Shoshone, and other western wonders . WW. IN THE SHADOW OF PIKES PEAK. J] views and experiences as he could ^^^ct in theAlps or in the Apennines. And we sliall neverlose sif^ht of Pikes Peak in all our wanderings,nor get far away from its shadow. Had one looked for Colorado Springs orManitou in 1871, he would not have foundthem. The site of both w^as a desert. Wherethe one now stands was a rolling prairie, andwhere the other is were a few sulphur andsoda springs, with now and then an Indiancamp-fire lighting up a group of swarthy to-day Colorado Springs is a city of seventhousand peo
Shoshone, and other western wonders . WW. IN THE SHADOW OF PIKES PEAK. J] views and experiences as he could ^^^ct in theAlps or in the Apennines. And we sliall neverlose sif^ht of Pikes Peak in all our wanderings,nor get far away from its shadow. Had one looked for Colorado Springs orManitou in 1871, he would not have foundthem. The site of both w^as a desert. Wherethe one now stands was a rolling prairie, andwhere the other is were a few sulphur andsoda springs, with now and then an Indiancamp-fire lighting up a group of swarthy to-day Colorado Springs is a city of seventhousand people; and Manitou, while not solarge, has a resident population of at least fivehundred, and a floating population of severalthousands. During the summer months thelittle mountain hamlet is overrun with visitors,and the scenes are as animated as those at Sara-toga or Newport. Many visit the place propos-ing to stay a week, and remain a month ; whilethose who come for a month often stay six, ora year. The attractions of Manitou are, first,
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