The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-31
VOLUME XXXVII---NO. 6.
A Letter from Colorado.
ASrEN, COL Julv % 1oOt

MIR. EDIToR: | have thought for
sometime that would give your read
crs an account OF my pleasant trim ont
West.
took the train at Royston. Ca
april ~, il IL. M, passed through At.
lanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, and
when awoko Saturday morning was
in beautiful Tennessee. The farms
looked SD different from South Caro-
lima farms. mostly level, covered viii,
blue grass, wheat and clover. They
seemed to have more love for the trees
than tho South Caroliniaps, and there
were great many small streams in
Tennessee and Kentucky, with large
trees growing by them and the beauti-
ful blue grass meadows, with trees here
and there, reminded me very forcibly
of the beautiful hymn, "Swcet fields
beyond the swelling flood, stand dress
ed i'll living green" The farms all
seemed to be in Il high state Of cultiva-
ton, the dwelling houses nice and
comfortable. Crossed a bridge over n
small stream called Red River in Ken
tucky, that was n 100 feet high. We
crossed the Ohio at Henderson, Ky, it
was flooded by heavy rains, and was
all over the bottoms four miles wide, q
number of houses with bateaux tied to
the doors 80 they could get out, saw
several steam boats. The river was
very muddy and sluggish. l could
scarcely tell which way it was flowing.
After crossing the Ohio we entered In
diana, changed cars ut Evansville for
st. Louis, passed through the southern
portion of Indiana and Illinois. The
farms were all level, covered with
wheat, clover and alfalfa about one foot
high, with fat cows, horses, sheep and
hogs, sometimes. lying down near the
streams OF pools of water, illustrating
the beautiful words of the Psalmist,
"He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures, He leadeth me beside the
still waters" Nearly all the farms had
ponds, some large enough to be called
lakes, which had been dug out and
Comented SO as to hold the rain water
that fell in the winter; another notice
able feature. trees standing some dis
tance apart seemed to have been plant
ed, rs they were about equal distance
apart, and the grain was just as good
right under the trees as anywhere else,
showing that the soil was very rich.
The dwellings seemed to be very nice
houses, but the barns would not COM
pare with Anderson County, s. C.
Arrived ut st. Louis p. m. Saturday,
left ut 10 p. NJ, crossed the "Father Of
Waters" went through tunnel mile
long. Missouri Is one of the finest
States ever saw; the hogs are all fat
enough to kill, cows, sheep, horses, all
fat, pasturing on the wheat. Saw the
Missouri River; the bottoms are all
covered with willows about the same
height; the fences were all made of
willow switches that looked like o
snake could not penetrate them. Ar
rived at Kansas City a. m, left at 10
Sunday morning. Kansas is beauti-
full level State. was told could see
10 miles each side of the train. More
than 20 farms would be in sight Mt one
time; each farm had its own windmill
to draw water. Most of the fields were
green with wheat, clover and alfalfa;
the oats were just coming up. In
few places they were breaking the
ground with 9, 8 and horse plows to
plant corn. I saw acres planted in
fruit trees, apples, peaches, pears and
grapes. Monday morning awoke in
Colorado, the State of my destination.
at place called Sugar City, which
should be called Tent City, as nearly
all the people were living in tents, old
cars and covered wagons. The land
was level and bare, only sage bush and
thistle growing on it, the irrigating
bitches dry, the cattle poor, altogether
gloomy prospect. Arrived at Pueblo
8a. m.-crossed the Arkansas River.
At Colorado Springs was near Pixies
Peak, white with snow, then 1 realized
was in tho Rockies. We followed the
head waters of the Arkansas River ND
the mountains, climbing up, up by the
side of the white, foamy waters as they
went dashing down, down over the
rocks. Just a succession of falls on one
side and the high mountains on the
OCner Slue, SOmetlmeS 30 nlgn we could
not see the tops from the car windows,
ned Wa chysdg dg0ng g through sq% noo
feet above sea level and then crossed
the Continental Divide and descended
by the eide Of the head waters of the
Colorado, and saw little streams
frozen white, and glistening, all the way
down the rountains. The snow was
10 feet deep in the gulches, lakes fro
zen over all the ground whIra with
snow. saw d number of coke ovens
and many other curiosities too nlmer-
GUS to mention
But the grandest sight ever beheld
was the Rocky Mountains. My feeble
pen cannot do justice to the subject or
picture any of the beauties I saw
on this grand trip. often wished for
tiful scenery with me. / arrived at