Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13

association, but the strong fascination
OF Denver prevailed.
The summer school at Colorado
Springs will appeal to many teachers.
The corps Of teachers and lecturers in
cludes such men as Richard T. Ely, Of
Wisconsin University; Woodrow Will
son; Il. Benjamin Andrews, president
OF Brown university; and William j.
Rolfe, of Harvard university, The
Rocky Mountain Chatauqua at Glen
Park, Is making preparations for a
season Of unusual interest, many noted
educators who will attend the educa-
tional convention having been secured
TO appear upon the Chatauqua plat
form. Among other superior opportuni-
ties for summer study will be the sum-
fner terms at the State university at
Boulder, summer school at the State
Normal School In Greeley, and another
at Fred Dicks Normal School in DeRver.
No state In the Union offers so unl-
form climate and outing and health
resorts so well adapted to building up
the body and mind, wearled by years
OF work, as does Colorado, with its per-
petual summer sunshine and It's pure
mountain air Scores Of springs, both
hot and cold, famous for their medicinal
properties, are easy Of access In various
parts Of the state. Colorado Springs
Is 10 miles from Denver; Manitou, five
miles from Colorado Springs, the Sora-
toga OF the West" at the foot of Pixies
Peak, and at the Gateway Of the Garden
OF the Gods; Glenwood Springs, in the
silvan valley Of the Grand river, is re.
plete with the attractions Of a year.
round resort.
Peaks and passes, canons and catar-
acts greet the eye Of the Colorado
tourist upon every line Of railroad in
the northern, western or southern part
Of the state; Spanish and Collegiate
peaks, whose grandeur is excelled only
by Sovereign Blanc" itself; Sierra
Blanca, Marshall Pass, the Grand Cam
ons Of the Colorado and Arkansas, they
! walls rising 1000 feet above the rush
Ing waters; Sangre de Christie, Gray'A
and Longs Peak, which towers over
$4,000 feet above the sea. Then there IL
Idaho Springs, on the Union Pacific,
Denver g. Gulf line, thirty-seven miles
from Denver, at the exit from Clear
Creek Canon, one Of the grandest in the
state, with its famous Hanging Rock
and Dome Rock.
No feature of Colorado scenery will
be more highly appreciated by teachers
than the excursion OF the Rio Grande
road Around the Circle" to Montezuma
county, in the land of the Cliff Dwellers.
Here will be seen upon their native
heath, or rather among their native
mountains, the strange home Of this
prehistoric race, models of whose dwell
ings formed a famous feature Of the
Columbian Exposition.
The primeval mountain, forest and
plain Of Colorado still afford the sports
man a happy hunting ground. Trap
pers' Lake, Grand Lake, Twin Lakes
and Trout Lake, are few Of the liquid
gems set in the mountains and sur
rounded by cushions OF forest green.
Their waters and those of the numerous
streams, contain an abundance Of noun
tain trout which may be taken with
hook and line from June LIST to December
lst The hunting grounds Of Colorado
occupied almost undisturbed by wild
animals, are larger in area than the
state Of New York. Throughout Grand
Lake, I.outt and Garfield counties are
to be found elk deer. antelope, rabbits