. The Promised land: information for the visitor to the world's fair, Chicago, 1893 . A STRIKING COMPARISON! THE HOLY LAND AND UTAH. 15 Grand Canyon of the Arkansas and theRoyal Gorge., climbs the dizzy height ofMarshall Pass, and shoots through thenever-to-be-forgotten Black Canyon of theGunnison. (3) The Colorado Midland route takesyou by the doorway of the Garden of theGods, under the shadows of Pikes Peak,through the pass renowned for its beauty,through Leadville and the famous Hager-man tunnel — 11,528 feet, or more thantwo miles above the level of the sea — thendown the western slope of
. The Promised land: information for the visitor to the world's fair, Chicago, 1893 . A STRIKING COMPARISON! THE HOLY LAND AND UTAH. 15 Grand Canyon of the Arkansas and theRoyal Gorge., climbs the dizzy height ofMarshall Pass, and shoots through thenever-to-be-forgotten Black Canyon of theGunnison. (3) The Colorado Midland route takesyou by the doorway of the Garden of theGods, under the shadows of Pikes Peak,through the pass renowned for its beauty,through Leadville and the famous Hager-man tunnel — 11,528 feet, or more thantwo miles above the level of the sea — thendown the western slope of the mountainsthrough Glenwood Springs, a well-knownresort, and to the common terminus ofall three routes, Grand Junction, on thewestern border of Colorado. ©ver tbe XHtab 3Boun&ar£. AT GRAND JUNCTION the solid ves-tibuled trains pass without the lossof a minute upon that magnificenthighway, the Rio Grande Western Rail-way. Now you are headed for Utah, andin a few minutes you are rushing acrossthe boundary into the historic With awe I watch the sun go down. Across the Great Salt Lake,The mountains don their golden crown,The soaring seagulls circle round,The gentle billows break. And when I scan whats made for man,To make his heart grow glad, With wonderment my heart I hush; I feel the flush of shames hot blush,Because my soul is sad. 17 You are passing along under the tower-ing cliffs that stand like everlasting sen-tinels above the Grand River, and treatedto an ever-changing panorama of ruggednatural beauty. Prominent among thescenes are Giants Citadel, Ruby Amphi-theatre and Flamingo Rocks. Far awayto the south you behold the purple shapesof mountains in New Mexico and Ari-zona. In crossing the short desert asplendid view of the Book Cliffs is ob-tained. Suddenly you bring up at GreenRiver Station — an island of green in adesert sea — and you behold the wonderfultransformation wrought by the applica-tion of water to a once barren soil. On you go, throug
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