Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-13
City Of Vegas Famous
As Beauty Spot OF
Nature.
TOWN NEsIIEs IN THE
SHADOW OF MOUNTAINS
pasrmlfis Peal. fss Ella Range, sesn-
10 Highway, Psetafssaus Lakes
essysifsi csnyens and
Clear Trsas strssna


Tor variety and dlstinctsse charm
tAs natural surroundings IL Las We
60 ca hardly Ae matched. Here are
Meadow. ma6Aa. mountains. forest
and plaln and stream. Lay after day
throughout ths year one might exeaE,
sson In various dlFeeti0ns without O.
hanstiag the inflalte variety spread
anoat this city On every hand, and yet
II A aoahtfnl n one teath Of th0ss
Who have resided ten years within ihe
eilyfs ItmIts have veF viewed . hun
6redth part u this varied attractive
ness which lies at their very doors.
How msHy persons wno read this para
graph have ever visited the Canyon
AZ the Gallinas. f0ar or five miles
beiow Las Vegas. and know for them.
selves II fts cliffs and caverns. its
pools and immature cascades. its fringe
uf forest. Ito relies al bygone habit
ants or know aughf % its legends.
which give m adied charm to ths
rare natural beauty embraced within
IT. e~onflaesf
A&1@ NAMMM M@NM WI AN1" wy
western erosion. the enhancing pano
rama of city. valley. fields and bound,
less mesa 10 the eastward and the
inspirinK stretch Of wooded ridges
resehing westward 10 the mighty
rangs which closes the far horifon7
Hsrs M may return time after time
md find new Interest In the seene
With each recurring visit And the
erosion itself. with Ito uplistel waves
OF Jagged sandstone like the ragged
cresis OF breakers On the beach, am
its thickets II spicy plnon, i~nterspers
81 by grassy stretches, win entrance
The nature lover who flnds the way
thereto.
How many Las Vegas people have
ever climbed the summit OF Hot
spflngs mountain BY Ito inviting can.
yona. through which triekls rigulet
IN their messy bsdst Two thousand
feet above the city's streets In "a.
viewpoint which will reveal undrsam
% Of prospects TO apprsciatiys eye,
south and east there rolls away the
kreat mesa 70 its timbersd fringe,
DARK against the bright blue sky |
horthssfd. the view 10 bounded b,
The distant purple ranges and those
nearer by crowned Dy cleaning
SHOWS. Before you iIfts the mighty
Of Hermit's Peak. gashsd BY ia
great canyon: westward l0oms the for |
wy covered main range reaching the
aisituds OF l2.0oO feet above q level. |
Beneath your feet Is spread a wilder.
less OF peaks md canyons, wooded or
grassy or cut BY water courses.
Doabuess more have seen the Wide
sApanded prospect 20 DO obtained from
ths read leading eastward over ma.
mesa Were this q farther tourns, |
J would possibly attract greater attsn.
uon; certainly few more attraotly.
afisss could BE- proposed TO those |
sho wish 70 know why we love Ia
vegas" Leaving town and ASCENDING
first rise. do not turn the head
put dwell only upon the srpanse al
country rolling 10 the soutb.
wsrd. Pursue the smooth. well traysI.
TRACK until you reach the higher
where wheel about and your I'D.
viii rise 10 . pitch OF snthu
,sasna' nave you any soul for scsnery
ne snowy range swslls In a grand
'~sla'eireie. lsngthening westward into
aarkiy looming heights Of ou
,soh main range. Hot Springs noun
am. Hermit's peak, the lordly Fla
sahtre peak and far Bsrnal are strik'
features In the great panorama
anieh smiles In middsy's golden
OF eolors 70 marvellous opales
ants In advancing afternoon.
All this wealth Of natures charm IA
sithin reach OF every dwellsr in onr
atss who has the strength 70 valk
M inc inclination 70 do 20. Those
mo would 20 further afisld beyond
,ot springs canyon to the wilis Of
iefnnits peak and To mighty rorre
Q Del Cielo and Elk mountain. will
mo new worlds Of scenic beauty nm.
can't OF hitherto. Then there n
sapeiio and its approach to the
Ieat divide; Roeiada and the Mora
,oyote a the Black lakes: or west.
ARD. Mineral Hin and n. via
hAsns' Geronimo. with its cavern.
coaot and the mesa with Ito lake.
sts: Apache with Ito talss OF InJisn
.a!fsre; st. Augustine and Chanerito
The Conchaa hills-who wouia "a,
sAs iaeks In points Of INTEREST,"