. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . housands to a score or less. Between them the plains rise andfall monotonously, keeping the travelers interest only half-awake by prairie-dog villages and herdsof antelope; buffaloes have disappeared, and the passengers rejoice when the undulations are brokenby the first glimpse of the Rocky Mountains, which is obtained near Hillsdale. The train passesbetween snow-fences and under snow-sheds, and presently stops at Cheyenne, where the Denverbranch of the Kansas Pacific Railway connects with the Union Pacific, affording tourists an oppor-tunity
. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . housands to a score or less. Between them the plains rise andfall monotonously, keeping the travelers interest only half-awake by prairie-dog villages and herdsof antelope; buffaloes have disappeared, and the passengers rejoice when the undulations are brokenby the first glimpse of the Rocky Mountains, which is obtained near Hillsdale. The train passesbetween snow-fences and under snow-sheds, and presently stops at Cheyenne, where the Denverbranch of the Kansas Pacific Railway connects with the Union Pacific, affording tourists an oppor-tunity to visit the famous resorts of Colorado. Cheyenne is built on the plains, the mountains forming a massive background. In July, 1867,there was one house here; six months later there were 3,000 houses. The building-lots were firstsold for $150 each, and resold within three months for twenty times that amount. In spite of theuninteresting situation, we are amazed at the vitality that has lifted this city out of the sand of the THE PACIFIC Bowlder River, Colorado. plains, and the work is not yet complete. The air resounds with the tap of the masons trowel, andthe wooden buildings are rapidly being replaced by more substantial structures of brick and population is close on 7,000, mostly tradesmen, stock-raisers, miners, and soldiers. From Cheyenne the overland tourist can make the dJtour to Colorado, which, with its mountains,springs, and sandstones, its rich mines and salubrious cHmate, urgently invites his attention. Between Cheyenne and Pueblo, Southern Colorado, a distance of some two hundred and twenty-six miles, the Rocky Mountains attain the greatest altitudes in their whole length from the ArcticCircle to Central America. From almost any peak hundreds of other peaks can be seen—all over10,000 feet and many 14,000 feet above the level of the sea. The highest and best known areLongs, Grays, and Pikes, the former being farthest north, and the latter farthe
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