Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-30
FROM COLORADO SPRINGS
TO SALT LAKE CITY
Rev. Mr.. Greene's Second Letter.. Colora.
do Mountain Scenery..Hish Alti.
tndes aad nigh Prices.
The Sights of Salt
Lake City.

At l0:40 we leave Colorado Springs
and after one hour and fifteen minute s
ride we arrive In Pueblo, q city 60, NO
Inhabitants. Here great smelter and
steel works are located. The Mine raj
Palace Park, federal court building
and the Jewish college are also located
here. Pueblo is also great railroad
center and nearly all the roads have
shops here. The city Is 1900 II. lower
than Colorado Springs. The Fountain
river divides the city OF Pueblo and
runs east into the Arkansas river.
Leaving Pueblo we soon arrive at .
little town called Portland. 1t has
great cement works with italian en-
ployees. But we rambie on and soon
arrive at Florence, a little town lying
In vally. Part Of the town, where
water can not be had, 10 without fruit
age or grass, but, whei 1t is irrigated
II 10 very productive, with beautiful
lawns. AT our left We look of beyond
the valley and see large butte oil Of
claylike stone dotted with pine and
cedar and as our train rnoves on VA are
soon beside the Arkansas river. Look
Ing north we see the snow-capped
peaks. We pass by some beautiful
csnery where large orchards are
fiourishing with the ripening fruit.
Our train whistles and we are at Can
yon City. 1t has beautiful streets and
is located at the foot OF the Rockies.
The Rio Grande system has railroad
shops here. While we are waiting 1t
the depot we see most striking inci-
dent. 1t is Mexican kissing his horse
and then he gets into the buggy takes
his whip and whips him; then away
they 60. At this city the state Pen-
itentiary is located.
Our train moves on and we are soon
entering the Grand Canyon, one Of the
great wonders OF the West, with its
rugged walls, peaks. domes, pinnaeles,
needles and parks and the Arkansas
river on our left rolling down its rocky
bed. Then we pass great pillars oi
stone, and psdestals rising over 1000
feet above us. AZ We pass we zee
mountains covered with cedar trees
and at our left great water pipe
Carrying fresh water to the city below.
We are soon at Salida at the brow
OF Tenderfoot mountain. II has popu-
lation OF 5000 people, an altitude OF
1850 feet and it has gold and silver
smelters and railroad shops that
employ 1000 men. 1t is very pretty
place. 1t has q beautiful park where
water fountains are continually spray.
ing its lawns. At the top Of this
mountain we see two goats fighting.
As we pass on between Salida and
Buena Vista, We see from the window
where some unfortunate persons have
lost their lives and are buried upon the
hillside.
We come to q level field about q
mile wide and 20 miles long, with
rugged mountains On each side. Nath-
rup 10 q little station about miles
from the main cliff. We pass on and
are so0n In the Arkansas valley. In
this valley IL some alfalfa growing.
We are now at Buens Vista. II 10 q
small town where the state reform
school is located. We are rumbline
through the valley and on our righ,
the mountains are close by and rugged
on our left the valley seems to slope
level for 10 miles to snow capped
peaks. Beside the road We zee {
beautiful tree flower with white
blossoms. but as our train moves on they
are lost to view and we are amid large
boulders, some of which are a. large
a. email house. "Oh what sig ght!'
We are passing through valley where
the mountains are high and steep
where the telegraph poles are fasten
ed to the huge rocks and as We pasl
on we come into besutiful park with
sn0w-c0vered peaks for background
As we are passing onI can see from
my car window 10 snowy peaks. tn,
little town OF Hayden lies at the ives
side OF The park. We come to ,
watering station called Snowden and
here seems to be what we might cal
round table panels. Here / see an Ole
fashioned rail fence on the hillside
Passing on We come to beautiful greer
fat. Oh, what Q change! We maj
have dozen different scenes In lesl
than mile.
i We are now In q beautiful valley
The green covered carpet OF velve1
and the walls of white make contras1
OF beauty. This We see at our left. and
at our right there 10 i beautiful seen
|ery Of hills. We are nor climbing ths
, mountains and are overlooking tn,
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