The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-26

topic OF conversation. These adyanl,
ngcs OF Denver nro relied upon to 70.
cover tho lost ground OF tho city by tho
decentralization OF silver.
auowru op nryvrr
Atv ,,., ,,.,, ., n,,v,. m,, 4, ,oe,
- ~" Ns'',' '" 800
az 'hat time u was simply prom'alns
town OF 10000 people. II had grown TO
that from about 10000 In 1870. and from
about 1000 IN 1890, In 1855 thoro was
no town horo wnutoyor. No sound was
| hoard nj tho confluence of Cherry creek
with tho South Plato riyor "vavo TINT of
It's W lushincs." and those wore not
at all violent, Tho Araphoo Indians
and tho now oxlipc, bullalo Ind the con.
ilnonce all to themselves. But all ut
onco some lono explorer In these hills
sont back word To- tho cast that thoro
was gold horo on Cherry creek. aud nlso
| further down tho country, at tho base OF
Pixies Peak, and a number Of those who
beloved tho report camo hero, and
camped and soarchedior tho shining par.
ticles amid tho sands Of tho creek, and
got enough gold TO I'll several uuills. and
| There wero sent to their friends In ,be
"sta,es," and such was tho excitement
I that ensuod. that tho spriug and sum.
| mer OF 1859 saw the plains between hero
and the Missouri riysr aliyo with cara.
| %vaus-horse ,oam,. mulo teams and OK
| toams-hayiny on their canyas.coyered
wagon, that "%stranpo doyice" that be.
| came ono OF tn. catch phrasos of the
whole country. viz: "Piko's peak or
l -. III
| tho wearisomo line OF travel. and par.
tlcularly after thoy got here. was told
in a thousand lachrymoso ballads OF
tho day. Many Of your readers mu.t
romomber them we'll. Because OF tho
| confluence hero. n, aforesaid. because of
| the gold that was found hero. aud bo.
cause there was good water and
good grass here. Donyer became
| tho rendezvous OF tho pike's peak.
ors az thew came into the valley with
their played out caravans, and whom
they had rested aud afterwards scat
Iereu OIL INFO tho mountains lonly hl'een
Sulebes Of CIeat crosE canyop tb,v ss anti
back here for their mail and their sup.
plies, aud thus tho foundations OF the
present great city were laid.
There Is always a river, or q stream OF
some kind, that explains the "rdS0n
ddre' OF cities. and Donver Is no excep-
ton TO tho rule. What tho Tiber was
TO Rome, what the Thames was to Lon
dou, or the Seine 10 Paris. or the little
Spree to Berlin. 80 was. and is, Cherry
Creek to Denver. Like those great
1 rNrN ~ ttnttIau Inurnpar chm M lamar
needSthe creek, land II she didit would
be bard 10 Iud at times). nor y Q It's
gold nor its grass, for she has got far
beyond such humble aids. Like those
frat fruits OF creation. whose seed
thereafter was to DO within themselves,
so Denver, like certain other natural
| geographical metropoli Of the country,
grows from its own untoldIug'-irom
the unfolding Of the resources Of the
vast and rich country, OF which it Is in.
disputably the trade centre.
THEN AND Now.
rh..h.... 49,. a..
~ ooA WV e'o'A''' ~
tho majestic Equitable building. aud
| going TO its top looked out upon the
beautiful city sprend ont below. VIVA.
A change there had been since NV visi.
in ISL, Then the s,reets wers mnd
streets: tho cars verc morse cars. tho
build,nps were ves,ern and shoddy.t the
| Windsor was n, ho.sI of tho ci,v and
morn talk wa, hoard In recard N Il
| than one now hear, OF the Blown Pal.
ace (which i, a hotel mot surnassed anv.
whersl and tho pnion deno. vos mora
| looked Nm 10 than i. the present ore,t
demo, in 81. Loui,, Denver II ove, nil
| that proyincIulism now. She has now
somethinpreally worth seoinc .some,hinp
that will bear comparison with cities
anywhere. There are no better streets.
n.;r.a,m dmoii;o. Nv mo o
striking school bnildinp, and
churches and hor ~elec,ric
car service ia equal to tho be,, any.
where. Ali this change has been effect.
| I'D In the fourtsen wears of nv ahsence
Win, n world Of monov made and snent
/. ali rcnresent,. Tho tarable vaIunt;on
,hcn r-on,esen,ed sjytoen m;Iiions ~.
aooins, ,evcntv.fvc miIIions now, since
! 1881 Denver has become n railroad ran.
ter. The lino ON which I cameEtbo
prcnt B]urlinrton. re~nresentinr n svs,om
Of 1000 mIles2bnd M foothoIJ ,hen
wbateyer here either in Colorado mr.
in ali tho conntrr wos, nj thu M;ssorri
riror Mr. had tho Rail- IsIanJ svs.
tam Tho dan vor and Nav OrIo,nr
line was merely protected thcn, M wos
also the Utah extension OF the Denrcr