The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-08
BEAUTIES OF THE BLACK HILLS

An Interesting Description by Ono
Who Has Been Here ard Knows
What He Is Speaking OF.
Tine richest hundred miles square
in the world" our gold experts say;
and we'll they might add, 1.-The most
beautiful" We have seen much OF
the grandeur, beauty and majesty OF
the Rocky mountains, have been over
the Canadian Pacitic's great pass
es, through Yellowstone park, and
over most of the scenic lines of Col
orado, Montana and Wyoming, bar
ring the Yosemite, we have seen the
best that California can show, much
of Oregon and Washington's grandest
scenery, and twice sailed the length
Of Alaskas wildly beautiful shores,
and STILL we do not hesitate to say
that for startling variety Of supreme
beauty, and for much of the grand
ure OF rock and mountain, torrent
canyon and cave, the Black Hills
pleasureable and get-at-abie form.
Before the binders have finished
their work this summer, at least two
direct lines of railroad will be run
mig through trains from the Twin
cities and the principal towns of the
nearby land of wonders. Low, eX-
cursion rate are sure to be made,
and a few dollars only, with but a
few days time will make it possible
for those with the most limited
means to sec more than many hun
dreds- of dollars and months of time
Dakotas, straight across to this now
and travel could show them else
where. When these trains once be-
gin to run, we cannot see how eX-
cursions to other points can draw at
all until all Dakotans and Minnesc-
tans, at least, have seen their own
beautiful wonderland.
The White River Bad Lands, just
before reaching the Hills, surpass
for wild, weird beauty anything of
their kind on earth. No one can
wander through their lonesome vast.
ness without wishing all the world
might see them too. At Wind and
and Crystal Caves, the most beauti-
full and extensive underground cav
erns known can be explored. From
the beautiful Southern Hills" with.
their world famed Hot Springs, pet
rified forests, caves and imposing
granite formations, one reaches the
gold bearing '.Northen Hills with
still wilder, but entirely different
scenery in waiting Here, with one
exception, can be seen the greatest
gold mine in the world; and from it,
by rail to one. of the greatest irri-
cation constructions yet undertaken
by man, one passes through more
than forty miles of the most startling
beautiful scenery to be found on the
continent. For an hour the train
climbs up the dizzy heights of the
divide, then rushes down to it's very
depths and for miles and miles thun-
ders through the echoing canyon of
the Spearfish. No canyon in the
world surpasses this in changing
ing beauty, sudden and graceful
curves, and closeness and perpendi-
cularity of its rocky sides, which for
miles, rise hundreds, sometimes
thousands of feet on either side,
sheer from the foaming stream.
The mountain climbs and gardens.
fruits and fields around Spearfish
and Belle Fourche, alone, arc well
worth the cost of the whole journey;
and last, but most beautiful of all,
come the crowning beauty and lovli-
nes of rock and pine, peaks and Wis
tas around Sylvan lake. Words can
not describe it! Here this journey of
journeys should close, and from Har-
noy's towering peak, the last far
look be taken.
The oftener one visits this strange
ly enchanting region, the greater is
the wish to return and see it all
again. We hope many of our people
particularly the younger portion Of
them--may, now that it is brought
SO near. find time to spend few
days, at least, among the beauties of
the Black Hills.