The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-03

the liberty to attempt a description
of the scenes and incidents to be met
land observed in the wild and woody
West, in this day and age of the
world.
On the seventeenth day of July, we
/ took what is known as the High
Drive" being drive through north
Cheyenne Canon from its mouth to
IBruin Inn, distance of about four
miles, and from there over fine trail
built and presented to the city OF
Colorado Springs in 1908 by General
Palmer at a cost of seventy-five
thousand dollars. Said trail leads
over the summit of Cutler mountain
and attains an elevation at the high
est point of eight thousand FIVE hun
dred feet above the sea level, and ends
in Colorado City about nine miles
from the starting point.
The trip is full of interest from
| is more than 7 can hope to do. The
north Cheyenne Canon as far as Bru-
| in Inn, is owlel by the city and is
we'll supplied with all the convent
ences necessary for the pleasure and
of the public as a
park. There is a fine driveway the
whole distance with a large pavilion,
about half way for the use of the
public for rest for picnics and dane
ing parties. Canon creek rolls and
tumbles down the mountains through
| the gulch the entire distance, and so
raid and noisy is the stream that 1t is
necessary TO talk quite loud to be
heard by your nearest companions
Every few rods there will be found
IA beautiful fall over some precipitous
rock, and all The cataracts and points
Iof interest bear names, which the
tourist drivers take great pains to
Iexplain.
In passing Up the Canon we came
to Ivywild -dter works. Broadmoore
water works, Eagle Cliff, where q
pair of bald eagles have had their nest
and raised their young for years, and
from which nest daring young man
about four weeks ago took tumble of
near six hundred feet TO the bottom
of the gulch below. He had been let
down to the nest by companion with
la rope for the purpose OF capturing
a young eagle. He secured the bird
'and sent 1t 20 the top of the noun
tain about one hundred feet above
by means of the rope which was then
lowered for the ascent of the nest
lrobber, but by some means the rope
lcaught between the rocks and was
broken, letting the young climber go
tumbling down to the bottom. land
ing among the trees and brush at the
bottom of the canon, very badly bat
tered and bruised.
Next comes sentinel rock, an i'm
mense mass OF red granite towering to
the clouds. PoiEs Sublime canon
spring, powerful spring of almost
ice cold water flowing from the base
of a mass of granite, five hundred
feet high. The squaw and the lion,
being fantastic forms OF rock which
lby a proper strain of the imagination
may be made to resemble things for
which II is aamed Then comes Fitz-
simmons fist resembling monster
hand at the very to of high clih;
Chimney rock which looks like an I'M
mense chimney standing alone where
some factory had been burned on the
mountain top; The Devils slide being
straight crack from the base to the
! top of the mountain with the edges
quite smooth us though they were
polished by friction or use in some
way.
| Along canon creek we find Chip
lmunk falls, Whippoorwill falls, Peek
a boo falls, Minnehaha falls, Butter
milk falls, Maid-of-the-mist, Rainbow
falls the Devils churn, the Blue hole
land numerous others the names of
(which | have now forgotten. Helen
Hunts fall is the largest along the
stream being o sheer fall OF about
Twenty five feet and forming very
lpretty part of the scenery from
IBrum Inn.
Longfellow'5 monument is another
Iobject of interest being shaft of
Igranite about two hundred feet high
lapparantly forced straight up out OF
1.-THE earth.
The high Irive proper begins at
lBrum Inn and the ascent is as steep
las Is convenient or safe for teams
lfrom that poilt to the top of Cutler
mountain being cut along the slide like
1.-THE steps of rtairs with heavy posts
land rails placol to prevent teams OF
vehicles from runningg off the track
land tumbling TO the canon below.
AS one nears the top the view over
the vast plains is grand. The city OF
colorado Spriags and Colorado City
look in the distance like collection
lof bee hives on the plains. The descent
on the north side Of the mountain IL
more abrupt Than the ascent from the
south west and the tourist can often
look from his scat In the rig and see
three or four turns of the road par
lalleling each other in their zig zag
course down the mountain side.
The trip ends in drive Of couple
lof miles down Bear Creek Canon an
other one OF those rushing roaring
mountain streams and finally ending