The Ordway new era., 1907-08-30
SOME oRDWAY PEOPLE
TAKE OVERLAND TRIP

all oiyhteen. started on e''P
Three covered wagons w
p.tbcr with q spring wagon Wc.o ,,nn @
: u,oyanccs taken for transportat'o"
A good supply OF suostau
,i,,s we're proyided, for some Oh .ne
tourists had heard Of the ra'e""u'
anno,,,cs which such trip Induces
,rh" ,,n,o determined upon was
ocross the plains to Colorado sp''"k''
It looked as though that point coalo
,o ro,ch,d In two days, or three ~
most, but having to drive the "no.
In a walk, II was Sunday III
,ornoon about four O'Clock before we
arrived at our camping ground In oo''
orado City, probably three miles ''o"'
the center of Colorado Springs
Some unforeseen delays came III W
make our journey take n longer ''uhe'
n, the first afternoon violent ram
and hail storm came upon our party,
and while IL lasted We were compeiieo
20 s,pp. and the rain made tra'e'
much slower.
The first evening we found conve-
nient place to cncamp NJ the sneep
ranch Of certain we'll known resident
of Ordway. We always stoEpcd To
have dinner about noon so as tO Keep
the teams 10 as good way 'oT the
Inurney as possible. Water both Tor
ncrsons and for teams was found al
sufficient intervals, so that nothihR
, suffered from thirst, though we drove
for many miles where not we'll was
In sight.
Once at the place Of sights the
question came TO all what TO see hrst'
The whole party was unusually agree
able. but, as is we'll, not all Thought
the same way as to the order OF see
ing things. Some went first to the
Zoo. Others went to the Seven Fails
and Stratton Park or the Garden ~
the Gods.
NOW whatever the order ~ one'l
visit the first time: he probably woult
never see them In the same order !
he were TO go fifty times. Howevei
IL is wise for one TO leave climbin. u
the Summit House on Pixies Peak I'll
the last. for the reason one gets nd
justed to the higher attitudes gradu
ally IL he makes the lesser climb
first then, too, the ascent TO tn
Peak makes many people sick, and
taken first would likely prevent seeinl
other sights OF great interest. L
most OF our party the Seven Falls
the Garden OF the Gods, the Cave O
the Winds, Williams Canon. and :
we,e,hiu nrsU'-asrseUoNv . psksfhss .p"t,
course the city OF Colorado Springs I,
self is very beautiful place, and
worth seeing. Manitou is at the bas
OF Pixies Peak and is surrounded o
three sides by beautiful and hig
mountains. The soda spring In Mar
itou is visited by all tourists. Their
is large pavilion over this famou
soda spring, and boy STANDS in a
enclosure and dips water. three glas.
es at time, and distributes to tn
waiting throngs. Hundreds com
with bottles and all them with thI
water at two other places TO whic
this water is conducted In pipes.
ilne is assessed against one who fill
his bottle In the main spring itself.
very short distance from this sprin
is the iron spring, which is the bes
water Of Its kind, but not nearly s
many enjoy 1t.
On Saturday morning, August 1Otl
we broke up camp and started ft
Cripple Creek, distant about fort
: miles over the mountains. We too
the old state road. Colorado Spring
has an altitude OF a little more tina
5000 feet, but one days drive towar
Cripple Creek took US to an eleyatio
( OF better than 10000 feet. The scer
( cry was grand and our road often Jus
VIDE enough for wagon, woup
, around through the mountains. Gu
party was trying to get to good tisi
Ing point, but while there WA
mountain stream along part OF ou
S way. 1t did not afford much show fc
: catching trout. At night we canine
beside a stream Of fine water an
: where there was excellent grass fc
, the teams. We learned the next da
!. IL was close to q den OF pountai
8 iions We found the altitude Tn
: great for US here aud so on Sunda
: morning our camps again broke u
ana we moved on about four mile
where there was fine camping sItt
We started on toward CrinpIe a..