. The great West: a vast empire. A comprehensive history of the trans-Mississippi states and territories. Containing detailed statistics and other information in support of the movement for deep harbors on the Texas-Gulf coast /by Dana. do better anywhere in theUnited States than to come to Colorado. When it comes to a consideration of the rain and snow-fall inColorado, a very few facts will suffice. The average of rain and snow(melted) is inches, as against inches in Jacksonville, Boston, in New York, and in Los Angeles. Of inches, the greater pa
. The great West: a vast empire. A comprehensive history of the trans-Mississippi states and territories. Containing detailed statistics and other information in support of the movement for deep harbors on the Texas-Gulf coast /by Dana. do better anywhere in theUnited States than to come to Colorado. When it comes to a consideration of the rain and snow-fall inColorado, a very few facts will suffice. The average of rain and snow(melted) is inches, as against inches in Jacksonville, Boston, in New York, and in Los Angeles. Of inches, the greater part falls in the spring and summermonths. In winter the ground is nearly free from snow, for when snowdoes fall it is quickly licked up by the dry breezes or drunk up by theporous soil. This dryness of the soil conduces to an out-of-door lifeby inviting to driving, riding, walking, climbing, tennis, polo and allsorts of sports. Moreover, the absence of snow and soil moisturedoes away with wet feet, so frequent a cause of colds, an aggravationto consumption. Fogs are almost unknown. The question of the temperature of the Colorado climate is oneof the most difficult to treat, because it involves the consideration of The Grkat West. 113. 114 The Gbeat West. the difference between day and night, between the sun and the shade,between mountain and plain, between month and month. Broadlyspeaking, the days of the summer months are uncomfortably hot in the cities, but even then the nights are cool, requiring that one becovered with a blanket, so as to be comfortable. There is no denying the fact that Denver, and even ColoradoSprings, were intolerably hot this past summer. Even admitting this,the advocates of this climate can respond that the invalid should go tothe mountains, where in Estes Park, JVIanitou Park, Georgetown, Pon-cha Springs, Twin Lakes, and other places he can breathe the purestair and have comfort. But the main consideration is one of the win-ter months, say from Septemb
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