The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-10-17
IN HE MOUNTAINS
Q ". Gaskim Tells of "a TripItOl Wind
cave.
CARSON. IowA. Oct. 13, 1901

CARSON, IOWA. OCT. l3, Iool. ~
mnAR HERALD: 1 met Julian MusgroVe,
fOrmer resident of Rose Hill, Iowa. He
Is presIdent of the Wyoming ant Alabama
Copper Mining Camp of Laramie; their
prospects look bright. Their fine samples
of copper ore are on exhibition at the Min
ing Exchange at Laramie. l dropped lit
tie in two companies. l think Ii | were
younger l would go to Laramie City and
hunt up and locate a copper mine of my
eva.
bid my friends good bye Oct. 10 and
left for Cheyenne City, the capital of Wy
Oming; from there I go to Denver and on
to Colorado Springs, where 1 spent two
days seeing the sights and visiting friends,
Mr.. Owen, Mcbride, Brother Erwin. and
Miss Addie Mcbride Miss Alice Caldwell
and Miss Blva VOtaw. all old Mahaska
county folks They all seem to be stuck
on Colorado Springs Myself AMI friends,
]. w. Dougherty and wife. of Clarinda,
Iowa, formed a party and hired carriage
and drove up Williams Pass to the Cave
Of the Winds on top of the mountains. 1t
Is one Of the finest drives, high, steep
rock mountains on each side We pass
through the Narrow Pass, just wide enough
for the singletrees to pass. We had fine
view of the pass as our carriage slowly
assembled the steep mountain, looking back
over the steep canyon makes one tremble
TO think If an accident should happen.
where would you go? OQ top of the noun
talns we look over into Ute Pass it looks
fearful steep and rough through Ute Pass.
The new Short Line railroad winds its
crooked way among fine scenery to Cripple
Greek We arrived at the house at the en-
trance Of the Cave OF the Winds where we
deposited one dollar for admittance. We
ard others were conducted by a guide
through the wonderful cave. There are
many winding passages, up and down and
sraund, and many beautiful sights to see.
They furnish each one with lamp but
the lights are too dim. 1t should be lit up
WITH electric lights. 1t Is worth your dol
lar to see the wonderful cave, but you fail
to hear or see the winds in the cave Des.
cending the mountain you have a fair view
Of the high cliffs and mountains. Every
onse in a while some one climbing the steep
clifs fall to sure death below. A few
days before I was there a man climbed
up above his party and called to his wife
to throw him up something, and lost
his balance and fell of the cliff. He
landed close to his wife, corpse. We
returned through Manitou, drank at the
Springs, viewed the cog wheel engines and
drove through the Garden of the Gods, one
of the wonderful sights of nature. 1t pays
sAyone to make the drive through the Gar
den Of the Gods. We took passage at
Nanitou on the electric cars for Colorado
Springs eight miles, 10 cents. From the
Springs we took the Cheyenne electric cars
from Cheyenne Canyon and the Seven Falls
about eight miles OF, car fare 10 cents toll
"a cents round trip by carriage % cents
to the foot Of Seven Falls, where we climb
ed up steep winding steps 1t Is wonder
full sight to see seven different falls; you
will be very tired when you reach the top
Of the falls. You can go up the steep
mountains to where Helen Hunt was buried.
She was carried mp there strapped to a
beard and buried; that was her request.
She 1t was who discoved and wrote up this
country and made this famous summer re-
sort. She Is now buried at Colorado
Springs. Now / am on for Pueblo, and
back to Carson, Iowa, where I expect to
sPend the winter, SO goodbye.
o. II. GAsKmL.