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Title: The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ...
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913. Great Plains and desert. 1881
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad
Publisher: New York : Adams & Bishop
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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he ascent of Grays Peak, 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 before your astonished gaze. Tlie Middle Park. — From Georgetownalso is a splendid wagon road to the Hot SulphurSprings, Middle Park. These 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 scenery of the Canonof the Grand, on the west, or Grand Lake on theeast, is very attractive. From this place one cantravel on horseback the entire distance acrossthe mountains to Utah, with little inconvenience,trails already existing in the valleys of rivers. Scenery of Southern Colorado, — re-quires more staging, but is still more grandthan that of Northern Colorado. Here are therichest mines recently discovered, which pro-duce half a million dollars per week. This sec-
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81 tion of country is divided into two parts. Thefirst being via tlie Dencer, South Park, and Pn-cific RaUioad which is the principal loiite toLeadoiUe the new mining Eldorado. The scen-ery near here is nio.st inspiring. The canonstraversed by the R. W. are lull ot ruggedbeauty, while asc niding the Plate Canon, thegrade is often 140 feet to the mile, and thegorges between the mountains are often 2,00J feethigli. The stage ride to Leadville is very easy,across the South Park, in view of the gloriousmountains. At Fairplay you can take horses foran ascent up Mount Lincoln, 14,299 feet high.The view heie is finer than from Pikes Peak.Around is seen a sea of snow capped peaks andat its base a little gem of a lake. The secjud route to the scenery of SouthernColorado is via the Denver and llio Grande Rod-way. From Canon City, no finer ride is pos-sible than an excursion to Rosila, and retui-n,thence a trip to the Grand Canon of the Ar-kansas, and a stage ride up the Arkansas val-to Twin Lak

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