. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . pitched at the Junetion of Cherry Creek and thePlatte River, which shortlyafter was christened Auraria. Prom thissmall beginnino; sprang Denver, the QueenCity of the Plains. This beautiful metrop-olis of Colorado is the first point of interestto the tourist from the East. The stretch of two hundred miles of snowcapped mountains to the west gives the visi-tor who intends to cross the range a foretaste health resort, and its fame as a sanitariumis widespread and thoroughly deserved. Manitou is but
. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . pitched at the Junetion of Cherry Creek and thePlatte River, which shortlyafter was christened Auraria. Prom thissmall beginnino; sprang Denver, the QueenCity of the Plains. This beautiful metrop-olis of Colorado is the first point of interestto the tourist from the East. The stretch of two hundred miles of snowcapped mountains to the west gives the visi-tor who intends to cross the range a foretaste health resort, and its fame as a sanitariumis widespread and thoroughly deserved. Manitou is but five miles distant fromColorado Springs, being connected l)y bothrailroad and electric lines. Of all spots, few equal and none surpass inbeauty of location, grandeur of surroundingsand sublimity of scenery this veritable gemof the Rockies. As a pleasure resort, itpresents to the tourist more objects of scenicinterest than any resort of a like characterin the Old or New World, while its wonderful effervescent and mineral springs—sodaand iron—make it the favorite resting-place. MARSHALL PASS of the scenes to come on this never-to-be-^forgotten trip. Leaving Denver on the Den-ver & Rio Grande Raih-oad, the mountainsare gradually approached until Palmer Lakeis reached. This beautiful sheet of water islocated about midway between Denver andPueblo, upon what is called The delightful little city of ColoradoSprings is next approached. This is essen-tially a city of homes, where the families ofmany of the most influential business menof the state reside. It was laid out as a for invalids. Manitou is situated immediately at tlie foot of Pikes Peak, the summitof which may be attained on foot, on horse-back, or l)y rail. The last named, the cogwheel route, is, of course, the most popular,two round trips a day being made duringthe summer months. Returning to Colorado Springs and continning southward, Pueblo is next is the second city of Colorado, a
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