The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-07-11

North Cheyenne Canon over what
is called the High Drive. It took
about four hours to make this
trip. One could scarcely i'm
agine so many beautiful sights
could be seen in such a short
time. The road is we'll made but
even at that we did not care to
take the ride up the mountain
side until we knew the driver
could manage the four horses a
little better than anyone else. To
keep us from noticing the narrow
and steep places the driver kept
us interested IN the country. He
pointed out a number Of small
trees from 4 to 8 inches in height
and said they had recently been
planted by the government.
There were 100000 shrubs plant
ed in six weeks by IS men. The
trees in this canon had been des-
troyed by fire some time ago and
500 acres had been reforested. It
would have taken a thousand
years to reforest itself but now
in seventy-five years or SO these
trees will be valuable to the gov
ernment. Pines were planted on
the south slope and spruce on the
north. When we were near the
summit Of the High Drive a
wonderful view Of the mountains
and plains could be seen. To hear
the "Oh's and Ah's'' by the 18
in the tallyho one would think
there were no adjectives in the
English language with which to
describe the scenery.
A trip through the Garden OF
the Gods is a disappointment to
many but when one studies the
marvellous and fantastic forma-
tions made in the red sandstone it
is a place in which one would like
to spend more time than is gener-
ally given when making the
drive. Nature has carved out
many things here. You can see
a bear and seal, the Siamese
twins, the kissing camels, cathe-
dral spires, and, if you use your
imagination, the driver can show
you many other wonderful works
of the great sculptor, Nature. A
new road has just been completed
through this garden and the
members Of the press were given
the pleasure Of suggesting an ap-
propriate name for it. The name
decided upon was "The Moffet
Road" in honor Of A. D. Moi
fet, president of the National Ed
itorial Association.
A visit to the ancient cliff
dwellings shows the wonderful
homes that are of historic inter-
est. They are located up a
steep canon under immense over
hanging lodges Of rock. The guide
told of the small stature of the in
habitants of these homes, their
habits and mode of living. These
ruins occupy frontage Of 75l
feet and contain altogether about
one hundred rooms. Ten Pueblo In
dians live here during the tourist
season and entertain the visitors
with their dances and weird
stories. This place like many
others cannot be imagined but a
visit must be made before you
really know how the cliff dwell
lers in their time lived.
AS soon as you reach Colorado
Springs you hear of Seven Falls,
and it is a beauty spot that all en-
joy. A road down South Chey
enne Canon comes to sudden
stop and it is at this place where
you look up and see the wonder
full falls. All seven cannot be
ls..n from below SO steps, 365 in
all, have been built to give one a
chance to view :;.le finest falls in
Colorado. A mile above Seven
Falls is the grave Of Helen Hunt
jackson, one Of America s ia
nous novelists and poets. Most OF
her beautiful poems were compos-
ed at this place and before her
death at San Francisco in 1885
she made a request that her body
be laid to rest at this place, which
it was. "a short time ago her
husband had.the remains. moved to
a cemetery in Colorado Springs;
The National Union Printers
home is located near Colorado
Springs. One afternoon and even
ing was spent enjoying the hos
pitality Of Superintendent Dea-
con. The magnificent ground
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