The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . d colors. It is impos-sible to convey an adequate ideaof it by pen, pencil or brush. The rocks are of granite and redsandstone; the former so hard inplaces as to almost turn the edgeof a good steel drill, the other softenough, here and there, to be whit-tled with a jackknife. The imagesvarv in hei^rht from 100 to 200 feet. Balanced Rock is a boulder, weighing about 275 tons, thirty-five feet in diameter near thetop, and resting upon a base four feet across,— As if an infants hand might urgeIts
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . d colors. It is impos-sible to convey an adequate ideaof it by pen, pencil or brush. The rocks are of granite and redsandstone; the former so hard inplaces as to almost turn the edgeof a good steel drill, the other softenough, here and there, to be whit-tled with a jackknife. The imagesvarv in hei^rht from 100 to 200 feet. Balanced Rock is a boulder, weighing about 275 tons, thirty-five feet in diameter near thetop, and resting upon a base four feet across,— As if an infants hand might urgeIts headlong passage down the verge. The Manitou Journal says : — The Grand Caverns were accidentally discovered by their present owner, Mr. GeorgeSnider, in the spring of 1881, while hunting deer, but were not opened to the public until1885, since which time thousands of visitors have passed through them. They are locatedone and a half miles from Manitou amid some of the most diversified scenery. The drive upUte Pass, along the mountain side, is pleasant and picturesque. The view to be obtained. GATEWAY TO THE GARDEN OF THE GODS. 244 riOXEERS OF 49.
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