The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-07-19
COLORADO.
HER MOUNTAINS, CITIES
AND PLAINS.
4 LETTER FROM REV. DR.. THAYER.
For THE BrLLETIN1

For THE BrLLETrN.l
Mn. EDITOR lilo, who, for tho fret
time, follows "the Star OF Empire" in It's
far western course travorses the Great
Plains, (thst almost "boundless contiguity
of space and stands umons the betting
cliff and "cloven battlsmenis' Of the
rocky ranges, finds moro than enough TO
excite his curiosity, employ his livoliest
imaginationa and arouse his ss,onishment.
Aud no, who has the iime TO spare, can
not mssos better use Of il than in study.
ing tho wonders OF the Great West.
Taking seat in ono of Pullmsn's
Drawing Room coaches al 81. Louis, in
tho evening, the traveller finds himself
the next evening, on the verge Of
TUE GREAT PLAINS
that stretch away across tho coniineu, for
n distance Of four hundred and fifty miles /;
only broken by tho massive "foot hills Of
the Rocky Mountains.
A night and day in tho vast solI.uics
of those "alkali plains, give the watch
fol traveller some vivid aud lasting i'm
pression' Of their greatness, bsrroEne-s,
and unutteTablc dcsolations.
Herds Of huge bu'l'Acs, grazing in tho
| distance, alcks OF hee,.fu5ted antelupc,,
villages Of the cunning prairie dog, prairie
owls, buffalo grass, with here ana there a
strange looking aud loDoiy dover, arc the
principal, and indeed the only Jljocts, tbs,
attract tho travellers eye rs he drag.
woariiy over tho plaih..
Tho question that rise, in lis mind, as
ono hundred miles succeed another i. {;
"Ciu Bono ca EDHO '
The evening Of tho third day brings
the tired tourist 10 the famous
CITY OF DsNyEa,
which lies fourteen miles from tho "foot
hills" and forty miles from the lofty
snow-crOwned ranges of the Rocky Noun
i'0'' 'r.. ..-o,.,
cnce OF less than ten years, and 'cIainis
to-day n population of - 600; and very
naturally takes pride in her bouleyard.,
parks, elegant hotels, opera houses, pala-
tial residences, business houses, churches,
stree. cara, Holly watcr-works, gas. lines
of railroads, museums products, pure in
MIGRATING mir and rapid growth, The
anert fruits IN the world are in her mar
kets.
They aro very justly proud, too, of their
evor-varyins scenery, than which there is
nothing more grand and Inspiring.
Whs! that country would ls had they
an abundance Of water, it is impossible to
conjecture. Their great want is water but
thorough aud extensive system of irri.
cation ,s quite satisfactorily Obvinting this
difficulty.
Dsnver is close TO the doors Of the great
vaults Of this nation Ind certainly has a
brlllIsnt future before her. It is the tour
lists pivotal point, tbs metropolitan center
and business en,repo: Of the territory.
TIE MOUNTAINS
1t Is utterly impossible TO jsly describe
the mountain scenes that are visible and
of easy access from Denver.
Much ADLER pens than mine have filled
volumes with glowing descriptions of
those "blsckencd clf'-, awful gorges and
dizzy attitudes whore To snow never
molts, and yet the half hiss not been told.
Standing in the City Of Denver, and
looking westward, the eye tests on Pixies
Peak, Gray's Peak and Longs Peak, those
lofty watch towers of .ae continent"
Zach Of these peaks rises more than foar-
tern thousand feet high aid are ovormore
crowned with snow. Sldom docs even
the adventurous mountain eagle rise to or
rest on their lone SUBMITS. They are |
hoary with ag,, blscken,d by storms, and
rived by tho lightnings stroke. !, is
prohtso!e Tor one to look on
these mountains which God by his
power h" Get fast. IA the null.
tltudo OF stars come forth by
night ana blaze far above tho stupen-
dou' heights, and the full moon throws
her mellow Light over all, man gc,s an
impressive seafo Of Tie Almighty power:
WHO spako and it WAS done, who com.
manded and It stood fast"
Black Hawk and Central, Idaho Spring.
Colorado SPRING, Boulder Canon, Clear
Creek Canon, Bear Crock Canon, Pueblo,
Georgetown, the parks, with their wealth
Of Ash, game, Minerals, moo cinal waters,
and the Garden of the Gods etier most
inviting resorts to the astonished tour
st, and crowds 60 daily to visit these rent
and rocky palaces Of nature.
inc mountain waters, clear rs a cryi,sl
ana pures' heavens dow, and tho invig.
'r"HhS air shsrpens the invslid's APP
'e'''e and sends his sluggish blood
through his veins, as no ad,
nires and wonders Attic ways of God.
10 see the sun rise on tho great plains
nd go down bohInd the Rocky Noun.
alnF IS among the grandost sights that the
ye can behold, There is such a thrilling
ense OF 'aSsness, gspdour and limi,lcss
over.
: Groat God what is man that thou
RI mindful Of him "
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