Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-10-11
VANISHING NATIONS

after considerable thinking and dig
ging in my memory that l discov-
that had been described in one
of the first yellow backs" l had read
when a boy of about twelve years.
Those rocks brought back to my mind
the wonderful and narrowing hard
ships endured by the hero of that re-
markable tale, and l am quite sure
that the writer of that book had
either visited this portion of what is
now New Mexico or that he had read
enough about 1t to know his location,
for it was up in those hills and rocks
Of blood-thirsty Indians had chased
the hero and the fair and charming
lady, whose escape was due to the
knowledge of those same hills by the
faithful guide, and it was just up
there where they sought escape and
turned loose a reservoir of water
that had accumulated from noun
tain stream and as it poured down
into the ravine it drowned and thus
wiped out the william and his Indians.
| Oh, it certainly was a thriller and it
all came back to me after l saw those
hills and rocks. When l told Rider
| lbout it and was trying to interest
| him in the story he removed his old
cob pipe in which he had been smok-
ng alfalfa and asked me what l had
been drinking up at The Alvarado
At Albuquerque. By-the-way, he was
rom Toledo on the way west.
Passing on through New Mexico we
entered the state of Colorado, and en-
| ioyed the beauties of that mountain
ous route through to Denver, where
we remained long enough to tour the
city and hear the customary tale of
The citizens of that beautiful and
progressive city and listen to them
eXpatiate upon it's wonderful climate
and it's millions in gold and sunshine.
they claim that the sun shines on
both sides of the street all day long
and part of the night. That the only
pure air that is permitted to hover
over this beautiful world was made
especially for Denver In fact, Den
YER, in the estimation of a Denverite
is the only city in the world that is
really worth while. They beat Tole-
do for bragg and bluff.
1t is true that Denver is fine city
and situated about half way between
the east and west it has a very fine
position, and there is much business
there, but the prices of living are so
high that one must have flying ma
chine to get up to them, and a COM
mon mortal like Wood county people,
who have been regularly dining on
Substantial food like, meat and pota-
toes, is likely to find himself heart
broken and financially busted after
partaking of few regular home
style meals. Whenever they get a
real life-sized potato in Denver they
take a photograph of it and keep it
as relic to show their neighbors
that they really had potatoes for din
ner They have the finest hotels to
be found in any part of the Union,
and everything anybody besides can
be had-if you have the price and are
willing to walk home. The next
time we go to Denver we will take
a few dozen potatoes in our grip, and
sell them in Denver for souvenirs
of real agricultural Countrywide.
The country surrounding Denver is
remarkable in many ways. The seem
cry is worth starving few weeks to
visit. The Moffett road carries ex-
cursionists to the highest point in the
world that is reached by standard
guage railroad, and on that trip the
tourist is transported in a few hours
from the warm sunshine and gerani-
ums to everlasting SHOWS and ice, a
perfect paradise for the artist and
the lover of natures wonderwork.
From Denver we went to Colorado
Springs and found one of the most
beautiful summer resort cities in the
west. Living there is much easier on
ones exchequer than at Denver, and
one of the attractions is flower ex-
cursion on the Colorado Midland
road where the train takes tourists
out over the mountains for the pur-
pose of gathering wild flowers which
are truly wonderful for their beauty
BY trolley car we also went over to
Manitou the charming town at the
foot of magnificent old Pixies Peak
This resort town has many and
varied attractions. The trip vi
Pike's Peak is worth the five dollars