The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-22
|EST.VRAIN
ErIFUL AND FERTILE
VALLEY IN WELD.
Practically Every Indus
j, in Weld County Can
pe Seen from One
Vantage Point.

|rpyer the name st. Vain
|. mentioned in the hearing OF
[iter there will be a picture
b. nm in bis mind of one Of the
|sautiiuI nature scenes that
|ome tu bis notice in a ramble
|e better part of Colorado 1t
ltnre tnat still.lingers in mem
knlte Of events that have later
h in. Standing on the highest
n the divide between the st.
liver valley and that formed
two Thompson rivers, one
morning recently, there spread
More his vision perhaps the
stletch OF country that can
\ il0m any one point in Colo
except from the mountain
and even from such lofty
les the scene would lose much
beauty from lack of detail,
at tile distance from Longs
loI instance, would be entirely
|. He would see the little
|lases set like gems in a field
b, wele it in midsummer: or
|eld Of brown and yellow, were
BE- fall as now. He would
{ The two Thompson rivers,
VAIN, Cache la Poudre and
creeks winding like threads
D the field toward the Platte
differing from the first men,
only in size. There the de-
pld end, Farther to the east
hnd south, the prairie would
on edge like a wall enclosing
ley Of green, brown or yellow.
the point on the divide men
an entirely different view Is
almost at ones feet lie farm
and about these men busy
bg the fall crops. Several
a light smoke arises and a
POk reveals the steam thresher
work on the enormous crop OF
pat has been grown there this
One inyoluntarily looks to-
Pe south, where the St. Nrain
through the country, because
|ileht and warmth come from
ectl0n. Then, too, the view
almost limitless in that direc-
Nine miles to the east and a
lhe south can he seen PlaiJe-
e buildings family disting-
among the dense foliage.
slowly toward this from The
81 Is a long freight train that
tops at the station, this fact
ua1e known by the black
'uiVll now arises straight in
rather than by any cessation
Vi noticeable at that dis
lhIs naturally makes one
Tue direction from whence
p'lns thing came, and there
a'HeF away and a little more
= .aa The Observers position
'a'le with its coal sheds and
"atef tank plainly visible.
ns The face still farther north
e smoke from the Greeley
s'Oty can be seen, as can also
~ 'he Eaton factory. Now
'ef mas faced straight north
.anlS to see the smoke from
'usO1 ny sugar factory and is only
~ 'fom this by its absence.
~ True about the Fort COL
"'s' but between the two Ia
''S'eu the route of tile Colo
=, southern railroad by a thin
y. smoke from a locomotive
recently passed. Looking
W., VI a manufacturing world
:, ''ef rewarded by looking
IT, where he can not alone
out can see the tall red
sa. \, ,ne Loveland sugar fac
NJ, muu u, now having turned al.
n petely =. around, there are
,sO' Industry at Lonymont,
s'e'aI large -four mills are
,bai ap this years wheat crop.
!, '"ele II Indications of the coal
nola n''e and Lafayette also 20
s,s ana with an apology
n 'se' Vt the smoke from the
it,. upe Burlington railroad in
wy ,s Of Roggcn, a point which
reaches Just as the freight
N. 's''n pulling out from
CoIau aIus encircled the best
oSa S,o'ado in a band Of indus
Ope IS at liberty to take a