miles east of Den |
yer. Soon after leaving H. We got our
first view of the mountains-Pike's |
Peak being the firstHto be seen, which !
was fully one hundred miles away. In |
an hour or two more we came in sight
of the whole rocky range, as they
lifted their high heads above the plains
and stretched themselves across the
western landscape, a distance of over
one hundred miles that we could see.
Ere long lat o'clock) we arrived at
Denver, where it appeared we were al
most within a stone-throW of the
mountain; but the illusion is better
explained by an anecdote told here of
an eastern man, who arrived at Den
yer at night; getting up early in the
morning, he thought, just for exercise,
he would walk over to the mountain
and back before breakfast he started,
and walked on and on, hour after hour,
until he found it was about noon and
| he appeared to be no closer than when
| he started; meeting a farmer, he in
quired how far from there to the mouR-
tains, and was informed that it was
only 13 miles thinking he could hard
| ly get there before breakfast,and turn
| ing to go back, he came to little mi
gratory stream, about II inches wide,
where he was observed to sit down
and pull off boots and socks and pre-
pare to wade, by rolling up his pants;
when he was asked why he was max
| ing all that preparation, he said, s'You
are not going to fool me any more; 1
thought it was only about half mile
over to the mountains, when it was
more than twenty, and now he did not
know but this little ditch might prove
to be large creek before he got over
it." And so it is, objects 16 or 90
miles away, look like they were real
close, the atmosphere being SO pure
and clear.
From Denver we came out on the
Colorado Central to Golden City,
about 25 miles, just in the edge of the
mountains, and then changed to mar
row gague cars-and by the way, they
are real cunning and convenient
though q great deal smaller than on
the ordinary gague. But soon we
started up the Clear Creek Valley,
through the narrow cannon of that
name, winding around the mountain
side in such a narrow pass, with the
waters of Clear Creek dashing by on
one side over the rocks with a force
like the rapids above Niagara. It did
seem as if a railroad never could have
been built there. But soon we began
to get into a mining region, or rather
what used to be- when Fgulch mining
was more popular than now, as we
found most of the works abandoned
all around. At Floyd's Hill, the end
of the railroad at present, we left the
cars and took stage coach, that is
one Of the three large six-herse coach
es in waiting for the Georgetown pas
sengers. Soon all were fixed-some
inside and a good number on top-the
driver cracked his whip and away we
, went over the rocks, up hill and dowr
hill, and most Of the way the horses
in a gallop. You can imagine tha
folks are apt to sit just as still il
: Church as we did in and on top of thai
; stage coach. In fact, think one gen
tleman on top of the stage, immediate
ly in front of ours, would not havt
! clung to plank in mid ocean mucl
more desperately than he did to every
object he could reach on the top O
, that stage. We stopped at Idaht
, Springs for dinner, where we wer
well taken care of; and here let MI
g say, that I never saw such bread il
Ohio as we got here, and though ther
L is nothing but Spring wheat raised
which believe in Ohio we expect *
be little darker than winter wheat
yet, never saw such white bread &
the flour from this wheat makes NJ
t snow flake was ever whittier, I think
: After dinner we were off for George
town, and arrived without in cident
save a little rain storm that made Il
don our coats and shaWls, about tou
O'Clock p. m.
e Thursday, July 3O.-We were no.
t 8,4lO above the sea, having come u
o $3.50 feet from Denver, distance 0
only so miles. But [ have alread
written too long. can't undertake t
= tell you in this anything Of our noun
tain climbs, visits to mines, reductio
works, etc, which we have been doin
j. daily ever since our arrival. V.