Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-12-18
FROM G. ". L
Placentia, Calf. Dec. s,

fine depot. Topeka is an old
looking place from what YOU ran see
from the railroad. Then We went
through the prairie, good looking
country. AT Usage City it began to
snow. This place is a oal-mlning
town. Lots of prairie hay through
there to Emporia, which is an old
town bur has nice streets and covers
Il large territory. and is a nice place.
Stopped at Newton for supper. Then
wondered what morning would
tIing TO my eyesight in Colorado. !
woke up at Grenada, Colo. and there
was a light snow on the ground. II
Is prairie and a flat country. We
reached Las Animas--a good
try and a beet refining own. Then
looked north and saw a big wolf
looking for his breakfast. We stopp'
cd at La Junta for bCeakfast--a nice
large depot and the finest town
| have secn on the road. The Arkansas
| river bottoms are fine here. We
start up the mountains. The noun
tgins here are 4.045 feet high. There
is spruce pine in the bills and Hairie
IN the bottoms. The homes are very
few through here-at Thatcher.
one house and the depot-6bO miles
from Kansas City-all pasture lana
and but few cattle. What cattle there
/, are feeding i'll the snow-scarceiy
any feed thai you a see. We
reached Trinidad at ! p. III. THIS
certainly is a nice view-tirat chaih
Of mountains. The altitude here IS
5y,2 feet. The mountains are very
rrcuiiar--ali shapes and sizes--sohle
very high and at the top il looks TO
b.. straight up Il down. ON Oh
the knobs are almost solid rock WHY
others are clear Of rock. with the
snowv mountains and the green
spruce pine and rough canyons. II
certainly does make beautiful seen
cry. 1t takes two engines 10 CLIMB
I'D hcre-a l per cent grade. Al
Woodton. the last station in Colora-
do. We went through a long tunnel
into New Mexico. The altitude here
is G,G35 feet. Ration. the first New
Mexico town, is a railroad division.
M. D. I on ,,tlas "a plElzlnp rnnn-
try-a cattle proposition-and u
good many cattle around--sprinss
some farming. Then night overlook
rs. When looked out the neXl
morning at Winsate, n. NJ, the snow
was four inches deep, and the valley
We went through was o~ne-fourth u
onc-half mile wide. On each side
We're very high knobs-looked TO bt
: all stone quarrles. Ii was nature
l solid bluffs of rock-all shapes AM
: sizes. At Gallip We took breakfas
, This is Il coal mining town and
= nice place--no houses between town
! This mt is worth scarcely any
thing. Then We started through TN
!, desert. 1t o~c:tainly is II desert, toe
I There are knobs. peaks. and upheaV
. ais of rock all through the plains
Al Holbrook. there is Il new discov
cry of oil and the excitement Is run
ming high. Then We went down III
. Pueblo river. This river never run
{ till the snow begins to melt and the
il is very dangerous. At Joseph Cit
the country is flat We took dill
I.cr at Winslow, II very nice towi
The Santa Fe certainly has very niC
dcpots and eating houses all aloh
- the line. Left Winslow at 1880
n m. Then We went through a higl
. level country and crossed the Deblc
CANYON II is about two feet Vic
IN and IS feet deep. On each side
Is very flat and level and you can
see it until YOU get within 200 or 81
feet OF it. Then We struck the shirt
X, pine-very peculiar growth-in bu
y ches i TO Is feet apart and ~ 10
II feet high. Looking north at q
II san Francisco peaks. they were
II. high they didn't look 10 be over $
n. or seven miles away. but they We
g. thirty miles. AT Flagstaff, the snt
Id IS - to Is inches deep. There
VI drank out of the fountain OF youl
,s Soil good and good crops here. I
IN Arizona divide is covered with lar
OF pine. Bellemont is II large blu
, The rock is Il dark red--very bea
IL tiful--with the green pine surrour
az ines. From Williams We vent o'
NJ a very rough canyon and bv the er
sh less pit--no bottom has ever be
Ias found. The railroad has some VI
Ii. short curves We stopped at A
.' nv Fork for supper. There IL some VI
nice farming land here. Then
~ closed my eyes for the night to awt
70. en- sunday morning in the beanti
land of California-Barston. Cal
- at daylight. l could see only
o. same old 'thing--rough mounta
and cliffs OF rock. The zoo mi
of California isn't worth 10 cents
acre. When We got to the foot
- the mountains We went into the
ange orchards, and II certainly
fine. At 1890 | coached Planec'
y very nice little town-orchardS
,r,u,a l., and within - mi