, 1879-02-10

nnl in otl,tr parts the river has barely room to
10" thfn1leli, ai1l the wagon roa u Cit out 0f
the snlid rock along the bank. Frum i-cadr1lln
down for ne'out twelve miles thtre IS quite
valley: tln n zones nnrr,w canon for perhaps
ten miles; tlItn IL widens out a0ain. forming
valley, or park, sonno Thirty mites long. 6y six
wttc IN !l!t ccntraa part, about where tic Eoe-
snnwood Creek tones IN from thc west. The
hfkansns River rnnA near tho caAtern side, and
between It aInl the main range IL
A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
o. prairie. etoptng gently towards tte river.
fines mud plnnns cover the inounaain.ettlcs md
br'tsl, and timber. and, for milo or two up the
Cottonwood, cottonwootl-tiuhcr Is plenty, and
iron, that the stream l. named.
Tic springs arc about i've miles up The
stream comes down between thu mountains.
Mt. PRINCETON risvs to tic hight OF 14,10
feet. Jnst no !llc Cottonwood Canon hrc two
or three beautiful takes, full OF fish. Deer arc
nnteIopea are touud On the hills all the vcnr
around. There are some mink, martcn, beaver,
and bear on The maintains, atrl tn tic mount.
aIn.strcauns ant! lakes. flc land there Is light
th,n anything else. 1t is probably all made
soil, from The waslings fronl The lnountai:s Ut
the ttcnycd md decompoaed ruck, lcavca, etc.
therefore Il Is rich and will bear 'lse best Of
crnns. Wheat, oats, rye, bnrtcF, !iuckwheat.
peas. beans, MIL all Kinds OF vegetable. do well;
bnt the Nights arc too cold to saae corn success
fully ..--
Tic beauty OF farming here IL the prices
Which everything brings, aud the mtntuRtnmos
near arc the hest markets In the world. Of
COURSE TO be quite successful In my part OF the
State, one must look nut for Eool watcr.sup.
ply III lrEigate with: ns,I, after few years, n
man cnn get herd Of stock started. wticll Is all
Independent furtuue Ia Itself. Onc Eaan' came
In here some five years aGo. with fun and an
old COW; n,lsl now has a tfne farm, good herd
Ut stock, and several thousand dollars In GAnk.
Another came here with nothing, sntnc twelve
years ago, umd Is now worth $10U,090 tn haMkt
besides lis hcrtl mud vcBctsblc.farm. Stock live
out tic ycar round,
EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW 1s QUITE pEEr.
| When was there the snow was ak ncllc. deep,
a1ti cattle which had lived otlt with no tccdlng
nllwfntcr Looked sleek atid fHt The grass grows
| tall cra In Colorado, ana curcs statnling, md
lias much more heart than Illinois hay. The
cabin un one of the ranches | stopued At whtc
down there was IS by 30 feet, Of rouiEs, logs,
| with lialf-wtndows, nne r0ugh-t,0nrd luor, Ill
| floor, ni,,l dirt roof. You may not consider
that 1T to l!vo in, hut IL passes fur pretty fair
house In this euiintry, though erant tllcro is
rom FOR considerable Improvement.
l feel / n1u cncruachfnE OH your valuable
time; 20 must draw this long, rambling letter tu
close. In doiuK 80 Will glyo n few elevations
| ncar hero, which lnny be interesting to you
IeaGlvtuE Is solne 10, $40 feet: Colorado Springs,
5,!SH feet; Pise's rcak Il, ,1I7 feet; Mt. prlncu.
ton, 1I,1tD feet: Massive Mountain, just west u
I.calvic. 14,:A;S feet: Twin 1.nkes, !,2265 feet;
Cottonwood Divide, l2, tHl5 feet; mouth Of Cot.
tollwuud, 8,3l7 feet. Z. L. c.