. The Pacific tourist . ea, and from Omaha. Notice the grade indicatedby the elevations as you pass these stations. Atkins,— miles from Omaha, and 5,800feet above the sea. It is a side track, simply,with water tank and section-house near by. Thewell wliich supplies this station with water isover 200 feet deep. Here the traveler obtains agood view of the Black Hills stretching off to theright. Still up the grade you go, reaching the TMM ^mmwm tqwmsst. 61 summit of the divide in the first snow shed onthe line of the road just beyond Archer,—which is 508 miles from the startingplac
. The Pacific tourist . ea, and from Omaha. Notice the grade indicatedby the elevations as you pass these stations. Atkins,— miles from Omaha, and 5,800feet above the sea. It is a side track, simply,with water tank and section-house near by. Thewell wliich supplies this station with water isover 200 feet deep. Here the traveler obtains agood view of the Black Hills stretching off to theright. Still up the grade you go, reaching the TMM ^mmwm tqwmsst. 61 summit of the divide in the first snow shed onthe line of the road just beyond Archer,—which is 508 miles from the startingplace, with an elevation of 6,000 feet above tide-water. This station is a side track with section-house near by. A short distance farther, you makes its way through the bluffs off to the we come to a deep cut through the spur ofa bluff, passing which, we cross a bridge over adry ravine, and then continue up the hill to the Magic City of the plains, called ^s J*eak.—Travelers will notice, a few. LONGS PEAK FROM EStES PARK. enter the shed; it seems like passing through atunnel. In the distance there are mountainsto the right of you, and mountains to theleft of you, but we shall see more of them here-after. Leaving the snow shed we are now on adown gi-ade into Crow Creek Valley, which hours before reaching Cheyenne, the snow-cladsummit of this bold peak, rising above the dis-tant horizon. It is about sixty miles south-westof the Union Pacific Railroad, and the highestmountain in northern Colorado. The view wehere give is taken from Estes Park; a beautiful little park on its north-western slope, and abouttwelve miles distant from the summit. Thispark is about four miles wide, and six miles long,is well sheltered, easy of access, and beautifullycovered with pine and spruce trees, scatteredeasily about over the grassy surface, which givesto it a true park-like loveliness. It is partiallyoccupied by a few families who have taken uppermanent homesteads, and h
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