The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-08-31
Colorado Letter.
CRIPPLE CREEK MINING CAMP
BULL HILL, COLORADO, !
Aug. 4. 1891.


CRIPPLE CREEK MINING CAMP
BULL HILL, COLORADO,
Aug. 4, 1894.
We left Chicago Tuesday evening,
July "a, over the Rock Island road for
Colorado Springs and the Rocky Noun
tains. We took sleeper and had our
meals i'm the dining car. We reached Col
orado Springs on Thursday, and | was
clad TO get off from the hot dusty train
and find myself in such cool, pretty
city as Colorado Springs. We went to
the Antlers Hotel and had breakfast and
then took carriage and drove around
the city. We then telephoned papa we
were there; he told us he would meet us
at Cripple Creek. We came up into the
mountains over the Midland r. II.
through Manitou, many tunnels and the
many resorts. The scenery was grand.
We rode to Gillett and then we took a
real old-fashioned stage coach drawn by
six horses which took us to Cripple Creek
camp; and there was papa who ushered
us into carriage and brought us up on
the top Of Bull Mountain to little cot
tage which we named Pine Grove Cot
tage because there is little pine grove
beside it. We take our meals at q
boarding house beside us. Papa and his
partner have team and a mountain car
riage and lovely, big, curly, black dog
who saved mans life in fire. The
man went to sleep with cigar burning
in his mouth which set the building on
fire. The dog rushed in, grabbed the
man by the arm and woke him up, and
saved the mans life. The dog is famous
and is known all over Denver. We
drive every day around and about the
mountains to the different stamp mills
and mines, and the little towns.
This mining camp has population of
25 600, and it takes all day to drive around
it. The scenery is beautiful; we look
way up on one side for thousands of feet,
and down on the other Sometimes
when we meet team the road is so
narrow the horses have to be unhar-
messed and the men carry the carriage
past.
The flowers here are very pretty, and
so many, many kinds; the mountains
look pretty in their gay colors. Some
times when we are driving l count the
different kinds and often see fifteen or
twenty kinds in sight. The climate is
delightful; morning and evening we have
a fire but during the day it is beautiful,
like the warm spring days at home. |
wear my winter flannels and my Jacket
all the time. The sun shines very bright
ly here. 1t will be shining and all Of q
sudden it will hail, and rain, and thun-
der, and lightning very much harder
than it ever did in Owosso, and in few
moments the sun will be shining as
bright as ever. Sometimes the sun will
be shining on one mountain top and at
the same time the rain will be pouring
on another.
The burro is Il native of these noun
tains; they are called the Rocky Noun
tain hooking bird they roam around
everywhere and all you have to do is to
take one, but my papa rented one
for me one day of some boys. When |
was riding met an old prospector with
a lot of burros packed. He asked me
what my burro was branded. told him
a heart. lie said that was his burro and
that his name WAS Harter, and he made
me get off and he took the saddle and
bride off, and made me carry the heavy
things home My papa and some other
men said this man only wanted another
so he thought he would take mine, but
papa got me another and no one got it.
COLORADO SPRINGS,
Aug II, 1894.
After roughing it in the mountains for
nearly three weeks we are glad to be in
a nice boarding house with such delight
full people, We take little excursions to
Manitou, Garden Of the Gods, and the
many resorts in the mountains around
here. This afternoon L am going to the
children's dance at the Broadmoor CAST
no. ALICE MCIIARDY.