The Glenwood post., 1917-05-19
You have all heard Of the Mt Evan.

You have all heard Of the Mt Evans
project of Denver, which is reported
as going to cost upwards of half mil
lion dollars. In my opinion, the pro-
ject under consideration and adjacent
to Glenwood has it bested at probably
one-twentieth of the cost The area
in question is traversed with good fish
ing streams and lakes. The famous
Trappers and Marvine lakes are accessi-
BILE from this area for those who desire
more extended trip to a fisherman 3
paradise. The development of the sew
eral streams and lakes on the area as
excellent fishing grounds would be an
easy matter. The forest service for
several years has been placing all avail
able fish fry in them in an effort to
keep them stocked. What could be
done by the community in this respect
would only be governed by the limit
of its energy
1t is the desire of the forest service
that this area shall be developed for
Tecreatfonal purposes. Personally I
feel there is nothing in the state of
Colorado that excels it for scenic gran.
deur and ease of accessibility. The
opportunities of the area as recrea-
ton ground, I believe, should be given
consideration by the city of Glenwood
If they desire 10 pace their tourist
business on a permanent basis.
The chief source of DEVELOPMENT of
the area along recreational lines bv the
forest service would be in the grant,
ing of sites for summer homes. erection
of shelter houses, Improvement of pic-
mic grounds, protection and propaga.
tion of game and fish. and protection
of the area from fire. All of these are
things that will be of value to Glen
wood citizens as well as tourists. Tf
the city of Glenwood Springs should
recognize the value of an automobile
road traversing this immense area and
ultimately leading back to Glenwood, 7
believe that the forest service would
cooperate with them in such a project
in so far as the development of the re-.
sources of the forest would warrant.
During the past year, the service has
spent two hundred dollars on the Deep
lake road in order to keep it in n pass
able condition for users of the forest.
feel that this amount should be in
creased considerably for the purpose of
establishing permanent and good road
INTO this part of, the forest
Possibly it does not occur to you
that the location of summ,r r home sites
on this area would mean much to Glen.
wood. or that it would be n successful
proposition. In my opinion, If proper
ly taken up. the number of summer
homes on this area and their occupants
can be made of considerable value to
Glenw"od within a very few years.
recall of hearing certain supervisor
on another forest discuss the summer
home business on his forest. He stated
that he accidentally engaged man in
conversation on a train one day in re-
gard TO summer homes. The man was
from a small town back in Kansas. The
result was that the man erected a sum-
mer home on that forest that summer,
and the next summer twelve families
came with him from his town to erect
summer homes. This simply shows that
it was only a matter of getting the
thing started. One such satisfied sum.
mer home enthusiast is the best adver-
tisement that tourist town can have,
and is undoubtedly worth many dollars
of advertising carried on in other ways.
We have received several inquiries re-
garding summer homes in this locality,
and one in particular. that it is be-
lieved will lead to the erection of
summer home. If there were a good
road to the top of the mountain north
of town, such business would surely re-
ceive siderable impetus, if properly
advertised.
AS I see the situation for a town in
the position of Glenwood, the induce
ment of summer home enthusiasts to
locate on an area adjacent to Glenwooi
such as this is, where they must get
all their supplies, would be step to.
wards putting the tourist business on
a permanent basis. To my mind, there
is no question as to interesting sum-
mer home enthusiasts to locate on the
area in question if it can be brought
to their attention and its advantages
pointed out.
I have for sometime desired to bring