. 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. nited States for the year 1866, says: Thegreat ruins in the Chaco Canon are pre-eminently the finest examples ofthe works of the unknown builders to be found north of the seat of ancientAztec Empire in Mexico. There are eleven extensive Pueblos in thiscanon, nearly all in a good state of preservation, and their appearance indi-cates that they were once the home of fifteen hundred to three thousandpeople each. From the thousands of rui
. 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. nited States for the year 1866, says: Thegreat ruins in the Chaco Canon are pre-eminently the finest examples ofthe works of the unknown builders to be found north of the seat of ancientAztec Empire in Mexico. There are eleven extensive Pueblos in thiscanon, nearly all in a good state of preservation, and their appearance indi-cates that they were once the home of fifteen hundred to three thousandpeople each. From the thousands of ruins of cities, towns and familiesfound throughout this great San Juan Valley, it is evident that oncethis great valley was the home of hundreds of thousands of thisextinct race. That they were a peaceful and agricultural race of people isevidenced by the large number of their implements of husbandry andthe specimens of corn and beans found in these ruins, besides irrigatingditches and reservoirs for the storage of water. Mancos. The debarking point for the cliff ruins as mentioned aboveand the leading town of the valley. Shipping point for large numbers of. CLIFF DWELLINGS, 13° OVER THE RANGE. cattle and sheep. (Distance from Denver 490 miles. Population 300. Ele-vation 7,008 feet.) Leaving Mancos, the road winds up the sloping sides of a flat-toppedmountain, and there on its summit, among huge pines centuries old, bubblesup a clear, cold spring of sparkling water, forming the stream thai ilowsdown through the beautiful Lost Canon, and which is called by the unpoeticname of Lost Canon Creek. Lost Canon is a novelty in itself, as its sides are densely wooded andsoftly carpeted with a thick bed of moss and leaves, beautifully colored bymillions of Colorado wild flowers whose delicate beauty is unrivaled. Emerging from Lost Canon the traveler is whirled up to the beautifulValley of the Dolores River, with its many ranches and farms, past thetown of the same name. Off to the left,
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