. Colorado; Under the turquoise sky . ClifT Palace. Mesa Verde National Park15 ^ i .■| 1. J priixSifcxr^^^ : ---^/i. Fair Glacier, on the west slope of the Continental E on itself to gain but a comparatively few feet of elevation. At the top theview is superb. Immediately below are the tracks in successive steps liketerraces, and across the valleys in every direction range after range ofmountains, green, gray or snowy white, thrust their huge peaks one hand Mount Ouray looms in mighty magnificence; on the other,and in more distant perspective, the skyline is a fringe of peaks and cr

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. Colorado; Under the turquoise sky . ClifT Palace. Mesa Verde National Park15 ^ i .■| 1. J priixSifcxr^^^ : ---^/i. Fair Glacier, on the west slope of the Continental E on itself to gain but a comparatively few feet of elevation. At the top theview is superb. Immediately below are the tracks in successive steps liketerraces, and across the valleys in every direction range after range ofmountains, green, gray or snowy white, thrust their huge peaks one hand Mount Ouray looms in mighty magnificence; on the other,and in more distant perspective, the skyline is a fringe of peaks and cratercrests. Seventy miles west of the pass is Sapinero, the entrance to one of thelongest and most delightful canyons in all the West. This is known asBlack Canyon. For more than an hour curious figures carved by theGunnison River on rock walls 2,000 feet in height absorb the entire interest. Chipeta Falls, bursting out of the rocks high above the floor of the

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