The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
ARE MONUMENTS
OF A CONTINENT
This Is the Name Given
TO Dizzy Heights
Of Colorado
HISTORIC PIXIES PEAK
Railroad Ride Above Clouds
Is Only One Of the Many
Wonderful Experiences

The Monument NJ tho Continent
No term could be- NOR, fitting See
rome and buld IL stood, H mobile mon
umcnt throughout tho myrIud N'uTG
that FpauuDG Tho ,yC'ug ~ HuilIuliy.
Stl GRIND ana VEillut, its tuow-
crowned crest gave 20 tho tuillug
pathfindors the first glad signal that
there we're limits 20 tho drcnry waste
~ plain. For the pioneers that fol-
lowed, II served not only as "a mouu-
mental landmark, but its name stood
for all the vast country whose border
u guardcd--not only the known re
FionB but that greater stretch or
awesome mountain mystery And
row, the Fwiftcr and more luXutioue
traveller. In his iourneyings toward
tho setting sun, halls II first as he
speeds across the plain. and II
ever 30 f1miiiar--gngcg eagerly md
with qulckencd pulScs NJ the lessen
Ing distance expands ita majesty ana
beauty 10 his view
Pixies Peak IL history strange
and hushed romance. Oblivion wells
fts mystic past No crumbling
parchmcnts hint It's thrilling tales.
Yet Il Is older, 40 scientists rolato,
than regions that are thus Eazctted.
Men lived aud wrought and van
ishcd In that long ago. The great
white mountain watched Il all. and
locked the secret IN It's mighty
breast
beginning with its first recorded
discovery In 1906. Pixies Peak saw
buster times The irL'on passed
through varying vlcissitudos. and
now an empire lies within tho noun
tain's shade. Enormous riches crowd
its depths and lurk about Its base;
the hum of industry Is waited on
It's breeze.
These are subjects that could well
FIJI volumes. But II In Pixies Peak
Itself. It's scenic attractions and lts
unique railway, thar form the pur-
pose OF this sketch,
A Railroad itido Above the Clouds.
Engelman's Glen ls one OF tho
beauty spots Of earth. IL is place
to lio supino and rost; to listen to the
voices of the swaylng pines and the
music of lmpid. purling stream;
TO gaze on a world OF color. TO fcnst
on natures grace; to breathe Gods
puret air and offer up a prayer Of
thanSfulness to Him for all 1ie has
bestowed,
Al the mouth OF Engclmnn's Gicn,
close to the fmous Ute Iron Spring,
is the Manltou station OF the Cog
Wheel route. The electric road from
Colorado Springs through Manitou
terminates at the station platform
Here the start Is made for the ride
above tho clouds.
At first the intercsr In centcrod In
the novel train, but after the start
the attention IL quickly diverted to
the SURROUNDINGS. As the glen mar
rows, its attractivoncss expands. one
of the stcepest grades on the line is
encountered soon after leaving the
Manitou station. The glen soon
merges into canyon like dcfilc.
The train hugs the lcrt-hand wall,
beneath dizzy. piuc-clad heights. ON
the right is a yawnlhg gulch, ana
the Ruxton chruns and splashes
through n bed OF giant houldors. At
times the rivulot IL hidden beneath
n confused mass OF rocks. big as a
house; but farther along II reap
pears, foaminR, clamoring. rioting
Anon little parks open up In tho
chasm, and quaint ana striking pic
lures form