Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-26
much Importance is Hastings, very
fine town, with electric lights and fire
protection. an all-around busy place.

fine town, with electric lights and FIRE
protection, an all-around busy place.
| We are still going through the same
great farming region. IT'S now abou,
$3.50 o'clock p. m. and we think of the
folks at Elk Point and wonder If, per.
chance, they may be getting ready tt
retire, but the sun Is still shining In
western Nebraska. Que train seems
to be crowded with people going west
We are nearing the Republican valley
and at about III o'clock we reach this
great valley. For 200 miles we only
s3an Its grassy verdure, as we pass over
| Il In the night. Some Of the time we
are crossing the Republican river, for
We cross 1t number OF times.
The first town after daylight is Ak.
ron. 1t pretty little town In Col
Orado. We have left the vast Republi-
can valley behind and are in the graz.
Ing country Of Colorado. Here we are
In . great arid country, where alfal
u 10 extensively grown. We pass a
sanitarium for consumptives. This is
= very beautiful place about one mile
from Akron. II has a number OF sum-
mer tents for patients. We are also
In great sugar beet country, where
dumps are erected to load the beats on
the cars.
Well, 1t is about o'clock q. m.
Tpeeday and we are within Q hours
and 20 minutes ride OF Denver and
looking northwest we can see the
white capped Rockies. O, how elabo-
rate they seem! One cannot imagine
what the Rocky mountains are like un-
I'll one sees them standing up into the
clouds. When we first saw them they
we're 100 miles away. How beautiful
they look, clothed in black with their
white snowy caps. We rumble along to-
wards them through sand, prairie end
hills. until 7:20 o'clock, when we arrive
10 Denver. Denver Is great city and
has over 100000 inhabitants. Here
we are interested In the national mint.
Denver Is the tropical city OF the
Rockies. 1t has one OF the largest
smelters in the United States. 1t has
great packing houses and factories.
We stop there little time and soon
are on our way 10 Colorado Springs.
After leaving Denver we pass some Of
the most beautiful scenery In Colorado.
We past lakes, streams and mountains.
Sometimes the mountains are lost to
our view by the foothills and again we
seem to come close to the snow capped
Rockies. Thus we rumble through
hill and dale, till we come to Colorado
Springs. 1t is very beautiful city Of
$4,000 people. 1t has wide streets and
is an all-around modern city. We take
. street car to Colorado City, small
town joining this, being neat little
city OF 1000 people.
We then come to Manitou, at which
place we take dinner. Manitou has q
population OF about 1900, with num-
Der OF churches. After dinner we hir-
ed q team and driver and continued our
sightseeing trip. We are driven first
into Williams canon. This is beau
tiful drive. The road is narrow and at
times we are under huge rocks, which
looked TO be a thousand feet above us.
This canon is few miles long. We
continued our trip until at length we
come to the end of the road and we
a:e at the cave they call the Cave of
the Winds. 1t has very peculiar open
iug but is not extensive, though there
are few very beautiful formations.
The wind cave at Hot Springs, S. D.,
10 far superior. We we're not able to
detect any wind about the cave and we
suggested that it must be pertaining to