Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-19
FRIDAY, MAY 13.

FRIDAY, MAY Is.
After closing my last letter we left the
hotel for trip by electric cars to Mani
ton, distance of four miles. In going
there we passed through Colorado
City the oldest trading post in Colorado.
1t now has 1000 people and shows the
marks of age. Manftou is noted for
her soda and sulphur springs. This
city has 2000 population and is widely
known as a summer resort. They have
several large hotels and many elegant
homes where the various wealthy men
spend their summers. A frame build
ing in Colorado is uncommon on ac-
count Of the expense of lumber. Stone
and brick are almost universally used
for building We commemorated our
visit at Manitou by taking a soda bath
which proved very refreshing. After a
two hours stay at this resort visiting the
"Garden of the Gods" we returned to
Colorado Springs and followed the pro-
cession, which was two miles long, to
the ''Printer's Home" The procession
was made up of uniformed men on
horseback, Cow Boy Band" of thirty
five pieces, people in carriages and on
foot. The Printers Home is an elegant
stone building of four stories, modern
in all its appointments, complete ac-
count of which we will give on our re-
turn home. An interesting program
was carried out in which Mr.. Childs,
of Philadelphia, had an honored
place.
Colorado Springs is q well laid out
city of $4,000 people, with streets 1OO
feet wide, lined with a fine growth OF
shade trees. Here they have sidewalks
sixteen feet wide of natural gravel.
Stone walks are laid along the business
streets. Outside of these they have
no other On account of the altitude
the streets are always dry. It may rain
hard for several hours but the ground
soaks it up Immediately. This city had
the appearance of Fourth of July day.
The citizens were dressed in their best,
and all were on the streets. Their
homes were decorated with profusion
of the emblems of our country.
We left Colorado Springs at $50 p m,
with very favorable impressions of the
city and surrounding country. We re-
turned to Pueblo where we were met
at the depot with carriages and were
shown the points Of interest here \
drive about this city will readily con-
vince the visitor that they have the
promise Of a great metropolis. Here
we made our first visit into steel works
where railroad iron is cut, moulded and
handled like lumber in & saw mill The
most interesting sight to us was the
Mineral palace, a large building built
up with the different stone and rock
that is quarried from the several mines
of the state of Colorado. This palace
was erected at a cost of $3.50, 900 and
serves the same purpose that an expo
sition building does in our Eastern
states. The interior is simply grand
and deserving of a days time to inspect
it closely. When lighted with electricity
the minerals blend their rays in such q
manner that the effect is sublime. A
few hours was spent here in a reception
and dance which was greatly enjoyed.
We left Pueblo for the South at lC
o'clock p. M, Thursday, and awoke il
New Mexico, with a landscape view
that was superbly fine and imposing in
appearance and impression. In the
distance was the snow capped Rockies
pointing heavenward, while the valley
of Cimarron river was rich in its pas