Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-05
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COLORADO.
THE TRUTH o VI CLfMATE-RE-
LATIvE MERITS OF DENVER, TRINIDAD
\ COLORADO SPRINGS.


AND COLORADO SPRINGS.
DENVER, Col, May 1870 much
has been written of Colorado that one
feels it an intrusion to- offer an addi-
tional word. Yet l can not but feel
that there are n impressions
i'll the minds Of many that, in justice
to them, should DO corrected if pos
sible. And, first of all, Denver and
Colorado are not synonymous terms.
Denver is doubtless the largest city of
its size in the world, but Denver is
not Colorado nor is Colorado Denver,
as many would have you bels.eve. Ag-
riculture is not the chief interest in
the state, Notwithstanding the fulsom
articles on pumpkins that annually
appear in the papers of Den
yer City. True, wheat and other
small grains, by the appliances Of art,
may be made to grow, and even ma
ture on one acre in twenty OF thirty
thousand within the borders of the
State. A nan has been known, by
the use of ingenious co%ntrivances for
irrigation, to grow trees several feet
high i'll Il few cases Of unremitting at
tention, but these favorable facts are
not sufficient it is maintained to es-
tablish beyond controversy the agri-
cultural reputation of the State. In
fact, Colorado is not an agricultural
State o can it ever become such.
The material interests Of the State are
and must always be confined to its in
eXhaustible mines and stock-raising.
These interests alone will make it one
wealthiest in the Union. But the
greatest interest and attraction. and
the one i'll which all the world may and
will take stock, is its u~nriyalled
healthful climate. 1t is the worlds
Sanitarium, the panacca for the ills of
life-a land where the weary are at
rest and the weak receive new strength
and the old youth with its attendant
blessings, zest, hope, ambition and
lofty aspirations. The acknowledged
superiority OF the climate of Colorado.
which unfortunately has heretofore
meant Denver, has led to many very
serious mistakes resulting in disaster
to many cOnsuniptives. Denver is
not a proper resort for this class Of
inyalids. South of the divide, at any
point in the state is far better. and in
the oTDion of many intelligent OH
servers the southern portion Of the
state is the best Of all. Colorado
Springs, situated south Of the divide,
- miles south Of Denver, is not only
the most beautiful locality in the state,
but tiIe most hcalthful in the northern
part of the state. Its proximity to
the celebrated Manltou Springs, five
miles distant, add u charm to the To-
cation that is possed by no other. Yet
it has the objection of being too far
north for the majority of health
seekers. This interesting little city
is situated on the banks of Purgatory
river, 206 miles south Of Denver, in
Las Animas county, in the extreme
southern portion of the State, and is
rs accessible rs any point of interest
10y the Denver 4 Rio Grand narrow
guage railway. The present populA-
ton Of Trinidad is about $500, near
" 1000 of which are MeXicans, to
which fact is due much of the interest
Of the Place, for to this native pOpu-
latiOn the city is indebted for the
~jaccelie, adobe house and the peace
ful, harmless, ~serviceable and digni-
w '''ii's siiIt oliltI iil>iiiutlDllS pc
culiar to the race. Trinidad, at the
foot OF Ration Peak, Is the great CEN
ter Of Southern Colorado. 1t is 10
Southern Colorado what Denver Is to
Northern Colorado, having all the adj
vantage of pure air, mountain scenery,
and good roads, to which is added Il
more southern and by far a healthier
climate. If you have good health.
with a strong pair of lungs and plen-
ty of money, feel reckless, and wish
to invest i'll the mining business, go
to Denver. If you are feeble, a lit
tie run down, want good society, and
your morals improved, go to Colorado
Springs. If you are afflicted with
consumption, scrofula, nervous do
bility, dyspepsia, fashionable society,
business complications, poverty, or
wealth, go to Trinidad.-CQuincy
GIL. Wing.