The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-05-07
FROM MoRMONDoM.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, April 10, 1885.
EDITOR DRMoCRAT:-Dear Sir. Sinoe
you have been kind enough TO grant me
9pace In your newsy columns, l take
this, my dfst opportunity, TO pen q few
lines for your many readers, which, l
hope, may be acceptable. lfl"
We, there being three OF ue, started
from our beautiful village, Bolivar, on
the l4th Inst took the train on the W.
q l. II, r. II, Arrived at Toledo, where
we soon found ourselves flying south
westward on the Wabash st. Louis &
Pacific Railroad for Kansal City. Here
we we're compelled TO change trains AZ
soon az possible and took the Atchison,
Topeka q Santa Fe The eastern part
of Kansas, along This route, seems TO DO
adapted TO farming mostly. The Wos'ern
part, along the Arkansas river, Ia good
for nothing bat grazlng, and sOmo parts
not that, AZ IL 10 TOO sandy. Land along
lhe road Ia worth from two TO sixty dol
lars. Well improved land with q young
forest planted, consisting mostly Of cot
ton wood, will bring sixty dollars II To-
Gated 30 as to have easy access TO the
market.
Arrived at Pueblo, Col, the 18Th, Here
Ia where We ilrst saw the Rocky Noun
tains. The atmosphere being very clear
we could see the Rockies thirty miles
distant very nicely with their snow COW
cred crest. The temperature here was
| 10 dpgs, The only things that we're at
trac I've TO me at this place were block
OF cotton wood aud tho peculiar looking
houses. great many OF them we're
built of adObe or mud, Rs ! would call
| II. The mud is OF a lead color, cut from
the surface in chunks mostly about q
foot square, and laid up 80 AZ To form
the wall OF the house, The snn now
dries them, 40 that they become per-
fectly aolld aud very lasting. The block
that was speaking OF was q piece OF o
tree called "rhe Old Monarch. OF which
| will give you the inscription that was
on II. "The circumference Of this tree
was 28 feet, height 7S feet. IL was
known thrC ugh Colorado az tho old
Landmark" In the State, During the
Pixies Peak excitement the old tree
sheltered many weary travellers.
In 1850 there were thirty ak
peraOns massacred by the Indians
while camping near this tree. Kit Car
son, Wild Bill, Buffalo BILL and 0lher
noted Indian scouts had built their
camp fires under this tree. II IL claim.
ed that fourteen men were hung on one
OF the limbs, nj different times, The
frat woman that dei In Colorado was
buried under ita branches. Enough OF
that. On the 18th we took the train on
the Denver ~ Rio Grande, which leads
through the heart OF the Rocky Noun
tains, II was not long until we found
ourselves In the Grand Canon OF the
Arkansas river, the narrOwest portion OF
which Ia known as the Royal Gorge.
Here In where we could truly say,
Wonderful are Thy works." Here the
granite cliffs ara a thousand feet high,
smooth and unbroken by tree or shrub.
No flowers grow. and the birds care not
to penetrate its sOlitudes. AT the mar
rowest point, a long iron bridge IL sus-
pended IRON the smooth walls, was
filled with amaZement at the sublime
scene, and nature exhibits the power
she possesses. The next which met our
gaze was Marshall Pass which leads TO
the summit Of the mountain, the train
winding along the mountain In such
way NO that we could look almost under
| lOhlu uh hnu uNN W. h""
. been but few minutes before. The
grade here Is 2l7 feet to The
mile. After reaching the summit
we conld look around and see the clouds
underneath us, being at an attitude q
I l0,s5S feet above the sea, The summit
Ia covered with snow from three TO five
feet deep. They keep the track clear by
snow.sheda, and where they are not
men shovel the snow.
About two hundred miles west OF thit
we enter "Casle Gate" IL IL impossl
: bio TO describe the huge lodges Of r)ch
composing II. They are oiTshoots OF the
. cliffs behind, They are OF different
heights, one measuring 500 feet and the
other d50 feet from top TO base. They
are richly dyed with red, and the frt
, and pines growing about them, hui
: reaching only to the lower strata, which
makes them very attractiyej also q Dag
planted on the summit OF the highest
cliff. In three hours we found ourselves
, In Utah valley agreat fruit growing
! country. Apple, peach and Cherry treel
all In bloom. The fields look green and
:. beautiful. BOLIVAR.
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