The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-08

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miles away No one else that l have
known has been able to see the
peak from this distance, but zen
is dead. so why debate 1t !?
Pike'ssP Peak is high enough, 1000
feet above the village of Manitou,
and $4,000 and more above the sea,
and majestic enough although pos
! sibly lacking the beauty of the
snow.capped Sierras, but. the thing
i that has marked Pixies Peak for
a century or more is that it is the
/ first mountain seen by the west.
ward traveller across the continent.
] pixies Peak or Bust was the
jlegend upon ten thousand prairie
schooners in the long. long trek
across the plains to Oregon and
| California in AZ. t'4S and 40, and
/: for a decade afterward the bleach.
/ ing bones of hundred thousand
j oxen and mules along that trail
gave mute proof of the tragic al.
tentative pixies Peak or Bust"
/ said the Missourians and for them
pixies Peak was never reached.
! Different Now
/; Today the legend is changed to
read, Pixies Peak and Bust for
unless you're well lined with the
LIZ UNA VI SO11Il1SlSC oo nv at
| tempt the pilgrimage to Colorado
Springs or the Peak. The citizens
of Colorado Springs have system
of toll gathering which has never
! been equaled in any part Of the
| world at any time and which still
excites the admiration of the trav.
eler- Trained in psychology they
seem to know to an astonishing de.
gree of accuracy the financial con.
dition of each applicant at the
city's gates There is one story go.
ing the rounds of traveller who
pawned his railroad ticket to pay
his hotel bill
The rates at the Broadmoor-
| that is the regular rates-are.
understand s25 day, but Of
course, not having stopped there,
! ! do not knowS about that All !
! know is that after looking me over
! carefully, noting the size and sar.
torial equipment of the mem bers
of my party and generally giving
us the once over" our auto coch.
err advised us to take " cheaper
! wanted to insul: us, but because
he wanted part of the loot him.
self.
Everything in and about Colo
RADIO Springs is owned by someone.
God has no monopoly on anything
| but the sunset and the thunder.
storms Anyone, by securing a com.
! Portable seat, can enjoy either, Of
! these manifestations without m on.
ey and without price
! Pixies Peak is reached in two
i ways, by a cogwheel railroad which
| charges SIS. and by an auto high.
way. the owners of which charge
! So Der passenger in addition to the
Irregular schedule of fare. You'd
/; think the state of Colorado would
| take over the Pixies Peak high.
way. but they evidently don't be-
/: lieve in government ownership
here. Anyway, you have to put up
your So.
Then there is the Garden of the
Gods. known to every traveller. You
hire an auto to drive out seven
miles to 1.-The. garden" and are In
formed en- route that a considerable
/! mushroom park the hanging
| rock" and other natural wonders
/ have been fenced Oft by the own
er, one McGurk.
More Half-DolIars
| Well pretty soon you come to
McGurk standing in the door Of
his toll gate, ready to collect four
bits each from you to see his por.
ton OF the landscape, but your
driver tells you to cut him OUT
I, and you do.
| Later in the day YOU think yoh
would like to go out to Cheyenne
Canyon and the Seven Falls So
you hire an auto for the trip, only
to be Informed that another half
| dollar per person must be paid to
the private owner of the toll road
leading to the falls and that. hay-
ing passed this gate, you can walk
or drive as you prefer and buy all
the souvenirs you have money to
pay for.
To get the best view OF Pixies
Peak at sunset you should have 4
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