The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1897-07-07

inheritance Of fire, the waters under
the black banks and rejecting the
blackencn trees, take on a Swarthy
huc-a stygian picture! just beyond,
Il distant glimpse of fertile country,
and the clear waters of the Eagle are
lost in the muddy current Of the
Grand and a canon greater il extent
and more varied in character than
that of the Arkansas, opens before
us. As the train speeds downward,
the mountains on the horizon behind
us seem to rise upwards toward the
zenith as though the miracle of Gre
alton were being repeated before our
eyes. Soon, however, the distant
mountains are shut out and only the
sky above, the river and track be-
meath and the cliffs around are yisi-
bic, and here begins Il panorama
Kaleidoscope in it's cvcr-clanging
forms and colors, the wonder Of one
who sees, the despair Of the one who
wishes to tell Others Of what he saw.
In places the effect is that Of giant
art and architecture. Vast bastions
a stupcndous height, braccd against
rock masses behind them infinitely
more vast. Suggestions Of the Sphinx
and Of the pyramids can be caught
in the severe and gigantic rockpilcd
structure on every hand. These arc
not made up Of bouldcrs, nor arc they
solid mouoliths, like those in the
Royal Gorge. On the contrary, they
arc columns, bastions, buttrcsses
walls, pyramids, towers, turrcts, eve!
statues of strati1ied stone, with SHARP
cleavage, not in the least weather
worn, presenting the appearance o
Brobdignagain masonry. hence | us(
the phrase 'rock-pilctl structures al
viscdly and as best descriptive o
what there exists.
But the Kaleidoscope is shaken an(
the rock pieces arc rcarrangcd. The
effect is startling. We have lcf
Egypt, with her shades of gray, he
massive, frowning and gigantic forms
We are in a region Of glowing colors
where the vcrrnillion, the maroon, th
green and the yellow abound an'
minylc and contrast. What strang
country was the prototype of this
All! Wonder is something characters
tic--;> tcrraccd pyramid bounded will
brilliant and varied colors--thc tco
coli OF the Aztccs.
Whirling around a hcad]and Q
glowing rel rock, which it seem
ought to be called 'Flamiugo Point
we are in Il region Of ruddy colors am
graceful forms. Minarcts, from
whose SUBMITS the muczin's cal
might readily be imagined fallin
: upon the car of these dWcllors III thi
'Oricnt Of the Wcst,' spires Nor
graceful than the Hrugcs: more loft
than Trinity, towers more marvcI
Gus than pisa's leaning wonder, Gel
, umns more curious than that Of Nci
t dome, splntcrcd and airy pinnncles
infinite in variety, innumcrabl2. IN
: mtablc! indescribablc!
In q moment darkness and the II
: creased rumble Of the whccls-thc
c light and another marvellous vicv
!, We have passed tunnel No. !, IT,
, pOrtc,lllis: darkness again for Il M
ment, then the blue sky above Il:
, We have entered through the poster
: gate; darkness for the third tim1
t absolute, unmitigatcd blacEHcSs {
= darkncss-ths must be the Il
: deepest dungeon meath the cast
: mote, ,"-but soon again VIC see T.!
}; blessed light and there before Us liz
c Glcnwood Springs"
Early noon found the train climl
:, ing higher and higher towards Dime
1 at Lcadvil!c, the great mining cam
c and the scene OF the recent gre;
S labor strike. Tie great altitude
Lcadvillc, 10, 200 feet above sea lcvc
a affected the breathing apparatus
. some Of the party, but We noticed
+ difference. One cannot, from Il
n train. ret Il correct idea Of the size
G this place, which is the third city
s Colorado and the greatest caibHnat
t mining camp on earth. lcadHl!e i;
a Il population Of Is, 900, and has ll;lu'
J. some buildings, theatres and driTc
C After leaving Lca'lvilc the .\rEn
,r ;,ls river is encountered and ;S;!:l!A
'c reached. This is 4 rroSpcroHS lit
Il town If Il little over ), OoO popul;NI5
:, and here are located repair :i,"!
:, This place being l:lG terminus
n four divisions uf lhC railroad ".:I
is junction Of the STANDARD glEa@c H'i
X the narrow cua-c, which latter III
re- with us now clear into Denver, So
T. after passing s,alItlH, the train cH:'
- the Royal t,orgc, duWil Whic' t
~ ArkanSas plunGcs and fights It's "
through prcciptHntS granite cIi
lc thousands Of feet high. Our par
in secured places ut tho rear Of the c;
which vas at the end Of the i'ti
~ " and from lhj, point Of vantA2" G
III hcayurch tu grasp the full g'Hndc
Se Of the spectacle presented. we :
go .:crdravorcd" adyisr}ly for the re
y, Ing train carrie; us rapidly thrt'H
w. scenes that would require hours
= fully take in.
I'd Passing through: these great e;
Us ouS. amidst thi, aWc-in%piring ac'
,f cry, The train is >turpcd for ten III:
, utcs That the party may get OIL I"
i" examine the famous Hanging Hrid-
IS where the spuoc at the base ri /
It, great ovcrhangiliy cliff some 500 #
cd above, is 50 narrow tilAA he road v
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