The Fremont County record., 1883-04-14
CANON CITY.
The Beautiful Town that Guards the
Gateway Of the Arkansas.
The Orchard OF the state and the Re
sort OF Southern Colorado.
penver Republican, April 5.


Canon City is situated forty miles west
from Pueblo. 1t is the county seat of Fre-
mont county, and contains population OF
about 5000. 1t is situated on the Arkan-
sas river, near the gateway to the Grand
Cafion of the Arkansas Its buildings are
composed of brick and stone in larger
proportion than any other town of the
State. 1t is literally supplied with shade
| and fruit trees, and it more resembles an
eastern town than any other in Colorado
Its altitude is $500 feet above sea level
but, owing to its protected situation, being
surrounded on three sides by foothills, its
climate is much finer than most other places
of the same altitude.
ITS CLIMATE IN WINTER
Is the mildest that can be found in the
State, and it will in time be the great win
| ter resort for invalids. The soda springs
| of Caflon, both for bathing and drinking,
are equal to any in the State. 1t contains
six churches, fine public school buildings,
the Colorado Military and Collegiate In
stitute, $4,000 courthouse, two banks,
good hotels and large number of stores
wholesale and retail. A smelter, with a
capacity of about 100 tons per day, is now
being operated by the Royal Gorge Smelt-
ing Company.
The Denver and Rio Grandc railway has
| a branch running from Canon City to Sill
yer Cliff The resources of Fremont county,
the business of which centers at Cation
City, consist of agriculture, stock raising,
coal mining, cement and iron paint manu-
factories and there are mines of gold, silver,
lead, zinc, iron, nickel, cobalt, copper, lime,
etc. Fruit raising at no distant day will
be one of the chief industries of the county.
1t has been fully demonstrated that all
kinds of fruit, except peaches, do as well
as anywhere, and better than at any other
place in Colorado. Quite number of or
chards, containing from five hundred to
two thousand fruit trees each, have been
set out during the past two or three years,
and several more will be set out this sea-
son. There are three newspapers published
at Canon City, viz: The FEMoNT COUNTY
RECORD, the Reporter, and the Mining
Gazette. The first named, under the able
management of Blake & FELTON,, is the
State Penitentiary is situated on the west
ern edge of the city. 1t contains over 300
inmates, who are laboIing for the state, in
expiation of their crimes against the laws
of the land. Great Improvements have
been made at the penitentiary during the
past two years, and some of the improve
ments to the grounds have included grad
ing to their street frontage, which is agreat
benefit to Canon City as well as to that in
stitution. With splendid water power,
Canon is a good point for manufactures
With coal and lime handy, and favorable
rates on the railroad upon ores from the
mining districts it should become one OF
the smelling centers of the state. With
its unequaled climate, it should become
| the sanitarium of the state. 1t affords every
inducement to persons desiring pleasant,
healthful place in which to make q home.
Homes, surrounded by all kinds of fruits,
flowers and shade-trees, can be secured,
which, together with mild climate in
winter and no excessive heat in summer
with the soda springs for bathing and
drinking, with pure bracing air direct from
| the mountains with good society and ex-
cellent school facilities, make Cafion, in
some respects, superior to any other place
as residence town. Pure water is fur
nished to the town by the Cafon City
1.he McCmre house, kept py MT. q. u.
Sewers, is a well-built, well-furnished, cosy
hotel, and is kept in first-class style.