The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-04

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thelf onoIeql e1niudA Bat easlv Is sh. = M
nooo ~ tsoke sodoenty nom he ejoors - )!
fosssi, sd enels be1ose q hya vsllsv ~
muee !. wso1s 50 aFescning away 10 IL -.
with c3umpe II timber and blue.vss.s.te oelet
many stream On the farther sids 49, =. VII
Iroue,ranga dividing u from the. Plain -. ~
bey>nd the fsmlIIar torm Of Pixies prsL s and ~
no. Tue eye could take In fftv MIL. y lle9
landscape and note the succession 81 49, %
ranclsss lhat 6lled tho valley, and ~ ~ 90
which dotted its surface Il Intervals - vliago
miles This VS. the South Park, and :. ~
ed down the mountain side 10 its level. 'usn'
These paFks are peculiar feature NJ "a. u
and there are several Of them shs ~ ooIof,de
best known being North, Middle, Souts s ed
Egefia and San LuiA They vary n ~ 1sless
miles TO hundred in length, and NJ e
boeOmcd In the mountains, but are 49,. - ~
level Or gently rolling and well wa,ered ~ sseg
timbered Ike park with thickets and s,. osag
intervals. Formerly they were the besiS A. ~. 9
grounds In Colorado, but the game - sa ~
osced westward BY the wave Of immis,s:ssa
and the Parks are now occupied BY farmer -
Winding through the Park along The ~.
graveily streams where . few Chinsmsna y
washing for gold, stopping here and ire. ~
village or rolling through groves of spicv A.
golden aspens, we Came TO the rim of mi, -
basin, and looking over Its edge saw Az ~
dred feet below Us the rocky deie of Paiss ~ ~
on with our narrow track OF steel disanrsss..sa 80
down its gloomy depth. Then began tbs ~
frightful descent ia all my experience Of ,,sa -
down the deciivity Of KeDosha hill. pss ssa
ledge had been cut in the face of the hin q. !,
railroad track which twisted and writbed s ~ ae
It's knobs and shoulders so rapidly and 49,
sanity that / was thrown from side 10 ia :
my seat as II were on q schooner in ! ~ y
storm, the steepness of the descent mak;r.s nl
progress recklesely rapid No accident hsss -. ~
happened on this hill, and am told ths, ~. 49,
extreme care has been exercised Ia the or. 49,
oil the road-bcd and the construction OF the irs.f
that mishap is practically impossible. and !. !
well that this 10 the case, for II the train vs,s
leave the track, II would fall, like q bird ~
from tree. for hundreds OF feet Iooss.
downward through space from INV w;,do.
was with feeling Of sincere relief that - 4.
level OF the canon drawing nearer and ns. -
Until the roar ofthe Platte river sounded Oh.
few feet away. and We glided into the v.vn;.s
chasm. '""hius
This passage through the mountains ia .;r;,..
10 Ito features 70 the Royal Gorge near C.na.
City. The Businesses Of the Rockies can h. ~
preached only bv these canons, the action ~ ;i.
rivers on the rocks for ages past having en-, :
Woy shtOokn TUG ttCuuCuuOu9 WAITS with
pleteness which man could not hooe n s s,,.,
with Oh the appliances of science s. ~.
10 railroad enterprise are these nvine. shss 8
1872 when every road was strainnr everv rs,r -
to win the golden prize Of the b isinen * Ia
vile, the Canon Of the Arkansas was con,enSss
for in the courts and or the ground, even viIh
olooosned, oy the rival companies of the A,ch.
lson, Topeka and Santa Fe and the Denver ana
Rio Grande roads. the latter eventuaIly winnins
and now occupying the passage.
The distance to the plains was nearly 6Ay
miles, fcr which distance we ran between walk
thousands OF feet in height which at no plaee
were separated by greater distance than a few
yards, even this narrow passage being disputed
with Us by the Platte river But BY seven
O'Clock we emerged safely on the plains and n
half an hour were within sight of the tall electro
towers by which the suburbs of Denver are
lighted. In my next will have something 10
say of this beautiful city BrENynLR