The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
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Piercing the heart of the Rocky
Mountains; and the name Rocky
y surely synnomous.as they are tru-
lly rock, crossing and recrossing the
Great Divide, between the Atlantic
and Pacific slopes, penetrating five
;canons, each of which is world's
wonder, and no two have tho same
characteristics; climbing four noun
tain passes by rail and one by stage;
achieving grades of 210 feet to the
/ mile, reaching heights eleven thous-
and feet above the sea-; penetrating
gorges, whose walls soar from 500 20
$500 feet in perpendicular cliffs
above the track; passing through
Indian reservations and in sight of
forts, ,garrisoned by national troops,
made famous in history of bygone
days; pausing in the midst of min
ing camps, where gold, silver, cop
per, iron and coal are being taken
from subterreanean reoesses; in a
word, making the traveller familiar
with peaks and plains, lakes and riv-
ers, canons and passes, mountains
and 5mesas, wonders of science, and
novel forms of art, surely no other
journey of a thousand miles can SO
instruct, entertain, entrance and
thrill the traveller as this trip
through Colorado.
Every mile of the journey has it's
special attractions; a Thousand OBJ
jects of interest present themselves
to view IN rapid succession "a thcus-
and novel Impressions photograph
themselves upon the mind; a thous-
andzlandscapes Of wonderful and be-
witching beauty, beyond the power
of ben and pencil, (my pen and pen
Gil or brush or camera to depict,
can be seen from the windows of
the car.
Colorado is surely a land Of won
der, land of surprises, a land of
sharp and wonderful contrasts.
Take Totec Gorge as central
point and with radius of about
two hundred miles describe a circle.
With the confines Of that magic
rlng,slKill be found, ! am sure, more
grand and wonderful scenery &C
cessable by rail, than within any
similar circle swept anywhere in
the surface of the earth.
I have heard aad read of pilgra-
IMAGES made across the seas to be-
hold the beauties of some famed OBJ
ject of nature, such as Via Mala,
Mount Banc, the Colosseum, and
after all his great expenditure of
time and money, comes back with
one impression, that Colorado is
the gem of all mountain scenery.
It is growing to be the fashion
of Americans to see something of
their own country, before they rush
across the ocean to gaze at the won
ders Of the Old World. It is no doubt
a fact that many Americans appre-
ciate this fact and are turning their
attention to the unsurpassed seem
cry Of their native land. And be-
leive it to be sol as tens of thous-
gands of tourists and health seekers,
are coming to the Switzerland of
Colorado, every season.
am told and l believe 1t, that the
Via Nal the 'Materhorn' Of the
Alps are developed into insignii-
cience, when compared with the
Royal Gorge the Black Canon of
the Garrison, Pixies Peak and 9TH
or peaks too Numerous to mention.
They say two hundred peaks among
the Rockies, reaching an altitude of
over fourteen thousnd feet should
one for the solitary
grandeurs of Mount Blanc while the
ruins of ancient cliff dwellers' and
Aztec e. tell of race older, older
no doubt than that whicn built the
colosseum. 1t would be impossi-
BILE for me to attempt to give an ad-
equate description of even half or
ten per cent of the noteworthy
things to be seen on our trip. All
that can be attempted is briefly to
few Of the most re-
objects of interest, which
will try to do in my next letter. OBJ
iects which deserve to rank with
The greatest natural attractions of
the world, and must of which have
become known as marvels,