The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-26


Of the Rocky Mountains in the most
comfortable conveyance driven 10y the
fire eating horse Of our AGE. over a road
made safe and sure 10y the united skill
Of engineer and surveyor Years ago
this ascent of Pixies Peak meant toll
some hours of hard labor and steep
climb.
1t cost ZcbuIon Pike many weary
years to reach Colorado but since then
civilization has climbed to the top of
Pixies Peak in the sha,c of Il COG rail
road.
For long Years That wili-o -thc-wiSp,
| gold. lurcd men from their comfortable
homes. but Colorado was not ovcrrun
hy the modern Argonauts until ten
years after the California fever. In
1889 Pixies Peak was the new FL Do
RADIO, where gold was to he had for the
seeking. In 1859 "Pikes Peak or
bust" WAS the watchword Of the seek
crs. Many life was lost: many were
the Indian atrocities enacted on the in
vadng pale face. The few survivors
of those harlships built Olltown in the
shadow Of the great Peak, of which
hard y vcstigc remains to-day, except
the name, which the conductor roars
out as one glides over the rails from
Colorado Springs to Manitou.
In the early days of last May | de-
termined to reach ''Pikes Peak or
bust" The Peak rose. solitary and
white, above all the other jutting peaks
of the Rockies. 1t seemed to me to
dwell apart from the mountains and
foot hills about. which seem like the
outworls to this great natural fortress.
The cIcarncss Of the Colorado atmos-
phcrc would lead one, stopping at eth
er Colorado Springs or Manitou, to
think that Pixies Peak was within easy
walking distance. but good fifteen
miles intervene
left Manitou one perfect May
morning. The little engine began
gathering its strength to pull the pas
Srnger car up, up into cloudlan1.
Pulling and toiling through dense for
csts, out on the edges of steep. ragged
ravincs, filled with masses of crumblcd
rocks. now and again getting glorious
views over the broad, rolling plains,
the mountains tossed and tumblcd at
or feet in wild disorder on we climbed
up. ever upward. Manitou and Colo
RADIO Springs dwin,lled into mere toy
villages. and. far in he blue distance
Of eighty miles, Denver, tie Queen OF
the West. seemed like mere collection
of dots.
But was rcserving all my adjcc-
tivcs for the vision glorious that the
summit was to reveal For oft had
heard that from the summit of Pike :
Peak all Colorado was visible. with its
mItituinouS towns nestled among the
hills. Alack! alas. as we climbed up
up. and entered into the realm OF
cloutland. mist and snow shut US in.
and there was no point of vantage from
| I,,1, Il II,
VAS Il white world, bit of Nanscn' 5
Arctic regions 1t was Il silent world
The putting Of the little engine seemed
like the feeble cry of Il newborn lal {
in the stiffness of the night. After &
while this fruitlcsS struggle OF mar
against the titanic elements brought
our train to Il stop. The air was rare
fled; everybody but myself was thor
oughlv uncomtortahlc. Hearts went
like trip-hammcrs. Blood rushed head
ward. There were complaints OF al
forms against these wild moods OF tn,
Clements
Votes were east as To whether W,
should push on to Tie summit or @
down to Nanitnn Our conductor.
p.ucly mortal. insisted on going on
rs he had promised to Get us to til,
summit. SO gangs Of workers dug II:
through deep drifts. while al! the while
; the soft snow came softly down. ThcS,
! arduous forts at last got lis 10 with
in an eighth of mile Of the SUNNI
Il House. Out plunged, into drift
that seemed rs if about to take me h,
rapid transit down to ChIna. After
struggle. GOT To the Summit House
q good specimen of a SHOW woman.
! Then | stood ut last on the SUNNI
Il of Pixies Peak No vision glorious re
veaird to MY eyes, but perhaps rs muc!
II of u orrtaste rs shall ever lave o
Il the Arctic world The rarcir,l. hrac
inc air kept heart and lungs brskly Il
work, and yet | felt no Inconvenience
The whistle gave one dcspcrat
shrek of despair ever the Iaiure to Al
: rive. and then We found ourselves @t
inc slowly back through the sno,
drifts. Manitou-war,is. After two hour
we let that >now world, and came int
Il clear atmosphere. among those 9ian
:, roai> OF primcval days. 4IHrricd her
, hy the elements t. buitd the giganti
barriers that man knows aS the Rock
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