The Forrest City times., 1895-06-14
IpxIESIs PRESS ASSOCIATION.
! Annual Meeting, Hospital
y s,a entertainment at Mann
moth Spring, and Elk
cursion to the
Rockies.
from last week.

testing Rocky Mountains. Pixies
Nd the Spanish peaks are the most in.
,.ssting, and may be seen an hundred
ses or more. sun.kissed aud glitter
no towering above their fellows. 1t
rss towards these, then, that we were
oow travelling, having left Pueblo about
IN M. Saturday night. We arrived
:, uxitou 4 few hours later, tired,
,ad eager for the arms of Morpheous.' y
which very soon embodied the entire
mrty. A magnificent panorama await
dthe awakening, which came early
i following morning. and found us
Il the heart of the mountains, at the
base Of the famous Pixies Peak, the
uouarch of the Rockies, and surround
Cd by lofty peaks, babbling brooks,
lpsutiful landscapes, romantic glens
and pine-covered heights, transported
. it were by the genii of Aladdin's
Aup. from the undulating, far.reacll-
uc mysterious plains of the east to
the rugged range of Titantic mountains
covering to the west.
Here dwelt the Red man, ere the cry
OF Gold !" among these hills was heard ;
Here lowered the Mountains to the sky,
| And here the healing fountains pour'd.
Before the white mans foot had trod
This sacred valley of the West,
The Savage took the gift from God,
And named it 'Manitou, the Hest"
AIighting from the car, we pulled
our Overcoats about our ears, and
sought the morning comforts. Ar
rsagementS had been made for our en-
tsnainment at the Barker House. one
Of the finest of the several magnificent
botpls of Manitou, where we enjoyed a
delightful breakfast. 1t was then an
aounced that the party would visit the
summit of Pixies Peak at once. Be-
fore starting we visited the celebrated
ssiugs which are situated just across
tn street from the hotel, and drank OF
the sparkling waters. There are three
Of these springs IN this vicinity-the
NSHit0u, Soda and Sulphur-the for
ner being the most desirable and the
one from which ManitOu water is bot
tied. Another celebrated spring,
kuown rs the Ute Iron, is located a
gprt distance from the hotel in Engle-
|nan's canon. up which we passed en-
route to the Pixies Peak cog road. At
$ls We were all aboard the mountain
climber, with many misgivings AS to
what might happen 10y way of accident
20 the road or from inability to sur
we on the thin air of that high eleva-
ton
Fixes Peak was FIRST discovered by
Major Zebulon Pike. November Is.
1905, on which day the Great Snow
Mountain" appeared before the eyes of
t n intrepid explorer, hanging on the
Western horison like a small blue cloud.
When the peak first dawned on his
view, he must have been distant from
H. to the east on the plains, something
more than 100 miles. 1t is said that
Major Pike was at first iH doubt as to
the nature of this clond, but because of
rs stability, examined it closely
through his field glass and in the
course OF half an hour fully determined
US character. After an unsuccessful
elaeavor to reach the mountain, Pike
J, was discouraged, and wrote in his diary
'Aat no human being could reach the
s ~, OF that tremendous peak"
nhat would he his feelings today if he
ould visit Manitou and ride to the
as,,'rfMost pinnacle of this "inaccessi-
VIZ mountain in Il comfortable coach
u :. Tue flke's Peak railway. Although
WAS discovered by him and immor-
"a his name, Pike never set foot at
10 noaSe, to say nothing of it's summit.
FROM the time OF it's discovery to the
meseht, each succeeding year has
amAae IL more famous, and there is per-
aps no mountain in the world whose
SMe is so widely known.
lihe ascent of Pixies Peak has long
' sei, great attraction to the visitors
s G!Msanitou. Pike himself had this am
,s a;,' and has recorded how he was
ilulaed IN the attempt. Ruxton also
1 H., !. = desire to accomplish this feat;
NV !, Vie Indians drove HIM away before
was accomplished. After Manitou
= a resort, a trail WAS construct
NV, ,la,, Tue summit, and since tits com.
p ~ hardly day has passed during
y ~ season which has not seen a party
~ tourists on horseback making the
' s;s occasionally a hardy noun
-" s,,.l'climber has made the Journey on
IVY our Mr. Daniel making the half
NY mouse, while we were ascending
w., 'a, scenery along the trail, and the
sSs AFTER the summit had been at
IH H. :. !, We're ample compensations for
a.. einicuities encountered in the trip.
,sss e year caYriage-road was com
, Ssss But the ambition aroused by
ma maj :. successes was not vet satisfied.
a az sfiis season the visitor is enabled
n % 70 The very topmost pinnacle of
,sal reak III the coaches of the Pixies
IN ~, Cog-wheel Railway.
tha HIST attempt to build Il railroad
ing summit of this historic noun