The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-09
REV, T, W. LEWIS IN THE WEST
AS a Member Of = Touring Party ne
Tslk of the Many Wonderful Sights

pelo, for the N. O, Christian Advo-
cate. in which ne writes most inter
estingly of Colorado Springs and oth-
er points ou5 West, which lac, as a
member of q touring party, reces0ly
visited. Among the members OF Tne
marty. was Mrs. r. J.. Kinds, &nee
Miss Helew Dubard). Mr.. Lewis mas
MANY frieEg6ls in Grenada, and we are
.sure this 4etter will fSe read with Pc
,culiar interest.
Editor Advocate: Responding to
YOUR kind invitation to write up our
Western strip, permit me t" Thank you
for the opportunity TO do SO, bUV 10
saw in the outset that after the most
extravagsnt adjectiveS have been en-
Moved To describe the glorieS or the
Rockies and the country thereaeouts, |
still 1.-THE half has never been tSd.
NV sen esd | did not 60 to the IF0er-
national League Conference, but TWO
weeks fiaseG. Mr.. l.. ID HindS, one OF
nv stewards, gave ES each rhEnd-
trim ticket- and we became a party OF
seyentg.0re people who went 'en a
speci0l treSn to Colorado Springs.
Welisst flome on Monday, July 81:
went to sleep as we were crossing the
swamps 0f Arkansas, Rnd woke iuE as
we approached Kansas City. WHAT
vast wheat+ieldS greet the eye as !5he
train hurrfaS through kansas! .Aa1e
the grain l6ssKS the golden sunShinenn
it's bearded Sleaf, and ;1le corn ri9enSI
under the light of the stars. NthenE
the shadows ,GE the Seca1d nlghtdel!i
about aS. we Wtsne entersIg upon Thae
long stretch of Eand wheEe few peaplei
live. and the Fala scarcely ever falls.
Wednesday E1Grning We. rose eaEsy ;.
and far away ia tie west we saw SOAe.
dong dreame9~of PikeS'S Peak, SITS,
Sunas sait over f,sshgteen Thousand fsset.
t,igls. and it's aai6-day SnOw-Sto<GlSi
the ai4rxel and @esfsGer Of all tourists:
We tfeak break fast at tCoioradG terhSf@5,
and then Jumped f1ltG carriages and
sghirIed away to see the .ssQEgeta2S
sights that lie along the fOot-lal4sS d0i
the great Rockies. We rode aR uGe
CANYONS, up and ar0ts4G Hae Inountatn
projections. climbed GSer the ereStE @f
the rocks. wandered its tfse mazeS and
along the winding paths 0t a cave, saw
the Garden Of the Gods, drank or the
soda spring in ManitJu, and Stall feltt
fresh and vigorous when night came.
What lovely city Colorado Springs
is! The land upon which the city
stands was given by General Palmer,
who lives a few miles away. and each
title holds the condition that no
lieuogs shall be sold within the city
limits. Built by millionaires, possess
ing a soft, but bracing climate, It's
streets 100 to 200 feet wide, q little
stream Of water trickling along It's
edge, fringed by beautiful shade trees,
while beyond the lovely lawns whose
we'll watered grasses form green fore
ground for the picture OF the hand
some homes which stand in stately
grandeur just behind. Here is the
consqmpJiyes paradise, the tourists
haven Of rest, and tl:3 tired mans
home.
Tie next day our party left early
for a visit to Frisco, a village that
nestles ia the mountains beyond the
Continental Divide, aRd $50 miles be-
yond the springs. We went south to
Pueblo, and then turned west, and for
i57 miles we travelled along the rocky
banks of the Arkansas river. Think
of it. Here is a river that starts at
Freemont'S Pass, on the tip-top OF
the Rockies. fed by the eternal SHOWS,
wrapped in chambers Sombre with
rocky glow and watched by the pa
tient stars. it flows on over pehbly
bed and down through narrow gorge,
its waters waiting to turn an ARID
waste into landscape OF urivalled
beauty. Our train was filled with an
expectant thrOng. AS we sighted the
Royal Gorge, we stopped and gaZed
and wondered Here the rushing riv
er is spanned by an iron bridge Sus-
pended from great beams resting
against the granite walls above. We
looked up, and for nearly three thous-
and feet the great rocks lifted their
grayish heads above us. We reached
Salida at noon, where our party drank
hot coffee, and devoured large ham
sandwiches, as they said, to get ready
for the cold." We reached Leadville
in little while, where we saw naen
aud women wearing overcOatS and alea-
Wy wraps, and hurrying to Tire FIRE.
And this in July. Leadvilfe is IL, GOO
feet above Sea-level-tie highest city
in the world. What a magnificent
view Il commands. La every dfrec-
tion there are lofty peaks wisOse snowy
croYns seems to stand as eternal sem
tffela Ag Gods majesty aNd tine aw-
ful insiMensity Of his creation. At:8
o. NJ. we stopped at FreemontsS Pass,
Oh the Continental Divide, Drank ice
cold water from we'll ten feet deep,
and then started down the gorge
where the historic Colorado river rises.
Frisco is twenty-five hundred feet
lower than Leadyille, but it was cold
enough there to sleep between blank
otc Frisco fS a small village but is