. A description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific system, "the overland route." . inues along the caiion properto Idaho Springs, Georgetown, and over the celebrated Loop to SilverPlume and Graymont at the foot of Grays Peak. The cafion is a marvelous cliff, worn through the solid rock by Clear Creek,dashing and roaring near the track, which crosses it at short intervals. Itssides, timeworn in a thousand grotesque forms, rise from 500 to 1,500 feet,making the sky look like a narrow strip. In places there are intersecting gullies,through which rivulets come
. A description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific system, "the overland route." . inues along the caiion properto Idaho Springs, Georgetown, and over the celebrated Loop to SilverPlume and Graymont at the foot of Grays Peak. The cafion is a marvelous cliff, worn through the solid rock by Clear Creek,dashing and roaring near the track, which crosses it at short intervals. Itssides, timeworn in a thousand grotesque forms, rise from 500 to 1,500 feet,making the sky look like a narrow strip. In places there are intersecting gullies,through which rivulets come silvering down, and the sunlight strikes across thesombre caiion. Trees grow thick in places, and crown a portion of the heights. At there is a pavilion for dancing and other accommodationsfor picnickers. From Forks Creek the road branches off to Black Hawk and Central City,two towns really merging into one. They are but little over a mile apart inactual distance, yet to reach Central City from Black Hawk the train passes overfour miles of marvelously constructed track called the Switch Back,passing;,. Estes Dome, Estes Park, Colorado—reached via the Union Pacific Ry, (;?2) >n ^* <^ S -^ \^2 ^v SKdK. .,\ J^ -n s -r- \ ^ <i, *. ■-V 42 ^ J/C^*^ V* ii o, hjr ■^■J *? ■*.^ ;^ -J ^^..^ ■^r^. •%. ^o ■i§. u v-=.1 ,11 Q. [//▼ \^. J- :^, 5=4. Jut- ■t^r^ •J S5 <?H rA°=*;5 =^-te-L»f<- ^ol I ecuj^ n-i* ;*, •!•5rP« >v ^ IS ?v,^. 1^. [^^ ^! : rT^ l!l^ / 2 <-] J^C^ ii. -£.-«• t ^1 if-A-hi^v:^-MVi V Kji^ *V^i ^ o2^<l X FOR HEALTH AND PLEASURE, 33 as it rises, the dumps of famous mines, and above crushing and grinding Central City there is a good stage line to Idaho Springs, so that these sprmgsare also accessible from Central City, and the journey affords a view seldomsurpassed. From Forks Creek the road winds along the main cailon, through IdahoSprings to Georgetown. This town is built on silver-bearing soil, an
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