Alma record., 1915-09-16
LETTER FROM WILL SULLIVAN
Buena Vista, Colorado.
Sept. 5th, 1915.
Mr.. c. +. Brown,
Alma, Mich.

Mr.. c. +. Brown,
Alma, Mich.
Dear Chas:-
Well {. +. here we are up in the |
Cascade Mountains, we left North |
Platte Monday Aug. 30th by the l..
Highway and kept the trail to Chey- |
enne, from North Platte we had a
nice trip to Big Springs, went a few
miles straight north till we reached
the prairie then for miles you could
look any way and not see out, now
and then you would see a house with
few sheds around it all along the trail
you could drive as fast as you liked
nothing to bother only now and then
chuck hole After several hours
run we began to go up and down hill
till We got to Cheyenne; stayed there
over night and left the next morning
Tor Denver, the first twenty or thirty
miles a'l YOU could see was the foot
bin and prairie dogs hundreds Of
them. just before we got 20 Cheyenne
vc shot "a faitlcf ir the road, we
have shot two Bun snakes SO far:
not tnuct Co sec or tell about tiii we
got 10 Fort Collins then we struck the
irst irrigation, fine sight % sec,
men at work letting thc water into
the smaller bitches an over the fields
Thought that in Nebraska the wheat
and oats were fine but they could not
be compared with the grain here All
.he way to Denver were nice houses
and good barns. We arrived in Den
yer about $3.50 O'Clock and had some
trouble in finding rooms that were
satisfactory, but finally secured some.
There we stayed for two days The
first we rented a car while our own
was being relieved of several coats of
dirt gathered between Alma and Den
YER
You could see the mountains for
miles around. Here they have place
they call Prospect Hill, from where
can be seen eight or ten of the highest
peaks. On top of Prospect Hill is
built flat surface of cement with
high curb around it. This was built
so that tourists might drive their ma
chimes onto it without being in danger
of going down the cliff. On the foot
of each peak is a sign with an arrow
pointing out the road, the name of
the peak and its heighth.
| We went into the city park which
contains something over a hundred
acres. In it are buffalo, deer, moose,
and all kinds of western animals. A
couple of lakes were nearly covered
with wild ducks. In the museum in
this park were all kinds of wild beasts
and birds of state stuffed and mounted
There were also fish and snakes alive.
Minerals peculiar to the state of Colo
RADIO were also on exhibition. There
were certainly some marvellous speci-
mems of quartz, etc. 1t took one whole
afternoon to GO through this museum.
The next morning we took in the
business part of the city. Later in the
day we left for Colorado Springs, ar
irving there the next forenoon. In the
afternoon we went to Ute Pass, where
we saw the Big Ute Chief Monitor
Gusher. This constantly gushes out
water that tastes and looks very much
like soda water.
Probably the most impressive sight
we have yet seen was found in the
Garden of the Gods. cannot des-
cribe the magnificent grandeur. When
| return to Alma l will bring you a
book which shows graphically some of
the scenes in the garden.
The next morning we continued our
tour with Sault Lake City as our
destination, going by the way Of the
Ute Pass. We also drove on the
Pixies Peak 0cean-to-Ocean Highway