. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. ream reaches that point from above cannot be seen, and the picture is that of astrong jet of water bursting from an orifice through the crimson wall, and fallinginto rainbow-arched mist and a tangle of grateful foliage that hides its furtherflowing. The town has one hotel of great magnificence worthy of a city of ten times itspopulation, besides a good supply of other hostelries of a less splendid is a health resort wo
. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. ream reaches that point from above cannot be seen, and the picture is that of astrong jet of water bursting from an orifice through the crimson wall, and fallinginto rainbow-arched mist and a tangle of grateful foliage that hides its furtherflowing. The town has one hotel of great magnificence worthy of a city of ten times itspopulation, besides a good supply of other hostelries of a less splendid is a health resort worthy of patronage by invalids, possessing hot springs ofa fine medicinal character and abounding in attractions to divert the mind. Plentyof sport can be had about here. The mountain sheep and wapiti have not yet beenkilled off; deer and trout are abundant. The rides up the roads and trails toneighboring mines and mining camps, through valley and canon, and over moun-tain and mesa, are not soon exhausted, and the lover of botany or geology, or thestudent of mineralogy and mining, could scarcely find a finer field anywhere thanin the neighborhood of TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 139 Oliray to Montrose. Leaving Ouray, a ride of thirty-five miles, via theDenver & Rio Grande Railroad, brings the traveler to Montrose, on the main line ofthe Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, between Denver and Salt Lake. Two miles fromOuray the country begins to become open and soon one is passing through farmsand an excellent agricultural valley. En route one passes the confluence of theUncompahgre and Dallas, and the mesas and terraces on either side abound withalmost every species of game, deer, elk, mountain sheep, bear, and smaller animals. Ridgway.—Eleven miles from Ouray. The junction point with theRio Grande Southern Railroad. A description of this charming little city
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