Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-09-20
TITAN OF CHASMS"
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Canyon and it was only. about forty
years ago that further exploration
revealed to the world the wonders
which are today visited by thousands
of people from all parts of the world.
Let the Journal reader take po-
sitlon on the bank of the Maumee
river on Front st. in Perrysburg and
look across to the same level on the
opposite bank. Then let him con-
slider that the Maumee side is over
13 miles distant and that the banks
perpendicular and cut out of solid
rock; that the channel of the river
is more than one and a half miles
beneath the rim on which he is stand
ing; that the entire valley is filled
with mountains ranging from one to
one and a half miles in height; that
every mountain and every portion of
the entire valley Cor chasm) is of
rock and that the colors are so uni
form on line as to seem as If they
had been painted after the noun
tains had been chiseled out; and then
remember that you are LOOKING
DOWN on these mountains, and that
all this splendor and wonderful
beauty is beneath you, and then,
possibly, you may get faint idea
of the Grand Canyon-the Titan
of Chasms" as it is called, and, under
stand, for more than 10 miles the
Colorado "wends it's way" through
such chasm, although it is not so
wide along the entire conyon.
At first glance the beholder does
not seem to realize the wonders at
which he is gazing, and only after
he has carefully viewed the scene
does he begin to feel a strange fasci-
nation stealing over him, and a de-
sire to leap out over the rim and
down into the depths of that wonder
fur new world that lies beneath and
with it's seductive beauty beckons
him to come; and then, again while
reason convinces him that such a
thing would mean destruction, a
sense of dread comes to him and he
turns away for fear the awful chasm
will reach up and by some powerful
influence, will draw him down into
it's depths, and with a demoniac
chuckle, dash him on the pinacle of
one of its numerous, beautiful noun
tains as if to punsh him for daring
to look at its sublime beauty
A woman writer, who has visited
the canyon, said "she had always
wondered where the mountains came
from, but had discovered that they
had been cut out of the Grand Can
yon."
The visitor must study the canyon
TO obtain any idea of its proportions.
The Washington monument and the
Congressional library building at
Washington and the Auditorium of
Chicago would be lost if placed in
the space between some of those
mountains. +,
The whole canyon is so still-not
a sound to be heard nor an object
seen to be moving-its solemnity is
oppressive and l truly believe If /
were to remain over night down in
the lower parts of the Canyon, that
awful silence would get on my nerves
to such an extent that l would be
raving maniac before morning
really doubt If there is sufficient
wealth in the world to induce me
to remain alone over night in that
chasm, and know there is nothing
there that would harm me-except
that awful silence.
Beautiful? No words of mine can
begin to describe it. 1t is a wonder
full and constantly changing pano-
rama, the magnificence of which
leaves such powerful impression
upon the mind that it can never be
forgotten nor Will it ever cease to in
terest.
And once again my love of coun-
try makes me feel that if the Old
World beats America in points of real
interest and grandeur they must
have been mighty busy over there
during the centuries that have passed.
Every hour of the day the lights
and shadows in the canyon are chang
ing. A far away cliff is tipped with
golden rays and the silent castles
are painted with tints that never
appear, elsewhere, on sea or land,
and as night spreads her mantle over
the scene, If there be a moon, she
spreads a silver light over thousands
of spectral forms; dreams of noun
tains, as in their sleep that brood on
things eternal"
e. L. BLUE.
MANY DRIVEN FROM HOME.