The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-29
The Great "Circle" Excursion Trip.
DENVER, COLORADO, June Ia.

Dear SIR:
No doubt many of we subscribers will
take advantage of cheap railroad rates
to the west this summer, and visit
Colorado during the Knights Templar
Conclave. To those who anticipate
such trip during August, few sugges-
tions by former Michigander in re-
gard to very popular trip may not be
out of place
There is no section of country in the
United States that can compare to
Southern Colorado in the many and
varied attractions so satisfying to q
tourist, be he artist, poet, naturalist,
sportsman, or 'tenderfOot This trip
Around the Circle can be made in five
days at comparatively small expense,
affording you Il continual round of
pleasure and thoughts for many fire
side chat on your return home August
is "A most delightful month to edo" the
mountains, for,then you will escape the
scorching days and sIltry nights SO
common in the east, and enjoy the
bright sunshine and cool invigorating
mountain air SO peculiar to Colorado.
A party of Us have just made the
"Circle" trip and we enjoyed it hugely,
so much so, | am tempted to give you
dll dCCOuHI VI OuI JtuuJ, HOplHS you
may become so much interested as to
resolve To take the same trip and see
for yourselves the beauties of mountain
scenery and climate that boasts of
more than 300 sunshiny days in each
and every year. We left Denver Mon
day, June 9Th, at D. m. via Denver q
Rio Grande railroad, bound for Manitou
and "Pike's Peak or bust" A whirl
through the extensive ID. q r. g. r. r.
freight yards, and we then pass Burn
ham, Petersburgh, and Littleton, sub
urbs of Denver, while off at the right
can be distinctly seen the many brick
buildings of Fort Logan. From now or
we get charming view of the pictur
esque Rockies; the afternoon sun height
ems the many colors and makes their
distance, 24 miles, appear far short OF
that. The first point of interest accord
ing To our railway guide is Castle Rock,
30 miles from the metropolis. 1t proves
to be an enormous boulder ut the left
and several hundred feet above the
track. 1t has the appearance OF a stone
fort, and from its size and height can
be seen for miles. Quite a flOurishing
town near by takes its name from this
freak of nature. About $50 brake
man yelps, palmer Lake, ten minutes
for lunch; but as we are supposed to
live on mountain scenery and raretied
air for few days, we pass the lunch
and take to the platform to see Col
orado lake. The view is pleasant one,
for we have not seen so large body of
fresh water since leaving Michigan
The shore is dotted with boats, tents,
and a sprinkling of young shade trees,
and the locality is becoming a popular
resort for the masses.
About six o'clock we arrive ut Col
orado Springs and change ears for
Manitou, the Mecca of all tourists. A
ride of six miles and we find ourselves
at the foot of the most famous landmark
in America, Pixies Peak, 400 feet above
sea level. We put up at The Mansions,
one of the fifteen leading hotels, and
after partaking of an elbow chaser" and
n square meal, we are ready to go sight
seeing. Manitou has population of
1000 people, the town is beautifully
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