Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-21
The Tourist Rush for
Colorado
Bv FREDERIC 7. HASKIN
Bv FREDERl
. JNVER, Col, Aug. 19.-First a
mining town, then a health
resort, Denver has now be-
coma the chief tourist target

come the ChleI LOurlSL target
of the nation. Hundreds of thou
sands of tourists aim for this point
| every year, many of them to settle
down for the entire summer and
others to make the city their tenn
porary headquarters while they tour
the surrounding national parks and
monuments. For Denver is the gate
way to our great national park sys-
tenn, the natural entrance to that
vast western region which the gov
eminent has set aside for the pres
ervation of trees and the recreation
of the public.
This season has brought an un-
usually heavy rush Of sightseers, so
that the hotels, boarding houses and
camps are crowded to their utmost
capacity; the postal card and cur1o
stands are doing an unprecedented
business, and the kodak supply stores
are getting way behind in their work
of developing films. The streets are
filled with strangers from Oklahoma
Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia.
New York and Pennsylvania. Some
of them wear their state pennahniiS
periodically wrapped around tnel5
arms, while others are easily placed
bv their native infections. Partles
with fishing tackle mingle with par
ties carrying golf sticks and tennis
rackets, while along nearly to,c
biles gradually filling up with pas
sengers. rs.
The other evening an old man with
white beard and bent shouiaers
stood on a downtown street corner
surveying the ca Grow Two ~ht cars Wade" laden
with tourists, had already passed
,o1ithout stopping, and as the writer
annroached. another car swept sCoIn
fully by. The old man looReo ,;n neip
lessly about, and then remos d che
p Dso paniration from his wrinkled brow.
INV Cod" he muttered ,,i hoa thtsi,'
E"tnS gold rush was never Ike Lniso
menyer attributes it's oVerwnea1rl1-
ing popularity this year 70 'hS r~ales.
quakes occurring at Nave no frightened
Wn1cn' +nTrists away from California
di NO ysent them to Colorado. BuC III
ssmuch as the cloudbursts occur gno9
| in Colorado have WrousnI 4he
deal more damage SO o Is on the
sns+ we are inclined to think tna.
t,oa Tourist tide has turned IN t haV,Gd1
IF Denver not because II Is +Lines
hut because Denver makes
| so pleasant Tor IT,
A Pine Automobile Camp
Tn the first place, one OF the ia To- To-
automobile camps IN the I,os the
e gaze citv to recognize the needs OIL
49, automobile tourist and 70 Pr
liz Ia q municipal camping grouno ~
hie comfort and convenience: tain
ty-acre tract beside RoGARy citv' has
axe axe laid out and equipped for tne
e peea nse of motorists who WISH ~
Itch their tents by the Waysloe'
There. under a protecting grove 81
trees, you can park your Ewing
make your camp W1ehout mn The
about water and 1uei, u, ti CON
siSerations in choosing camp slIe,
Sc +haae are supplied by the CITY. ~
addition. there are electrlc cooAnS
ranges. shower baths, January anu
soft-drink stand, while groceries e.
delivered from the city, so tnaI unS
traveIing motorist is able to rougn
Il Il With the same degree Of ease that
| he enjoys in dwelling In a CITY ap s.l
mont The only perQuisites iacklns
are a movie auditorium and Depart
ment store.
This camp de luxe is naturally a
great drawing card to vacatfonlsts
| touring the country in their motor
cars. Last year, it is estimated,
total of 4,676 cars were parked on
the grounds and over $4,000 persons
took advantage of it's facilities. This
year, according to the authorities, it
is accommodating almost twice as
| many.
Another convenience maintained by
the city for the benefit of visitors
is a tourists free information bureau,
which tells you all about the places
you should see and how to get there,
and otherwise acts as a sort of com
bined Baedeker and Cook service. AS
there are fourteen one-day trips into
the mountains and thirty-eight short
scenic, rail, trolley and auto trips
to points Of interest, the bewildered
tourist is desperately in need Of such
assistance.
Denver itself possesses many spe-
cial features of interest to the sight
seer, but with the Continental Di-
vide dominating the horizon Of the
city, the average tourist usually
gives one look and then exclaims,
Lead me to the. mountains All
the tallest Colorado peaks are there
In full view, with the exception of
Pixies peak. which is concealed from
the average eye by distance and mist
but is always observable to the ma
tives. On a clear day, some of the
| mountains appear so near that you
can almost count the spruce trees
tied weather they look like long,
scalloped gray cloud barely visible
against the darker gray of the sky.
Many Places to Go
AS a matter Of fact, the nearest
ones are fifteen miles away, and one
Of the shortest auto trips from Dem
yer to the mountains covers seven
ty-f1ve miles and takes half a day
This is the trip through the Denver
municipal mountain park system, the
most popular of all the fourteen
mountain Journeys, leading first to
the City of Golden. the old capital
OF c COLORADO dorado, and 9TH, the home Of the
Lookout Mountain. Not until you
reach Golden. which lies at the foot
of the mountains, do you realize how
high they are and how apparently
tortuous the trail which your auto
mobile is going to ascend. .
On the day that we made the trip
as member of tourist party or
usually a morose. disappointed-look-
ing person, was for some reason in
an exceedingly jubilant mood He
had humorously fancy name for
every tree or rock that we passed,
and when we reached Golden he
account of the hazards we were
about to face on the climb up Look
out Mountain. Unfortunately, how
ever, the back seat of the car was
occupied by a couple of southern Ia
dies who took his harangue quite lit
orally and who became so frighten-
ed at the prospect of driving over
the so-called Lariat Trail that they
insisted upon getting out Of the ma
chine.
But I can't make the trip for any
less" objected the disconnected
guide. (He was referring to fares.)
"Oh, we will pay for our share
just the same" declared one of the
ladies magnanimously. but I sim
ply can't go up that mountain.
had no idea it would be like that.
I'm from New Orleans where we're
at sea level or barely above it, and
know the altitude would make me
sick. And just look at the way that