The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-28
That Rocky Canyon Excursion.

On Saturday morning, May the 24th,
the students and teachers of Bozeman
High School, with several good friends,
who very kindly joined us and added
much TO the comfort and enjoyment Of
the party, assembled at the Third Ward
school for the purpose of visiting Rocky
Canyon and enjoying, amid the beauty
and grandeur of it's scenery, a few social
hours.
There were thirty equestrians and
three carriage loads of persons.
Truly, the sun never shown on mer-
rier party.
Mr.. H. Cleveland, Miss Josie Philips
and Miss Annie Maxey were appointed
as managing committee, and fulfilled
their duty in manner, which would
have done credit to older heads.
1t was delightful morning, and all
nature seemed to unite with the beauti-
full young faces around us, in one sunny
smile which was very suggestive of har-
mony and true happiness.
All were prepared to start at $50 a. M,
and after spending two or three hours
very enjoyably, riding about and feasting
on the beauties Of nature, we returned to
the mouth of the canyon, where, thanks
to the kind ladies of Bozeman, a feast
that the greatest amateur de bonnie chere,
would have been proud to partake of,
was spread before US, under the ample
shade of a lordly pine.
When the regal repast was over, we
were royalty entertained with music and
addresses that did justice to the occasion
and the surroundings were given by Prof.
A. C.. McComb and other members of our
party.
We then spent pleasant time con-
versing, gathering flower, climbing the
hills and riding through the canyon,
until four p. M, when we decided to re-
turn home.
On our return, we stopped at Fl Ellis
and gladly received the hospitality of the
gentlemen there. who supplied us with
one of Gods best gifts, pure, sparkling
water, and feeling very grateful and very
much refreshed we continued our Jour
ney.
A ride, which seemed too short,
brought us to Grand Avenue, where we
parted with kind farewells, delighted
with our visit to Rocky Canyon and
vying with one another in wishing a
happy summer to all.
Nothing that would mar the pleasure
of fhe company had occurred during the
day, and even the horses seemed to un-
derstand the object of the excursion, for
they looked with perfect indifference at
the numerous trains that were passing
quite near us.
The day was one of thorough felicity
and mental improvement.
Rocky Canyon is all eminent teacher
and day spent among its sublime scenes
is more beneficial than a week in Har-
ward or Yale, for no one could study the
modest forget-me-nots, pure, white May
blossoms, clear mountain brooks, like |
silver threads winding through vegeta-
ton varying from the darkest to the most
delicate Shade of green, the hill-sides COW
cred with rich mantles of evergreens and
the grand, old, rocky, snow capped peaks
which pierce the clouds and seem to say,
Coward and upward, without minyling
the sweetest, purest thoughts with the
noblest and loftiest aspirations of the
soul.
The interest Of the 9th day of May,
was increased when We remembered that
it was the sixty-fifth anniversary of her
Majesty, Queen Victoria's birthday, and
the twentieth anniversary of Montana as
a Territory.
We could not have celebrated it more
loyalty than by visiting Rocky Canyon,
and it will ever be one of our sweetest,
and proudest "reminiscences. A. H.