The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . ion. The scenery is sovaried that there is no semblance of monotony, and each is impressivelygrand in its own individual way. Nor should the tourist omit the rideto the summit of Pikes Peak. In 1885, the ascent was extremelydifficult, and had to be made on mule back, but now there is a railway, thata digression may profitably be made to describe. The preliminary surveys for this road* were commenced in April, 1888, * This description of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad was contributed by Mr. J. , of Denver. 18 The YosemitP, Alaska, and the Y
The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . ion. The scenery is sovaried that there is no semblance of monotony, and each is impressivelygrand in its own individual way. Nor should the tourist omit the rideto the summit of Pikes Peak. In 1885, the ascent was extremelydifficult, and had to be made on mule back, but now there is a railway, thata digression may profitably be made to describe. The preliminary surveys for this road* were commenced in April, 1888, * This description of the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad was contributed by Mr. J. , of Denver. 18 The YosemitP, Alaska, and the Yellowstone. under the immediate supervision of Mr. D. E. Briggs, chief engineer of theDenver and Rio Grande Railroad. On the 1st of April, Mr. T. , chief engineer, and his assistants, reached the top of the Peakwith four days rations, in a very severe snowstorm. It was impossible forthem to leave the protecting walls of the old Government station, built ofstone, until compelled to join the main body on account of hunger, and it. Fig. 15. The Seven Falls, Cheyenne Canon, Colorado. took them ten hours to travel the one and a half miles to do so. Suchexperiences were frequent until June, when the snow had melted and thelabour was less dangerous and more easy. On September 28, 1889, gradingwas begun at the summit, and before the winter storms set in, three milesof roadbed were completed. In 1890 three additional miles were graded,the road was practically finished, and some testing trials and excursionsmade. The objective point, or upper terminus of the railway, which has beenbuilt for the same purpose as those up the Rigi, Mont Pilatus, and othersummits of favourite summer resort, is at the top of the perpetually snow- Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad. 19 mantled summit of Pikes Peak, 14,336 ft. above the sea level. Its lowerterminal is Manitou. And here, before proceeding, let us say a word aboutManitou. As with Pikes Peak—though its historic notoriety is less wide-sp
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