The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-23
4 TRIP 10 COLORADO.
BY Rev. J. b. HUXLEY.
Continued from last Ucek.

St. LOUIS tor Denver, COL, oy2r /
the Burlington route. the fastes /
line out of ST. Louis for the west.
This road follows the western
bank of the Mississippi north to
Hannibal. crossing the Mouth Of
the Missouri, thence west to St
Joseph, Nc. running into tic
S utheast corner of Nebraska, and
following the entire southern DO:
der of that State, until it reaches
Colorado. still running direct
west to Denver. We saw moth
ing especially interesting, except
along the Mississippi River.
Missouri was passed through in
the night and we slept. l do re-
member the glorious sunset. The
train had turned west through
Palmyra, Mo. The evening was
cool and clear. Across the broad
fields and over the hills the sun
shot his dazzling rays turning
meadow and stream into crimson
and gold, and, stopping low,
kissed our happy faces good night
and turned away i'll his glorious
pathway to bring light and
warmth and JOY to other lands
and other hearts.
The morning found us in Ne
braska. We saw nothing but
sunbaked prairie land stretching
as far as the eye could see, we
could see an occasional spot Of
green with trees, like an oasis in
the desert. All day we sped
through nothing but prairie, and
we were getting an unfavOrable
impression Of the West. Colorado
was reached, and still prairie. 1t
became hotter and more dry.
We saw immense herds of cattle
and thousands of prairie dogs and
here and there a tiny hut where
the herdsman lived, but no break
in the prairie.
Finally, in the far distance, we
saw against the sky the dark blue
outline of. the Rockies rearing
their snow-capped SUBMITS above
the clouds. There they stood,
majestic and sublime, and we
could see them towering into the
blue dome of Heaven seventy-five
miles away. The snow ON their
sides was plainly..discernablc thro
the clear atmosphere a mile above
sea level.
At $50 p. NJ. the train pulled
into the Union Depot at Denver.
We had travelled nearly a thou
sand miles in twenty-six hours,
from St. Louis to Denver. Here
we spent the night. Denver is an
ideal city. Situated on the level
prairie, the mountains form a pic
turesque background, and seem
only a mile away, when they are
about thirty or forty miles dis
tant.
In the morning after arriving
we left at $3.50 over the Denver
and Rio Grande for Canon CITY,
our destination, situated one hur-
dred and sixty miles south of Der
yer. Before the train left Denver
we met an old lady acquaintance
who was going beyond our place
and the trip was made doubly in
teresting.
Soon after leaving Denver we
viewed Pixies Peak. which we
never lost sight of again. Passing
through Colorado Springs and
Pueblo we reached canon City
about 2:3o in the afternoon. And
we were glad after travelling over
5000 miles during the past six
weeks TO find a resting place for
a while at least.
The location of Canon City is
nestles at the very foot of the
Rockies, which nearly surround
he town, forming a huge amphi-
theatre. and are rolled against
the clear turquoise sky like a dark
blue storm cloud ready to burst
in terrific fury. And when jo-
cund day stands tiptoe on the