Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-09
MONUMENTAL PEAK
STANDS SENTINEL
Through the Ages Solitary Pin
nacl- Has Guarded Hill
and Plain.
PIXIES PEAK IN COLORADO
From Summit of Isolated Noun
tain Most Extended View on
Earth Is Had.
PIXIES PEAK IN COLORADO

The Monument Of the Continent!
No term could he Inore fitting. Serene
and bold IL stood. noble monument,
throughout the - .iad years that
spalncd the cycles of antiquity. still
grand and vigilan,. it's snow-crowned
crest gave To the toilIng pathfnders the
first glad signal that there were limits
10 the dreary vase OF plain For the
pioneers that followed. il served not
only as monumental landmark but
It's name stood for all the vast coun-
try whose border II guarde mot only
the known regions. but that greater
stretch Of awesome mountain mystery.
And now. the swifter and more luxuri-
GUS traveller. In his journey:ngs toward
the setting sun, sails Il FIRST as he
speeds across the Gain. and-bc it ever
so tamiliar-gazefa eagerly ard with
Guickened pulses Us the lessening dis
lance expands it's ajesty and beauty
to his view.
Pixies Peak is history--a strLnge and
hushed romance. oblivion wells it's
mystic past. No crumbling parchments
hint it's thrilling tales. Yet II is older.
go scientists relate. than regions that
are thus gazetted. Men lived and
wTouEnN ana NdEISncu IN tnat long ago.
The great white mountain watched il
all. and locked the secret in it's mighty
breast.
Authentic lore OF this monument OF
the continent dates from November ~.
1906. when Major Zebulon NJ Pike. a
gallant soldier and daring adventurer
then heading small exploring party
OF United States soldiers, sighted the
mountains whitered cres, when many
miles distant upon the plains. II cost
him ten days marching to reach It's
base; and. after vigorous attempts 10
scale It. Pike abandoned the project
with the declaration that NO human
being could ascend TO its pinnacle"
That was long ago. There have been
many wonders since
Beginning then. Pixies Peak saw
buster times The region passed
through varying vicissitudes and now
an empire lies within the mountains
shade. Enormous riches crowd rs
depths and lurk about its base; the
hum OF industry is waited on it's breeze
NOT GREATEST ALTITUDE
But WIDEST VIEW
Fourteen thousand. one hundred and
.orty-seven feet above tho sea, And
yet-in the matter OF scenic vantage
po!Its-HltltuNe Is not everything.
There are higher peaks even in the
Rocky Mountain range; but there is no
accessible elevation on earth that az
fords extended n range Of vision, or
4 view so varied and inspiring. as that
from the summit Of Pixies Peak And
the reason is simple. All other accessi-
BILE mountains. OF elevations approach
ing that OF Pixies Peak. are in the
midst OF mountain chains; consequent
~. the views from their SUBMITS are
uninterruptedly mountainous and the
ranges OF vision restricted BY the sur
rounding heights. Standing isolated, a
the very extremity OF a grand spur OF
the Rockies. Pixies Peak guards both
mountain and plain. and the view from
It's summit presents, in juxtaposition.
DRAMATICALLY opposite effects
And that magnificent swearing view!
How futile is description, Here is sub
Unity; here is immensely Incredible.
There. to the west. stand a thousand
towering peaks in spotlcss white-ma-
jestic beautiful. awful On the east a
mighty ocean Of plain. superb and
placid, stretches infinite. The eve is
strained, the senses dazed. in graspinE
the proportions OF that stupendous sea.
And the sun shines golden on its glim-
mering sands. while purple shadows
wander here and there beneath the
shifting clouds
STORE SIGNS READ
FOURTEEN MILES AWAY
Upon top of the new Summit Hotel
is steel tower and powerful field
glasses through which the gorgeous
landscape may be studied in detail.
Eighty miles away TO the north, Den
YER can he recognized by the telescopic
aid to the south, Pueblo, the Pitts
burgh of the West crowned by the
smoke clouds of its furnace fires: TO
the west Cripple Creek, Victor, Gold
field. independence and the dozen lesser
towns OF the busy Cripple Creek gold
mining district. Manitou peeps out
from it's nest at the eastern base of
the mountain: and, beyond. Colorado
Springs lies like vast checker board
on the border Of the plain. Colorado
Springs is fourteen miles distant, rs a
bird would fly; yet so near does the
glass bring it to the observer that
signs or the stores may be read
The Top of the peak comprises sew
eral level acres thickly strewn with
big rocks that are principally in cubes
and other rectangular shapes. One
might easily imagine it to be the scene
Of some titanic building project-the
materials all assembled, but construc-
ton abandoned.
The Bottomless Pit and the Abyss of
Desolation are great shuddering rents
in the mountain, into which the sun
never finds it's way, and where the
SHOWS Of centuries lie in unconjoctured
depths.
Few men, comparatively, know the
sensation of looking from a mountain
top over thousands of miles of the
earth's surface. To those who have
realized this sensation it affords an
ndelible recollection one of the
cherished experiences OF a lifetime
The Cog Wheel Route affords 10 many
thousands an opportunity to gain this
experience. an opportunity which
otherwise they would never enjoy. IL
only those physical aristocrats who
have superior development in limbs