Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-14
A~WE-INSPIRING COLORADO.
Some of the Interesting Points in
That Wonderful State as Seen by
a Mexico Commercial Man.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
DENVER, Colo, May 6.-For sever
al weeks it has been my great pleas
ure to travel in Colorado. In all my
extensive travels in several States the
past five years, l want to say my trav-
els in Colorado have been the most in
teresting and the thrilling sights wit
pessed are simply beyond the power
of the mind to describe; especially of
the writer. l first landed in Denver.
Long before you arrive at the Union
Depot you thoroughly appreciate the
fact that Denver is the greatest met
ropolitan city of the great West.
Where it costs you n dollar to
travel in the great State of Missouri it
will cost you five dollars to travel in
Colorado. You cannot stop at a first
class hotel for less than $3.50 per day
and up to $40 per day. After along
trip the first thing to do is to take a
path and change clothes. When you
have taken a bath give the proprietor
81 and do not expect any change Cor
CASH in return. Of course, it is nee
essary to get a shave and your ticket
reads to the cashier % cents and for a
hair cut 80 cents.
Our next stop was the beautiful lit
tie cities of Colorado Springs and
Manitou. l will give You a brief de-
scription of Manitou, its many springs
and the many points of interest in its
vicinity. 1t lies nestled in the noun
tains at the base of Pixies Peak, the
"Great Snow Mountain" Increasing
in popularity, Manitou has become
Justly celebrated for it's mineral
springs, climate and the many points
of interest in it's vicinity. That which
was, but a few years ago, a camping
ground for the many rowing tribes OF
Indians who came from far and near
to this spot, in order to utilize the we'll
known curative properties of its
springs, is now "the Carlsbad of the
West,' where thousand of tourists,
health and pleasure seekers come
every year to enjoy its many natural
possessions. The points of interest
include the Garden of the Gods, whose
enormous boundary walls of red and
white sandstone, rising to a height OF
four hundred feet, attracts-.Ie
charmed attention aSri sightseers.
EEoR1ae MESA drive, extending from
| Glen Erie east to Colorado Springs, is
one of the finest views of the entire
| Pixies Peak range, ending with Chey-
enne Mountain in the extreme south
east. Cheyenne canon consists of two
canons, North and South canon. In
| the South canon the Seven Falls en-
thuse many visitors.
NV fayorite health resort in Colora-
do is Glenwood Springs, where the
natural hot mineral water from the
inside of lookout Mountain" flow:
into a large swimming pool, discover
ed by the Ute Indians. Twenty thous'
and gallons flow every day and nigh
into the largest pool in the United
States. Pixies Peak is now ascendet
by the Manitou and Pixies Peak road
This is the most remarkable and thu
longest cog road, and at the same
time the highest railroad in the world
Il, 1874 feet. In it's nine and one-hal
miles course it climbs % per cent
grades, on the finest of road beds
with perfect safety, ever commanding
scenic views unsurpassed the worit
around.
Next to this the greatest sight il
the world is passing through the Roy
al Gorge, on the great Denver & Ri
Grande Railroad, on our way to Lead
vile, the greatest silver mining tow
in the world.
My next stop of Importance was
the we'll known gold mining camp
Cripple Creek. OF all the wicke
towns on the face of the earth there
not one equal to Cripple Ureek. I
, witness the last fire which so thoI
oughly destroyed the town was a
awful sight and a pitiful story thu
, would require volumes to tell.
VIM. p. BRADLEY.