The Glenwood post., 1918-04-06
aLENwooD SPRINGS, COLORADO
(Addres of S. J. DeLan Reprinted From
The North American Review for
March, 191S.)


Solomon meant by the word "new'
something that man had never seen be
fore, then Solomon was wrong, for
there is ga new thing under the sum-
and it is at Glenwood Springs, Colo
Imagine a river winding between
granite walls so lofty that their shad-
ows subdue the sunshine into ga dim
religious light its waters (of Colo
RADIOS largest river fifty named the
Grand) chanting in melodious tones
hymn to Nature, as they proudly jour
ney down the western slope, to wei
that peaceful ocean, whose azure waves
toy with the shores of the Goldcn
Gate. Now smooth and murmuring,
now dark and angry, rushing at great
rocks that lie in their pathway, roar
ing defiance at the adamantine OBJ
structions forming with the shifting
scenery of the canon, living kaleido-
scope, ever changing, now soothing as
a pleasant dream, and now exciting the
mind with wonder and with awe until
the enchantment is broken by a new
scene that greets us as we emerge from
a tunnel through a mighty mountain
for Glenwood is seen glistening under
Colorado IS brilliant sunlight.
We pass the aBth House, built in
medieval style,-begetting dreams of
the Rhine-see the great hot springs,
bubbling forth from Natures bosom,
healing the sick and invigorating the
well, and the great bathing pool, in
which swimming is INDUCED in as a
pastime, even when the surrounding
mountains are hoary with snow. You
hear the rushing waters of the Roaring
Fork River as it reaches and blends
with the waters of the Grand, forming
valley nestled among mountains, at
whose base stands the city of Glen
wood .Springs-a city whose site few
short years since was the hunting
ground of the savage, a babe born in
the age Of electricity, blessed with all
the Improvements Of science, and
healing waters and vapor caves inspire
hosannas in the hearts of the sick; a
climate fit for Arcadia, just enough
winter to destroy the germs of illness,
and summers whose nights are so de-
lightful that one dreams of the poesy
of Persia, while gazing at the lofty
peaks standing as sentinels in the
glorious moonlight, and you are III
doubt whether to regret the sun or wei
come the moon.
For the waning Sun sinking in the west
Discards his robes of fleecy clouds
And around the mountain tops; 50
painting all
With bright and roseate hues that,
through the riffs,
The golden sky seems as the glistening
gates
OF paradise;
No deepening shadows mark the com
ing night,
For like maiden frightened by her
lovers gaze
Diana comes, and with her chastened
light
Soothes Natures sleep.
The flow of the hot springs is larger
than any in the world, and they sur
pass all, in healing qualities; hundreds
can bathe together in the swimming
pool, and the sensation is so delightful |
that, once in, it is task to leave it:
large and small game abound in the
immediate vicinity of the city, and yet
the Rocky Mountain paradise, with its
water-power, stands pre.emi-
nent among its sister cities as a com
mercial centre; but four miles from il
hundreds of coke ovens are burning
day and night, producing last year some
fifty thousand tons of the finest coke
a few miles further to the south and
to the west vast bodies of coal exist,
two hundred and seventy thousand
tons having been mined last year
Being the county seat of county
whose agricultural productions range
from the hardy cereals to the luscious
fruits of the semi-tropics, with mines
of gold and silver, beds of kaolin, large
deposits of asphalt, herds of cattle on
her hills, fertile farms in her valleys,
Glenwood, the capital of Garfield
County, Colorado, located at the con-
fluence of the Grand and Roaring Fork
rivers, on the great railroad highway
between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, is marvel, and her springs
are 'new thing under the SUM-
TWENTY YEARS AGO