Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-12
HOW WELL DO YOU
KNOW YOUR COUNTY
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sighted. Excellent roads, good fish
ing, and scenery are the Inducements
Of this trip.
Probably the best fishing in Colo
rs.do can be found in Taylor River Up
the beautiful canon by that name ~
the upper end Of the canon the roads
are rough. but in time they VIII De
improved 30 that the wonderful rlde
into Union and Taylor Parks Will be
q pleasure and not q hardship as II Is
II present. People from the east ami
south who come TO Taylor canon every
year 10 camp are loud in the praises
Of this spot
Forest camping ground above town,
good fishing and 4 visit 20 the state
FISH hatchery are few Of the things
that make visit 10 Pitan interest
ing. Excellent hotel accommodation
and numerous sid. trips from PItldn
afford fine place for one TO spend a
vacation. Good roads make this spot
more accessible than some, altho the
roads are not up to standard ugh;
now.
About twenty miles from GuHnisou
up the main road TO Pitkin is tho
village of Ohio City. From here, up
Gold Creek to the Carter, Sandy Hook
Raymond and Gold Links mines-what
some would say was real straight-up-
and-down" wild mountain scenery car
I be viewed. Gold Greek, n cold noun
I tain stream in which the fishing is fine
rlshes down a narrow canon which /:
I rich in scenic beauty. Wild flower
and also Wild raspberires and straw,
I berries grow in abundance along til:
stream and on the mountain sides.
Waunita Hot Radium Springs, be-
sides affording all the sports and
pleasures Of an up-to-date summer
resort offers the curative powers o!
the radium springs 10 many who como
from all over the United States "a
be healed by the waters. Many
eastern people, besides the invalids
spend every summer at the Springs
and enjoy mountain climbing on To-
MICH Dome and other peaks. Fishing
is fairly good at the resort. A new
$4,000 club house adds 10 the attrac-
tion there.
Take a trip to Whitepine-the old
mining camp which lies in the heart
Of the mountain-by way Of Waunita
and return by Sargents This loop
trip affords some good fishing as
Tomicm creek rises about six miles
above Whitepine and is the home of
the natives. People of Eastern Colo
rado spend some time every summe
camping around Whitepine.
A tifty-mile outing, sixteen of it
over the new government road-a
marvellous piece of road engineering
invites one 10 take the ride TO the top
Of Monarch pass, delightful days
journey. While taking this excursion,
you are touring at 'the top Of the
world" and when one stops at the
summit TO view the surrounding
country, he is standing at an altitude
Of li.0o0 fet- The trip could be pro-
longed to Salida, % miles further
and il makes nice days airing. Last
Sunday a number of Gunnison folks
made the trip and returned.
For good, long motor ride over
excellent highways thru the noun
tains, the ride to Cochetopa pass and
Saguache, is a trip worth while. For
a fishing side trip one can turn up Los
Pinos creek.
II you want glimpse of Gunnison
county's famous cattle and hay
ranches, motor ride over to Powder
horn shows the resources Of the coun-
ty in the stock raising line to best
advantage. Fishing in Cebolla creek
and plunge in the hot baths are 9TH
er inducements for taking this ride.
Going up Cebolla valley to Lake
City and extending the trip four
miles to beautiful Lake San Christie
bal, one of the largest natural bodies
of water in the state where fishing and
boating are the order of pleasures,
one gets out of Gunnison county into
Hinsdale county which is famous all
over the country for its mining re-
soudces.
Over the Rainbow Route the trip
to the Halfway House on Blue Mesa
is the Mecca for many tourists. Fish
ing and delightfully."- cool picnic spots