The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-11-06
NUMBER IS.
A Letter from Colorado.

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ING THE ANTELOPE. MEMENTOEs OF THE
TRIP.
Correspondence of the Journal.
PUEBLO, Oct, II, 1854. The North Park
which is considered Lolorado's best hunting
ground and no doubt deserving the name it
bears, has an area of 70 miles by 30, and an al
titude of 5000 feet, while its lofty peaks 5000
higher are covered with perpetual snow, and
there are mineral springs in stony basins, bub-
bling up ice-cod from an unknown depth. A
trip to this park IS pleasure unaoyed. In
company with three other gentlemen one of
them in old Rocky Mountain hunter, who is as
familiar with the trails and streams of the
Rocky Mountains as an Eastern boy is with
the COW paths in his fathers pasture, | recent
ly spent six weeks on that famous hunting
ground. 70 reach the park from this city nee
es>ateS long drive, but it is one of interest
from the very start, the scenery en- route rang
ing from rolling plain to lofty peak. on our
way we passed through the South Park. the
largest of Colorados parks, and by many con-
sidered the prettiest. 1t is a domain Of beauty
with its serie, OF rolling hills interspersed with
occasional groves of pine aud cedar. We cross
ed the head waters Of the south Platte river at
the western terminus of South Park range of
mountains by way of Weston's pass, where we
found drifts of snow twenty feet in depth IN
some of the deep ravines and then entered the
city of LeadyIle, known as 1.-THE ely of the
clo'nh." 1t was the rainy season of the year in
this section of the State and we found the
streets of Leadyille very muddy and unsightly,
compared with the paved streets of larger
cities. Yet there is an amount of life in Lead
vile that have failed to find in any western
city | have yet visited. Passing along the
streets at night one would conclude from the
number r gambling houses and saloons, all ap-
parently doing tlourishing business, that
money must be more plentiful here than in
most other places. But on the whole | was
very fayorably impressed with Leadlille. Per
haps this in some degree was owing to the
kindly manner in which I WAS received by a
family of Old acquaintance from Maine.
After leaving Leadville We followed the
Arkansas river until it became 50 small that
We bad TO art the grass roots to find it, Cross
ing Eremonts Pass in It binding snowstorm
we were glad To descend to aleyel with other
people, our ideas of high life having entirely
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