The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-12
A TRIP TO BOULDER CITY.
What a Reporter of the Miner Saw,
and How it Appeared to Him
The Parkinson Creek
Basin City-The Pic
nic-Etc., Etc.

Early on the morning of the Fourth a
MINER reporter MOUNTED the box beside the
driver of one of Gilmer & Salisbury's fine
coaches for a trip to the shady hooks that
may be found along the banks of the beauti-
full Boulder. stPete'' held the ribbons over
four spanking bays that appeared to know
just what was expected of them, and with
the ''star spangled banDer' waving at the
crest of each, they ratified off towards the
Park, apparently anxious to honor the day
by an exhibition OF unusual speed. Every
one on the route knows "Pete'' as a careful,
accommodating driver, but it is not so we'll
known that the fair maidens of Boulder, at a
festival recently held in that merry little
burg, voted MIR. Mitchell, as they very prop
eriy call our 'Pcte,' the handsomest young
man in the country. If "bandsome is that
handsome does,'' then the ballots We're justly
cast, tor "Pete" always ~"arrives OIL time,'
and thus far has preserved the perpendicular
iy of the coach during the past winters deep
SHOWS and the springs mud which prevailed,
in the seasons named, on this much maligned,
but the most beautiful mountain highway
in the Territory. We say beautiful, and
those who will leave the hot, dusty streets of
Butte when the mercury is playing "hide and
seek" among the small figures of the nineties
marked upon the thermometers, and take a
drive over the Park road, will, We feel as
sured. unhesitatingly concur in the opinion.
The cool, bracing mountain air that knocks
a couple score of years from off the age of
an octogeharian the pure, cold streams that
in dashing dow the mountain sides on eth
er hand sing temperance songs, whose mel
ody would make the lnebriate forget or fore
go the wine cup; the lofty pines whose low
ering crests moved by gentle zephyrs appear
to nod a welcome to the passing stranger,
will force the least aesthetic to eXclaim sbeau-
tifuln.' As we passed through the Park,
each gurgling rill ana swaying pine seemed
to join in softly singing Hail Columbia,
Yankee Doodle, and the Star Spangled Ban
ner. Nature was celebrating the "Glorious
FOURTH and while listening to her music we
drove up to the Park station. Here one OF
those splendid repasts for which this station
is famous was served to a furnishing crowd
and after charging horses We again sped owe
the Park for the head of Bison creek.
+ In the Park a large number of hay rancho,
y has been taken up and fenced. The gras
9 cut on them is of that kind known a
sspring" grass and makes inferior hay
These ranches may be made much more val
9 liable than they now are If they were seede,
r down to red top or timothy. AS the soil doe
6 not indicate the presence of alkali, there i
4 no question that either of those grasses woul
annually yield abundant crops of a superb
quality of hay. If successfully seeded dow
to either timothy Or red top, the hay rancho
on the Park would become permanent bonar
zas. The road over the Park could be material
e ly improved by corduroying some places an,
bridging others. When this shall be don
and the rocks and the stumps removed in on
or two places on Bison Creek, the road frol
Boulder to Butte will become one of the fiji
es mountain highways in the territory. A
present the few soft spots and rough place
may distract the attention of the rheumat
passenger from the beautiful scenery whic
meets the eve on every hand, but, while thes
may he made hard and smooth by the e,
'penditure of few dollars, millions of treasuI