. To California and back; . This Alpine land of prodigious scenery andinspiriting air, and of phenomenal mineral andagricultural wealth, we now enter upon thewest. Every successive scene is an event,every turn of the way a revelation, advancingin ascending climaxes. From Grand Junction, at the confluence ofthe Grand and Gunnison rivers, to ColoradoSprings the traveler may choose between theroute of the Midland direct and thatof the Denver &^ Rio Grande via intermediate points are common toboth, namely, Glenwood Springs, Leadville andBuena Vista, not to mention INIanitou,

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. To California and back; . This Alpine land of prodigious scenery andinspiriting air, and of phenomenal mineral andagricultural wealth, we now enter upon thewest. Every successive scene is an event,every turn of the way a revelation, advancingin ascending climaxes. From Grand Junction, at the confluence ofthe Grand and Gunnison rivers, to ColoradoSprings the traveler may choose between theroute of the Midland direct and thatof the Denver &^ Rio Grande via intermediate points are common toboth, namely, Glenwood Springs, Leadville andBuena Vista, not to mention INIanitou, which isclosely connected with Colorado Springs by atrolley line as well. Each route crosses theContinental Divide at a great altitude, and pre-sents a rapid succession of extraordinaryscenes, in which valley, peak, gorge, cliff,meadow, forest, lake and torrent are com-bined and contrasted. 148.

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