. The Pacific tourist . aha. Notice the grade indicatedby the elevations as you pass these stations. Atkins,—. niiles from Omaha, and 5,800feet above the sea. It is a side track, simply,with water tank and section-house near by. Thewell which -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 TSm fdClFlC TQVtllST, CI .summit of the divide in the first snow shed onthe line of the road just beyond Archer,—wliich is ;>(J)S miles from the startingplace, with an e
. The Pacific tourist . aha. Notice the grade indicatedby the elevations as you pass these stations. Atkins,—. niiles from Omaha, and 5,800feet above the sea. It is a side track, simply,with water tank and section-house near by. Thewell which -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 TSm fdClFlC TQVtllST, CI .summit of the divide in the first snow shed onthe line of the road just beyond Archer,—wliich is ;>(J)S miles from the startingplace, with an elevation of tJ,()(M) feet al)Ove tide-water. This station is a side track with section-house near by. A short farther, you niakefl its way through the bluffs off to the we come U) a <leep cut through the spur ofa bluff, passing which, we cross a bridge over adry ravine, and then continue up the hill Ui the Magic City of the idains, cali»-d irah.—Travelers will notice, a few. PFAK KBOM ESTKS PARK. enter the shed; it seenu like 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 grade into Crow Creek Valley, which hours Iwfore reaching Cheyenne, the snow-cladsummit of this l)old peak, rising above the dis-tant horizon. It is al>out sixty miles south-westof the Inion Pacific Kailnnui. and the highestmountain in northern Colorado. The view wehere give is taken from Estes Park; a beautiful 62 wmm ^m€SFi€ wowMi^w. liLtle 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 t
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