CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-01-12

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As . Health Resort
In addition to the favorable climatic
conditions for the development OF q
general health resort Canon City has
the same soda and iron waters that
have msde Manitou SO famous, and in
addition has hot mineral springs, the
medicinal qualities of which for rheu-
mAtism and kindred diseases are un-
excelled ny the waters Of any known
springs In Colorado. These springs
have maintained an enviable reputa-
tion for many years and the Canon City
Hot Springs sanitarium was for years a
popular health resort This institution
has now passed into the hands OF a
company OF eastern capitalists and is
being opened for the treatment of the
class Of inyalids for which the springs
have for years maintained SO high a
reputation.
Beside the sanitariuIn proper the
management have established a tent
sanitarium for the accommodation and
treatment OF that large class OF in
valids for whom the properly equipped,
scientifically managed and hygenically
controlled tint life is the ideal. The
institution is under the immediate sup
ervision OF DIR. Hawes, physician Of
,n-ur ~~ar. of favn..s~rr. =. N~- v~-L
City and the eastern states The Hot
Springs sanitarium 10 located at the
entrsnoe 70 the Royal Gorge and has
seventy acres Of land most favorably
situsted for the establishment of a
tent city. within easy walking distance
Of one Of the prettiest of the small
home cities of not only Colorado, but
Of the United States, also at the very
gate way TO the grsndest scenic region
Of the Raeky mountains.
Many BEAUTIFUL drives and points OF
intarest are to be found within easy
reach q the city, among which are the
Saurian Fields In which many rare and
eonpAoes Specimens Of prehistoris ami
NAL lifs have been discovered, quite Z
numhoR of which now rest in the Smith
sonisn Institute at Washington. Tho
Old Uee Indian bury ring ground 10 also
Of mueA Interest. The ten mile ride
TO ~ ~ of Grand canon, where 2.00(
feet bo3DW can be seen the swinging
bridee md trains moving through tia
Royal 0orEs = . ride and . sight never
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Canon Ctsy . most popular sad at-
tEaesive resort - we'll - . prosperous
home city, which il now is-
A Ressaeaee Ssbsrb
The general view Of the town shows
that it is situated in IN ampitheatre
entirely surrounded by the foothills.
II also shows the general lay out Of the
city and conveys some impr ,ssion of
the shaded streets and business blocks.
This view shown. but two reduced TO
be effective. the beautiful residence
suburb to the right background of the
picture where there are miles ofstrcets
and avenues which in . few years will
be shaded bowers of beauty as the
rows of elms and maplea which line
either side attain = larger growth. This
suburban tract 10 about two miles wide
by two and half miles in length, and
is divided into plots OF FIVE, ten and
twenty acres. with streets and avenues
every quarter Of q mile. There 10 q
house. no not house. but 4 home on
almost every tract, an average OF at
least one to every ten scres-and many
on two and half and five acre tracts,
90 that there 10 no sense of isolation
This tract il far from = dead level,
in fact is quite rolling in many places,