The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-22

sissatel several mineral and soda
srsiAgs. setedfertheir curative prop
critics.
Mapitou has become famous as q
rssert fer pleasare and health seekers.
Called Saratoga Of tho West.
Some Of the greatest natural wonders
ana curicsities on the American con.
tiaeat are to be found in this vieini-
ty. Pixies Peak, which everybody
has heard Of, or sees,, looms up In
aufal grandeur aud sublimity, its
lofty summit, high up among and
above the clouds, and covered with
perpetual snow. II looked to us to
be only q mile or two from the hotel,
but we were informed Il WAS ten
miles ON sn AR line, and fsftecn or
tv enty by way Of the road! One of
the most curious things 10 a stranger
connected with mountain scenery Is
dclasien as to distance. Hacks
and carriages were chartered to take
parties to the different points of in
terest among the mountains. We
took q ride up through Ute pass, or
canyon, in the morning. Our guide
told us this was the only opening
through the mountains between Dem
yer and Pueblo. A very good road
| way has been cut on the side of the
mountain. ascending for several miles
In many instances on the edge Of dan
gerous and scary precipiccs. Let a
team be SO unfortunate as to tumble
over II ofthesc, aud then and there
is the end OF it. AS this is n much
Travelled road, stout bauiStcrs have
been placed on the edge for greater
security. While going up this a II
yon we had q view of one of those
splendid mountain water falls, one
reads so much about. And a grand
and beautiful sight it was, too. In
the afternoon we drove out TO the IA
nous Garden of the Gods. The name
seems appropriate. Here were hills
Of solid rock, rising perpcndicularly |
hundreds Of feet, standing here and
there over the surface of the ground, |
as If placed in position OH purpose by
their great Maker. To convey to our
readers an adequate idea of them in
this sketch is impossible. They Decd
to be seen TO be appreciated. Pass
ing on we went out to Glen Eyric,
another wild and rugged canyon, with
an active stream flowing at the bot
tom. Here in this narrow space the
perpendicular rocky mountains on
either side lowered up to dizzy
heights in the air, in all their native,
awe-inspiring grandeur. y solid col
umn of rock, some six or eight feet
in width, and thickness, and sur
rounded by other lesser ones, rises to
n height of l27 feet!-known as Major
Domo. Here in the midst of these
wilds, a gentleman of wealth and ro-
mantle disposition, Gen. Palmer, has
built a splendid residence. The fol-
lowing day we visited Chiann can
yon, where equally wonderful sights
were to be seen, and at the head of
which, about three-quarters of a mile
from the entrance, were q series of
seven waterfalls connected together,
and falling to a depth of three hun
dred feet.
Returning again to Colorado
Springs, we took the railroad and ar
rived in Denver that evening. An
excursion was rendered by the Colo
RADIO Central railroad, TO Golden, Cen
trail City and Black Hawk, to see the
mining operations at those points,
the next morning which was accepted.
Central City and Black Hawk are
now merged into II city, ard is a
place Of some 1000 inhabitants, and
exhibits a great deal of life and activ-
ity in mining operations, which are
here carried OIL very extensively
Wagons loaded with ore arc contimu-
ally passing along the streets on their
way to the various mills, and shafts
and mines are to be seen in almost
every direction OH the mountain
sides. OF course the mining interest
is the life and support of the city, as
it is mainly Of the other cities of Col
orado.
The railroad ride up and down
Clear Creek %canyon,to and from Cen
trail City, is ono of the widest, most
picturesque, perhaps, to be had in
America. Once taken, it will ever be
remembered. This narrow opening
between two tall ranges of rocky
mountains, is twenty two miles in
length. At the bottom rushcs, plung-
es, whirls and foams Clear Creek, or,
rather, cataract. The fail is exceed
ingly rapid, and the bottom covered
with huge ~boulders, and in the whole
distance we don't believe fifty feet of
smooth running water is TO be found.
On the edge of this torrent, on the
mountain side, the little narrow
gauge railroad is built, its way partl,
cut from the mountain sides, and
partly built up by massive stone walls
from the bottom. W. never knew
before it was possible for q railroad
to make such short curves, and then,
SO many of them, as were here neccs-
sary TO conform to the mcanders CT
the location. But the narrow gauge,
short cars, low platform and small
wheels, explain this. Sometimes the
road passed beneath o~verhanging
rocks, and sometimes crossed and re-
crossed the torrent, in picking out its
winding way. Tolerable good time,
everything considered, is made over
fha road tIa IA pns,.. ~