Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-04-23
QUEEN OF THE ROCKIES
A Plying visit to Denver and Other Cities
Of the Centennia1 State.


1 Flying visit to Denver and Other Cities
Of the Centennial state.
On Friday the Sd instant the pro-
prietor OF the ADvERTIsER, accompanied
oy his wife, broke loose from all busi-
ness cares and responsibilities and en-
oraced the opportunity of making fly
ing visit to Denver and the many points
of interest contingent thereto. reached
BY the Burlington ands Missouri River
railroad. The trip was virtually begun
at Deadwood, where they boarded the
mail train, under the charge
Of Conductor O'Conner, at 40 Friday
reaching Denver at $50 Sum
aey afternoon, after having spent fifteen
hours in Hastings, Nebraska, visiting
old friends. To say they enjoyed the
trip is but slightly expressing it, judg-
ing from the elaborate descriptions given
by them since their return.
The trip from Deadwood to Edge
mont, 1O5 miles through the Black
Hills, was greatly enjoyed, the scenery
along the route being second to none
Witnessed by the travellers while away,
The B. & M. passing out of the Hills
traverses gorges, crosses mountains and
bores through gigantic bluffs and prec-
ipices: The trip is made by daylight
and travellers in taking this route will
witness Nature in all its wild and wierd
picturesqueness. The B. & M. encount.
cred no small obstacles in building into
Deadwood by way Of Edgemont. Fou,
tunnels of varying length were neces.
sary; millions of tons of rock had to be
removed from cuts and the faces of the
mountains; culverts, trestles and bridges
without number were constructed, and
in order to give some idea of the wind
ing, tortuous way taken by the road tc
reach the center of the Hills we would
state that although the distance from
Deadwood to Edgemont is only 10s
miles, yet eighty eight miles of the iror
is laid upon curves. Only seventeen
miles of straight track in 105 laid
From this some idea of the engineering
feat of locating the road can be easily
CLEANED.
In getting out of the Hills the trair
passes through all the old-time mining
camps, once 80 crowded with eager
placer miners. It also passes through
those camps now alive with men hunting
the precious metals of gold and tin con
tanned in the rich ore-bearing rock. The
scenery witnessed from the car window
impresses one indelibly and presents t
the mind the fact that not many places
on this continent can equal in grandeu
the great Black Hills. Without doub
the B. & M. will reap rich harvest from
tourists the coming summer who desir,
to spend the warmer months amidst tn
solitude and exhilarating ozone of thes'
imperishable mountains.
Although one may have read much
and heard more, of Denver and it
beauties, yet one is not prepared to see
city of such size, witness the immens
business transacted, or become &C
quainted with it's actual commercial i'm
pertance. Denver contains a popula
ton of about 100000 souls. It boast
twenty railroads, connecting it with al
points of the continent. It has tw,
cable, and three electric motor lines, a
well as belt line cireling the city
There are also thirty-two miles OF horse
car lines in operation within the city
The town is lighted by gas and electrici
ty, has paid fire and police departments
obtains its water from the mountains b,
the Holly system and from over 800 ar
tesian wells, varying in depth from 35
to 1000 feet. The public buildings, ex
elusive Of churches, cost 100000, tn
bonded debt is only 100000, while tn
assessed valuation is over $37, 100000
All railroads enter at the magnificen
union depot, handsome stone struct
ure. There are many things of interes
to the stranger in Denver: The smeltel
public buildings, the Grand Opera hous
the finest in the world except tn
Grand Opera house of Paris-the sys
tenn of irrigation, the magnificent privat
residences, the lovely suburbs and tn
q. 8. military post. The city is 10
Gated upon an open prairie, on one sid
rises the snowy range of mountains AM
on the other the prairie extends to th
horizon. Denver is mammoth, mag
nifcent city. Yet, it is fifty miles frol
the nearest mines or those natural n
sources which go toward giving cit
commercial supremacy. This may seeI
queer to some, yet it is the truth. III
reason is obvious to one who gives tk
matter five minutes thought. The secrt
of Denver's success is: The men VII
went there stood together, pulled hart
rustled and compelled the mines an
the immense industries of the Rookie
to pour their wealth into the cit,
They did this instead of sitting dow
and allowing some other location
build up at their expense until circun
stances forced them to leave the TOW
themselves. The men who made Der
yer COMPELLED the mountain to come
| Mahomet.
Without solitary natural resour
Denver has built herself up until 81
stands today the peerless queen OF Il
Rockies and her influence is being fe
in every commercial center OF the Unio