. To California and back;. 135. railroad-branch will shortly cover the distance. Itis an exhilarating- mountain-ride through forests andgorges, over hillsides and along pleasant intervales,to an elevation of 10,000 feet, above which theclosely neighboring Pikes Peak seems to shrink tothe small dignity of a wind-swept hill. It is such aride as the Western traveler commonly knew beforerailroads relegated the stage to a very subordinatefunction. The ponderous creaking Concord coach,lumbering at the heels of half a dozen spirited horsesand driven by a veteran who reeks of border expe-rience and re
. To California and back;. 135. railroad-branch will shortly cover the distance. Itis an exhilarating- mountain-ride through forests andgorges, over hillsides and along pleasant intervales,to an elevation of 10,000 feet, above which theclosely neighboring Pikes Peak seems to shrink tothe small dignity of a wind-swept hill. It is such aride as the Western traveler commonly knew beforerailroads relegated the stage to a very subordinatefunction. The ponderous creaking Concord coach,lumbering at the heels of half a dozen spirited horsesand driven by a veteran who reeks of border expe-rience and reminiscence, is none too familiar to themodern tourist. One finds it here, and it unmistak-ably adds zest to the magnificent changing is no lack of passengers, and although thetalk is mainly of mines, and claims and prospects,just as in other parts it is of the price of stocks orlands, the high romance of a stage-ride in the Rock-ies, which custom can not wither, soon sets this asidefor reminiscence and tales of ad
Size: 1435px × 1742px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookauthorhigginscacharlesa, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
