The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-01-29
L.sssss From cslosado.
145o ciarkscn st., Denver. Coiui
January 10. 1920.


an attempt, as follows
/ Co'o-ado is about twice as large
az Mississippi and has less than
one half The population. The state
Is bounded on the East by wind
mills and sand dunes, on the South
by Cliff dwellers' ruins and curio
hunters, on the West by COW boys
and rattle snakes, and on the North
by boot leggers. fnd it is rolled up
in the middle to a stupendous
height Of l6, 900 feet, and ii beat
any state | ever saw for divorce
suits and deer tracks.
There are only CT counties il
Colorado and the county Of Las An
iimls would make two states III
size Of Delaware md then have lS4
rquare miles lift for a park.
| have been in 26 counties Of The
state, and have crossed the Cent?
mental divide six different times Oh
five different routes, have seen most
all the noted places OF mountain
scenery and some OF the mo I
crooked railroads in the world.
The ID d s L road that runs from
Denver to Craig in N. w. Colorado
traverses some Of the toughest and
most mountainous parts OF tie state
! travelled over this road once from
Craig to Denver and my experience
was to wait % hours at Craig for a
past due train. After leaving Craig
we ran or crawled IL miles and
came to a trestle over Bear river.
where one bent hal washed out BY
the flood waters OF melting snow,
and the train had to wait there I'M
I'll the trestle was repaired, so tn
passengers all got of and walked
two miles to Hayden in order t.
get lunch. We caugh. the train
six hours later az it came through
We were n hours making 255 miles
Near Toponas we entered the
Egera Canyon, where the road was
carved in the side of mountain OF
solid granite stone for a distance oil
about IL miles On this IL miles
we passed through 10 tunnels and
Over six irestles. also We pissed over
the double horse shoe and letter S
curves il anyone had fal Ell off the
train they would have rollel into a
roaring stream of water 1900 fee
below the track. One mile of this
track cost $250,0)0.
About shutdown we entered Go e
Canyon on the Grand river, wher
there was inst room enough for Il e
river, and the road was blasted out
OF cliff II solid granite stone whic!
roseto height Of 1000 feet above
the river.
Next morning we were ia MIDI e
Park near Tabernash encircling can
yons and winding our way up the
west slope of the great divide.
Some of the most noted places
we passed were Gibraltar Rock.
Dixie Lake, Giants Ladder, Peak
View, and Fish Creek Falls, where
the water leaps for hundreds Of feet
down the side of the mountain. AT
Grand View one can see from the
car window an ocean of mountains
for a hundred miles or more. A
few miles further and we met our.
selves going back. Yes. here is
where we loop the loop, the track
runs through a tunnel. then encir
Giles a small mountain and crosses
over the tunnel we previously pass, d
through. On this loop we passed
freight train that was drawn up e
mountain lay six big mountain
climbing engines. =
Next comes the crest Of tn, Con
tinent, where you can play snow
ball in July. In June | saw snow
there which must have been twent,
feet deep, and near there is tht
Top o. the World" where you
can look down & thousand feet be
low you and see the road make q
horse sl.oe curve around Yankee
Doodle Lake. We are now IL $3.50
feet above sea level.
AT Corona we start the descent
of the eastern slope of the Great
Divide Down, down we go thru
the beautiful snow-tipped. majesti,
ranges OF the Rockies. Now lock
and you can. see four differ, Mt sec
tons OF the tack at one time wind
ing in the form of W below ,ol
| have never seen such a railloll
either Tor steepness or senarosity.
The train m.yes slowly alon,
lodges cut into the m untain sides.
n Nv burrow:ng tlrsugh anobstruc
ton, now creeping from one noun.
tain to another. Now slipping on,
upon sky-high terrace command.
ing view of huLd-ods Of miles o.
the majestic Il ckies, NJ wind.r
its way around dizzy cl II wh;c
seems to leap out over cha ms il. O
which one looks with Il lind OF ae. |
hiring terri, then tuning fac
about an revealing the m lin chan.
of the r ckies, which glitter 81.
pelbly with eternal ice and snow. i
lfthere was ha If mile II stra !.
rack between Steamboat Springs
md Denver did not zee L.