Identifier: pacifictourist1879will (find matches)
Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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ys Peal; a tour of a life-time, the grandest of all mountains in Colorado.Its ascent is very easy, and costs but trifling.No tourist should omit it. as you can behold ina clear day a sea of mountains, and a vision of500 miles l>efoie your astonislied gaze. The Midtl/r l*ark. — From (ieorgpto^\-nalso is a splendid wagon road to the /// SulphurSprinfjs, Mlilti/e Park: ihese are excellent forall who feel the need of health.—a grand placefor camping parties. West of here is rich fish-ing and hunting, and the nceufry o( the Cnnnnof the (Jraml, on the west, or Grand Lake on theeast, is verv attractive. From this place one cantravel on horseback the entire distance acrossthe mountains to Itah. with little inconvenience,trails already existing in the valleys of rivers. Srenern of Southern Co/orado, — re-quires more staging, but is still more trrandthan that of Nortliern Colorado. Here are therichest njines recently discovered, which pro-duce half a million dollars per week. This sec-
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TRE ^.-icxFic rorjiisr. 81 tiori of country is divi<led into two parts. Thefirst being via tlie Dent-er, South Park, and Pa-ci/ic ItuUioad which is tlie principal route toLeadoUle the new mining EMorudo. The scen-ery near here is most inspiring. The canonstraversed by the K. W. are lull of ruggedbeauty, wiiile a.scMi<iing the Patn (amm, thegrad»j is often 140 feet to the mile, and tliegorges between the mountains are oftfii 2.W ) feetJiigh. The stige ride to Leadville is very easy,aciovs thu South Turk, in view of the gloriousmountains. At Fairplay you can take horses foran ascent up Monnt Lincoln, 11,J!)1) fe«t high.The view here is finer than from Iikes Peak.Around is seen a sea of snow capped peaks andat its base a little gem of a lake. The sec )nd route to the scenery of SouthernColorado is via the Denver and llin Grande Rnd-wnv. From C^mon City, no finer ride is pos-sible than an excursion to Rosiia, and return,thence a trip to the (irand Canon of the Ar-kaus;is, and a st

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