The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-06-18
PITTSBURG TO TACOMA.
Interesting Letter from A. W. cIevenger
In Which lie Describes His
Long Journey.
AND TELLS ABOUT THE FAR WEST.

departure from the State for the
far Vest that upon my arrival,
and after beng located In my
new location l would write brief
description of my trip West, and
the country as find it, will now
briefly proceed to fulfill my
promise.
Starting from Plttsburg, Pa,
at 8. a. m. on Monday, March 30,
we arrived in Chicago, on time
that same night where we were
met at the station by my cousin
Mrs. VIM. Horton and husband,
both formerly from good old
Fulton and who are now beauti
fully and comfortably located IN
their own home IN the better res
ldence section of Chicago.
After spending the night with
them we proceeded on our way
and after many weary hours of
travel over the barren pralrles,
no visible sign of vegetation, or
of human life for miles and miles,
the monotony beng broken only
by seeing a chance coyote or
prairie dog, until Wednesday eve.
ning at 6 p. m., we arrived at
Denver, Colorado, and again
spending the night with friends.
We on Thursday morning left
Denver at 8 a. M, and no sooner
had we left Denver than we began
: to discover some of the natural
curlosities about which we had
studied during our school days.
We only travelled a short while
until we were IN Colorado
Springs. which appeared to me
as the most beautiful city in all
the Middle West. We continued
travelling, and by evening, we had
reached the famous Royal Gorge
which is, | believe, one of the
most wonderful natural curios
tiles ever made, and with pen and
paper it would bo impossible to
give any description, that's more
correct than what we are Taught
in Geography,
We arrived in Ogden, Friday
evening, three hours late missing
our connection with the w. h.
and N, hence beng curious to
see all that we could, we boarded
a street car and went IT, the Og.
den Canon where we again saw
some of the wonders Cf nature.
On one side of the canon, there
was coming out of the rocks a
natural spring of hot water which
Is carried in a twelve-inch pipe
to sanltarian, where hot baths
are given and where many Rheu
matlcs go tc be cured. While dl-
rectly opposite this hot spring
there is the most beautiful water
falls l ever saw; for volume they
are not large, but in beauty, far
exceed Niagara Falls or any 9th
er | have ever seen. Well, we
came back to Ogden and left the
same evening; and after travel
ing all night, all day Saturday,
and Saturday night through hun
dreds of miles of sage brush and
prairies--again seeing nothing
but prairie dogs-once and awhile
herd of sheep as we got farther
west-untll we reached the Col
umbia river on Sunday morning
then we travelled along this river
four hours, along which the sane
piles were worse than large snow
drifts In Fulton county, it belns
necessary to have sand sheds u
keep the sand from piling on th'
tracks, until at 10 a. m, we ar
rived at Portland, Oregon. Get
ting dinner, we again left for ia
coma, Washington, arriving OF
Sunday night 7:20, naturally
tired after one whole weeks
steady travel, and there to,tint
the country climate so entirel,
different from what it had Away
beea pictured to me in the East
You can readily realize my dis
appointment as vegetation wa
even more backward here thai
when / left Pennsylvania, Will
on the other hand, my menta
picture Of the place was, that
would find roses In bloom and
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