The Greeley tribune., 1907-10-17
ESTES PARK
TRIBUNE MAN VISITS IT AND
GROWS ENTHUSIASTIC
A Delightful One Day Trip from
Greeley Bound to Become
Famous-A Utilitarian
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There is only one thing the mat
ter with Estes Park. 1t is too big.
B. D Sanborn, who owns good
share of the park, says the only
thing wrong with 1t is that it Is too
small.
There are few other things about
the place tnat lie considers not just
right, but these lie can improve
while the size, of course, lie can't
do much with.
Upon invitation of Mr.. Sanborn
one Of the numerous Tribune people
last week made flying visit to the
park. The word flying is used de-
liberately, because that Is pretty
near the method of transportation
between Loveland and the park.
The road there Is fine for a mountain
road, but you don't really notice
that, because you hit only the rough
spots, the smooth stretches of road
you just skip over. giving an excel
lent imitation of a flying machine.
The Stanley steamer automobiles
running between Loveland and the
park are certainly the mustard.
They can do almost anything from
two miles to two hundred miles an
hour and have carried over 5000 pas
sengers the past season without a
single accident and only once has one
of the cars been towed in. Really
Mr.. Stanley should pay for thil
statement but ~ proheply VIII not
But trip up through Che Thompsof
canon is worth little taffy for the
conveyance. The auto is the thing
for that trip and even should the
traffic ever warrant an electric line
up through the canon it could never
take the place of the open air ride
with the passenger leaning back
comfortably in the cushioned tonneau
with u steady and sure hand at the
stearing apparatus.
Many Greeley people have made
the trip through the Thompson
canon, but not near so many as
should make the trip. That is. If
they wish to see what is without
doubt the prettiest canon on this
side of the range. The first half Of
it is fully as rocky and rugged, as
Clear Creek canon and the last half
toward the park is heavily timbered
right down to the edge of the stream.
Just imagine being whisked rapidly
along the bank of tumbling noun
tain stream. dodging this way and
that, with the changing course of
the water, rocky sides OF the canon
rising to height of several hundred
feet with evergreen trees growing in
every crevice, gliding in through
piece of dense forest. then again out
into the open sunlight, darting
across bridge and now and then
catching a glimpse Of snow capped
peak and you have little idea OF
the automobile trip from the Forks
hotel to Estes Park. 1t takes a
good one to describe the place SO as
to give even an inkling of its beauty.
This is the fitting gateway to the
into which the road
shortly leads one. Estes Park will
one day be the play ground of the
whole nation, They may not all
there to play at the same
time, but there might be made room
for million or so of them, If they
didn't mind camping out. There
would also be plenty of fresh air and
marvellous scenery for all. There
are probably but few places In the
world where nature has been so
lavish with tall mountains, rocky
,anons, wooded gulches and pretty
lakes as has it at Estes Park. Longs
peak, Meeker peak, Mount Hallet,
stones peak, The Mummy, Hague's
peak and many others less famous
stand up almost like tlagstatfs before
3ne's eye as he enters the park.
Then, also, there are thousands OF
acres of fairly level land, with here
and there big mountain rising
from the plain. Through
5hese meadows and between these
wind innumerable small
streams, finally joining in one big
,ne lust before the sudden turn into
The canon of the Thompson. s~
That is Estes Park in its abso-
|utely natural condition. Then