. "Around the circle." . ght, then the left, then the right one be-yond strike our view, each one half obscured by its fellow in front, each showingitself level browed with its comrades as we come even with it, each a score ofhundreds of dizzy feet in height, rising perpendicularly from the water andthe track, splintered atop into airy pinnacles, braced behind against the al-most continental mass through which the chasm has been cleft. This is theRoyal Gorge. The following is a description of the points of interest in the exact orderon the Trip Around the Circle, starting from Denver : Castle
. "Around the circle." . ght, then the left, then the right one be-yond strike our view, each one half obscured by its fellow in front, each showingitself level browed with its comrades as we come even with it, each a score ofhundreds of dizzy feet in height, rising perpendicularly from the water andthe track, splintered atop into airy pinnacles, braced behind against the al-most continental mass through which the chasm has been cleft. This is theRoyal Gorge. The following is a description of the points of interest in the exact orderon the Trip Around the Circle, starting from Denver : Castle Rock.—32 miles from Denver, east side of track. A bold andremarkable promontory rising from the plain. Casa Blanca.—50 miles from Denver, between Greenland station andPalmer Lake, west side of track. An enormous white rock, 1,000 feet longand 200 feet high, presenting the appearance of a castle. Palmer ;ake.—52 miles from Denver. A beautiful sheet of wateron the exact summit of the Divide, altitude 7,238 Around the Circle. 43 Glen —Half mile south of Palmer Lake, west side of Chautauqua. Phoebes Arch.—One mile south of Palmer Lake, east side of natural archway through a massive, castled rock of red sandstone. Monument Park.—65 miles from Denver, distant view, west side oftrack, from Edgerton station. A natural park filled with fantastic and imita-tive rock formations. Pikes Peak.—75 miles from Denver, 5 miles from Colorado most famous peak of the Rockies, altitude 14,147 feet. Easy of ascentfrom Manitou. 3Ianitou Springs.—Manitou branch, 80 miles from Denver, 5 milesfrom Colorado Springs. The Saratoga of the West. Popular summer resort,wonderful effer\-escent and medicinal springs. Surrounded by more objectsof interest than any other pleasure resort in the world, including Garden ofthe Gods, Glen Eyrie, Red Rock Canon, Crystal Park, -Engle-mans Canon, Williams Cafion, Manitou Grand Caverns, Cave ofthe Winds,
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