Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-09
A Trip West.

Ed. Register-As it may be of bene-
fit to some Of the readers of your paper,
I will try to give you light history of
the northern part of the San Juan dis
trict of Colorado.
AS we left Ironton on June 4th we
were in time to see the Democratic
Convention in st. Louis, and must
say never before saw st. Louis deco
rated S WELL We left on the evening
train, SO could not see much of the
country, except on the other side of the
Missouri river. The country was look
ing as fine as a person could wish to
look upon; everything was growing
and the country seemed to be booming;
but alas! night overlook us and we lost
the scenery. About 5 O'Clock A. NJ.
woke up, but the change that had come
over the country look almost like i'm
possible for 1t to be SO: from fine green
fields. to alkali plains; nothing could be
seen as far as the eye could reach. We
rumbled along for about one hour and
the first sight we saw was the old one
that many had seen before, Pixies Peak
lit put me in mind of the old saying,
Pixies Peak or busD, and the snowy
ranges. Then the country was COM
mencing to look as if it had life upon it.
The Arkansas river was on our left and
big irrigating bitches all around us (I
will give the readers slight history
as I go aIong) and large droves of cattle
roaming the plains, and prairie dogs
sitting up laughing at US which ever
way you looked. Comical looking lit
tie fellows they are. The half of the
depots through that part are only a
board nailed upon post with the
name upon it. But at last we arrived
in Pueblo at 8 A. NJ. and expected to
find a large city, but what was my
surprise when I look around and found
it very little larger than old Ironton;
but everything was on the boom; look
where you would everything was bus
tie and stir. We stayed there until
2:30 P. NJ. and took the train over the
D. & r. G. r. r. to go through the
grandest scenery in America.
All aboard! was the cry of the con-
ductor, and you would laugh to have
seen us get Oh with our blankets and
valises (any one going to that country
with the intention to stay have to have
them). Well, off we go; could see
much, as were in the foot hills. Went
through good coal field and about 4
P. NJ. we arrived in Canon City, as
pretty little place as any one would
like to see. AS the train only stopped
few minutes to put on the observa-
ton car, the first move we made was
to get back as fast as we could to get a
seat, and We were no way backward in
doing SO. We had FIVE miles to run to
the Gorge, the last stop before going in
the Royal Gorge, so off we started.
You could hear all kinds of expressions,
! but to the writer he could hardly un-
derstand how a train could pass be-
tween such high mountains, but with
mans ingenuity it was done. Well,
we are getting into the gorge in good
shape. For the interest of the readers
of this will try and explain what the
Royal Gorge is: It is two very large
noun tains and stream running in be-
| tween. Hello, what is this ahead?
Why that is the swinging bridge across
the Royal George, was the answer.
| Well, well, big iron beam with a
bridge swinging to it and train run
ming over it, and lofty-almost per-
dicular for several thousand feet on
each side of you. Now we are climb
ing up the mountain III good shape
with double header, and such scenery
as person who never saw it could
hardly believe existed anywhere on
earth. Sometimes lofty mountains,
then into pretty little valley of the
Grand Canyon until we arrived at Sail
da; then off goes the observation car
and we had to go back to our car again
after seeing about fifty miles of as fine
scenery as any one could wish. But
hold on, there is better coming yet.
Salida is the junction to go to Lead
vile, Red Cliff, Glenwo I'd Springs and
the Feof Hill road to Denver. s. B.
ITO be cOntinaed.)