Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-09
Miss Hudson Writes
of Life in Colorado
1924 Pine Street,
Boulder, Colorado,
April II, 1928.

Mr. A. L. Sherman
Lancaster, Wis.
Dear Mr.. Sherman:
Find enclosed $3.50 to pay for an
other years subscription to the Her.
aid. We have not missed a single
copy since coming to Colorado and
should be disappointed indeed if it
did not make it's regular appearance
by the Saturday noon post.
The climate and scenery of this
section of Colorado are delightful.
The winter was so mild as not to
seem like winter at all. Today has
been like a May day in Wisconsin.
Gardening is going forward at a
rapid rate and early spring flowers
are in bloom. The summers are not
unpleasantly warm either. The cool
breeze from the mountains tempers
the heat considerably.
Boulder is twenty-nine miles north
east of Denver on the Union Pacific
railroad. 1t is built at the very foot
of the Rockies and because of it's fine
scenery and healthful climate is a
great favorite with tourists. Thous-
ands of people come here every sum-
mer to spend their vacations. A great
many southern people come to escape
the heat. There are two large auto
camps near the mouth of Boulder
Canon and they are always full. One
sees cars from nearly every state in
the Union. I think two-thirds of the
population of Colorado are, or have
been at some time, health-seekers.
The climate is wonderfully beneficial
to those with lung trouble and about
the first question asked newcomer
is: did you come here for your
health?" | have met very few Wis
consin people, but every third person
seems to be from Iowa There seems
to be a good many health-seekers
from the Middle and South Atlantic
state too.
The University of Colorado is To-
Gated at Boulder and has a student
body of about four thousand. This is
an ideal place for a college. There
are many Hiking Clubs" and the
students think nothing of walking and
climbing fifteen miles in a day. We
had our first experience in mountain
climbing a few weeks after we came
here This high altitude makes the
heart beat so fast at first that it is
best to get accustomed to the heights
gradually. We climbed Flagstaff
mountain one Sunday afternoon and
thought it was pretty hard work. We
were amply repaid by the splendid
view of lofty snow capped peaks as
we looked away toward the west.
Arapahoe Peak, just west of Boulder,
is over thirteen thousand feet high
and Longs Peak, about thirty miles
northwest, but in full view when we
get out little distance on the plains,
is over fourteen thousand feet in
height.
The canons are we'll worth seeing
too. Most of them have fine auto
roads built by convict labor. In some
places the canon walls are so steep
and high that the sky, as we look up,
appears like blue ribbon overhead.
There is always a foaming mountain
stream plunging down these canons
which is a source of delight to the
trout fisherman There is also an
abundance of big game in the noun
tains.
Boulder gets it's water supply from
the melting snow in the mountains
and there are several large reservoirs
above the city. Farming is carried on
by means of irrigation and everyone
was glad because of the abundance OF
snow in the mountains this winter
Colorado may have a finer climate
and more beautiful scenery than Wis
consin, but the farms cannot COM
pare with those in Wisconsin. Some
of our Grant county farmers would
think bankruptcy or starvation was
to be their portion if they had crops
such as some of these farms produce.
The principal crops are wheat, alTal-
ia, potatoes and sugar beets. One
never sees hogs here. There are large
cattle ranches of thousands of acres
out on the plains and also large