The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-23
A Little Jackson Girl in Colorado
MANIToU SPRINGS, Colorado, !
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MANiroU SPRINGS, Colorado,
June II, 1886.
EpIroh CLARION have not forgotten
nv promise to send letter. Well, we had
charming trip by way of Memphis,
where we took the "Short Line" for Col
orado. over the Memphis, Fort Scott q
Kansas City Road to Kansas City. Mr..
Parker, our conductor, was very nice
and attentive to us. Our Buffet car ran
from New Orleans to Kansas City, where
we took the Union Pacific to Denver,
Col, making only one change between
jackson and Denver, and out only fifty
four hours.
Denver is very handsome city, and
her public buildings are said to be the
finest in the United States. The Union
Depot building is very beautiful-is
made of white stone taken from the
Rocky Mountains.
At Denver, we took the Denver and
Rio Grande 10 Manitou, which is only
eighty miles, and beautiful ride 1T is.
1t is a feeble pen from a little girl of
twelve years that attempts to portray
the sublimity of these grand old Rocky
Mountains. do not believe the hnest
writer or artist could give one a faint
idea of the grandeur of the scenery in
and around "Manitou," which is the
Indians name for "The Great Spirit"
and surely nowhere in the world does
anyone feel the influence of the "Great
Spirit as they do in Manitou.
This lovely town is a valley at the
foot of the towering Rockies, above
which rises in all its majesty, Pixies
Peak with its eternal cap OF snow which
glistens like diamonds. 1t IS amusing
to watch the pixies Peakers" as they
pass in the morning to make the ascent,
twelve miles). They start forth jolly
enough, but what change when they
return in the evening, utterly worn and
weary-having in all probability, passed
through rain. hail, and snow storms
vet they tell us they are repaid, for 1t Is
| the finest scenery in the world. The
Signal Officers, | am told, cannot remain
| on the summit of Pixies Peak longer
than SIX weeks, as the light air exhausts
them. The Peak is over fourteen thous-
and feet above the level of the sea.
Here they take observations for the
! Government. Manitou is called the
Saratoga of the West" owing, l pre-,
sumo, to the great variety OF mineral
springs. and the fashionable class OF peo'
ME who resort here, but tourists say
| that Saratoga Springs is tame in COM
narison to this wonderland, so far as
natural scenery goes. Manitou has five
large. first-class hotels, many small ones
4 and boarding houses, and numbers oil
cottages for rent. A great many people
/ from Denver and elsewhere own summer
homes here. The season has opened!
i 1t is difficult for me to imagine that il
il summer, for the mornings and even
inrs are quite cold, aud pair of heav,
blankets and a comfort are indispensa-
HE Mt night, and hear that It remain
this wav all the summer. Many of tn
tourists who have travelled abroad, sa.
thew have never known any climate 8
fine. or scenery so grand. The iron
water here is remarkably strong an,
f;ne. and is said to be of great benefit t
;pva,ids. When made into lemonade
: effervesces like soda-water.
One of the interesting sights here t
mo i the little "Burro Brigade (doT
kew. They are much smaller here thai
! with us. Ii is beautiful sight to sc
! thirty or forty children mounted Q
!. these little tiny things winding the
wav mn the mountain sides. And wins
! fun we have. Yesterday Queen Elizi
!, beth" disappointed me and had to tax
{ aAaron.s When visit the Garden
Y the Gods ssSesen Falls the Caves
! and other wonders here, l will write 70
: another letter, If You do not throw th
into the waste basket
ROSIE PERKINS.
/ "RocKl REST"
II NorE.-We are quite sure that all Il
I, readers Of The CLARION viii enjoy q
4 other letter from our little friend. Il