Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-05-03
LEON ROSBROOK WRITES.

LEON ROSBROOK WRITES.
Leon Rosebrook who is musical
director of the Romapy Opera
company, of the Orpheum Circuit,
now in the East. in a letter to his
father and mother here, says:
! Colorado Springs, Colo,
!.pril IL. 1912.
Dear Folks:-In just one hour we
leave here for Kansas City and l
will use that hour in writing you
about my time here.
Wednesday we all got three car
riages and went over the "high
drive" which is a ride of % miles
over the mountains passing all the
places which | sent cards showing
the views of. We started from the
hotel at 10 a. m. going by way of
Zoo Park and up the South Cheyenne
Canon to Seven Falls. This is
named Seven Falls for the reason
that the South Cheyenne (Which is
a stream about the size of Mill
creek) drops 600 feet down the
mountain in seven terraces, where
by the name comes. There is a
flight of stairs bui t up along side
of the Falls and it is quite climb
up to the top. The climb is we'll
worth the effort, for the view from
the top is wonderful. We spent
about an hour around there, and
were very sorry to be obliged to
resume our trip.
Leaving Seven Falls at ii a m.
we drove back down South Chyenne
canon to the fork of the creek then
travelled up North Cheyenne canon.
From the branch in the road up to a
road house called Bruin Inn is about
four miles. We got there at about
p. m. and stopped for lunch.
Bruin Inn is a restaurant in the
mountains, but as we c, rried our
lunch we did not stop directly at the
Inn but continued past about 200
yards to place called Bridal Falls.
The water here drops about SO feet
over solid blue granite rock and is
of course, white spray from the
fall. Tumbling over this rock the
water has the appearance of a white
bridal veil over blue satin and the
effect is simply indescribable.
The weather had been clouding up
since we left the hotel and here we
had the novelty of sitting out on
the rocks at the foot of the falls
and eating lunch in a heavy snow
storm. 1t showed for perhaps 20
minutes, but it was a dry snow and
we did not mind it any. 1t was
not cold and altogether it was a
novel experience.
Leaving Bridal Falls we passed on
up the mountain getting higher
and higher all the time until we
reached an elevation of $500 feet.
This is at the summit of the noun
tains and the road crosses here and
goes down the other side.
At the summit of the mountain
is a cabin occupied by woman
called Captain Jack. She is 70
years old and has lived in the noun
tains for 35 years. She is quite a
character and sang for US, sold us
beer and entertained us in various
ways. She has travelled all over
the world and is very wealthy, own
ing several fine gold mines in that
vicinity. We left her cabin at 2:3O
and went down hill to Colorado
City. through the smelters and back
to our hotel about 5 p. m., thoro.
ughly tired and we'll satisfied with
: our trip.
Thursday we started the other
way through Colorado City over tc
l Man tou, which is little resort al
: the foot of Pixies Peak, and up Viii
liams Canon to the celebrated "Cave
f, of the Winds" The road .uE
' through Williams Canon is beauti-
full. Williams Canon is nothing bu
crevice in an immense pile Of
e red granite. At the bottom it il
. only from 5 to 10 feet wide and a
: the top it is only about 400 fee
across. 1t is from 1000 to 400(
feet to the top of it. The roat
runs up the canon to the end of i
: and then turns and goes up th'
e side of it. This road is blasted ou
: of the side of the mountain ant
Il the outside wheel o. the carriage
runs about foot from the edge
with straight drop of from II