, 1898-08-02
As ASUMMER RESRT
LARAMIE'S ADVANTAGES IN THIS
RESPECT ABLY SET
FORTH.
Thoughts Suggested by Judge Browns
Communication-With the Advent
of Pleasure and Health Seekers
Will Come the Means Of Securing
Capital to Develop Resources.
Laramie, July 80, 1898.

Laramie, July 80, 1898.
To the Editor of The Republican.
The communication in your paper Of
this date from the pen Of Judge Brown
relating to the future of this city, is
deserving the thoughtful considera-
ton Of every citizen and friend Of Lar
annie.
Although the present outlook for the
future prosperity of the city is some
Of the Union Pacific Railroad company
to abandon Laramie as a division point,
yet, like Judge Brown, we believe that
this city has been so blessed by the
Creator of the Universe with an abun-
dance Of natural resources thattheirde7
velopment will prove a greater factor in
the upbuilding of the city and the pros
perity of the people than a greedy and
insatiate railroad corporation could
ever become.
AS with individuals. SO with COM
munities. What for a time seems like
a crushing, overwhelming misfortune,
may, by awakening a new energy and
determination of success, bring even a
greater measure of prosperity han had
ever before been achieved or deemed
possible. To accomplish such a result
in this instance, will, of course. necessi-
tate a determined and united effort on
the part OF every property holder and
resident of Laramie, and the sooner
such effort is put forth the earlier the
era Of prosperity will begin to dawn.
In his communication to the people
through your columns, Judge Brown
has cited some of the natural
which will in time undoubtedly great
ly contribute to the upbuilding Of this
city. Unfortunately. as he suggests,
capital Is necessary for their develop
ment, and as the capital Of this county
is largely concentrated in the hands Of a
few people, the probability Of securing
a large amount of foreign capital for
the opening up of new enterprises is ex-
ceedingly slim, until the people of Lar
annie have themselves demonstrated the
value Of such resources. While it is not
our intention to suggest definite meth
DDS for the development Of Laramie's
varied resources, yet there is one
among them, unmentioned by Judge
Brown, which might perhaps be made
an important factor in attracting capt.
tai for the development of other re-
sources. We refer to the climate and
scenic surroundings of Laramie. In
no other section of the country is there
a region so adapted by nature herself
as a summer resort as the Laramie
plains. A more delightful, bracing,
health-giving atmosphere is not to be
found upon the western hemisphere.
Here nature has lavished her choicest
ozonic gifts, and free from pestilence
or pests the seeker for health or pleas
ure can find the highest enjoyment. OF
easy access, the range of hills to the
eastward or the towering mountains to
the westward, with their mighty gorges
and roaring ~cataracts, afford scenic
wonders far surprising in grandeur the
far-famed Garden of the Gods and
rivaling the majestic beauties of the
Yellowstone.
With such surroundings as these and
the attraction Of a climate that is in
comparable Upon this continent, there
Is seemingly no a why, with but
trifing expense. Laramie cannot be
made the great summer resort Of the
nation.
1t is estimated that in the little state
of New Hampshire alone the revenue
from summer visitors annually exceeds
five million dollars. Why then should
not this section OF Wyoming, with its
~transcendent attractions, become a
mecca for pleasure seekers?
AS a rule the people of the east have
no conception of the scenic g%randeurs
OF Wyoming. OF late years they have
been partially educated by magnificent
ly illustrated advertising matter con
corning the varied attractions OF the
Rocky mountain region and each year
thousands Of visitors from the Eastern
states flock to the Colorado resorts for
rest and recreation. To them, however,
the beauties of Wyoming are as a seal
ed book, the opening of which is only
necessary to draw them hither. Once
they come, the development Of other re-
sources must necessarily follow.
H. B. CALEF.