The New York herald., 1874-08-11
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESORTS.
SUNNI ering In the Far West-The Jour-
ney Over tho P1ains-Magnihcent
Scenery and q Delightful Climate
Sketches OF tho Various Watering
Placer.

ney Over tho Platns-Ma gniff INT
Scenery and q Delightful Climate
Sketches OF tho Various Watering
Places.
GREELEY, COL, August /, 1874
journey from the Missouri River to Denver in
Colorado, presents so many remarkable views that
It will never be forgotten The first hundred miles
or so up the Kaw Valley is through o decidedly
fertile country, and majestic swells, fire.
quently bordered by ledges OF magnetism lime
stone and there are lofty blue mounds, covered
with grass all smooth as q well kept lawn.
Gradually the country becomes more level, there
are fewer trees In the immediate valleys OF the
streams and at last the great Plains reached
Here and there the adventurous pioneer has made
his claim and home. and corn will oe seen grow
ing, but the aridity OF the climate forbds gener
GUS yield. This is along the division line between
the moist climate Of the East and the dry climate
OF the West, and now the grass is short and gray,
trees disappear. and onward is unbroken stretcn
of $50 miles OF wild, uninhabited and uninhabitable
domain, divided by thin threads ofstreams running
among willows neither the cottonwood, hardy as
It is, nor the elm, tough as it is
daring to face the fierce winds. The sta
tions are at convenient distances apart more for
the accommodation OF section hands and the needs
OF the road than for passengers, where the tele-
graph operator lives in little house year In and
year out seldom seeing other strangers than those
who pass In the cars. No garden Is attached-for
what would be the use OF planting, since nothing
will growf-and the chief surroundings besides the
illimitabe plain, the railroad track. the telegraph
poles and the station are a profusion Of empty
fruit cans and bottles and scattered remnants OF
antelope and buffalo SKINS
THE DINING STATIONS
are tribe cheerful, for there are more people,
a kol n fq m IA A m a
few cottonwood trees to grow by watering them
from well. IL there is wen, which in some cases
Is absent, and water Is hauled on the cars, over
stretch something like 100 miles, both for hu-
man and locomotive use. Utterly destitute, and
one naturally adds absolutely worthless, the
country seems to be. yet 1t has immense resources
IN the grass, capable OF sustaining millions
OF cattle, as one may be convinced by seeing at
various places corrss into which large wild herds
are driven BY as Wild men for shipment East, and
1t Is sstd that in various places north and SOUTH
ive and ten miles apart, are springs In gulcnes
and nttie valleys, and even streams which run .
short distance and SINK and sometimes reappear.
PLACE OF RBFUGR.
Especial attention is carled to this country a.
having great inducements for men neeing rom
justice, and 1t would be well for such clerks and
treasurers as have been altering books. forging
bonds and overdrawing accounts, whether In New
York or other cities, and who must know that,
sooner or later discovery will be made, tnat they
give some thought to this part OF the world as iur
nishing secure hiding place. Such individuals
should have suficient love or country to patron
and 1t is recommended that II they get of at
almost any station between Ellis and Hugo they
Will find secure refuge to the north either along
the Sabine or the Republican-that is, between
the two great lines OF the Kansas and Union Pa
fai0 country and for some reason, possibly hard TO
understand, no settlers have entered It, and IL is
almost wholly unknown. The buraoes are In herds
ranging from few hundred to several thousand
head, speeding clear across to the South Platte,
and ia defaulter should go thither It Is improbable
that any Of1eers ever would dare to follow him ;
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