The health resorts of Colorado Springs and Manitou . the Garden of theGods strikes off to the left. Red and Bear Creek Canons lieoff to the south, each wonderful in its distinct peculiarities,—the great red rocks of Red Canon, giving to it its name; BearCreeks sparkling waters and many falls, bordered with flowersand trees. On the left of the road as we approach Old Town hugemasses of rock begin to loom up with others rising higherstill further north, marking the location of the Garden of theGods. They run in parallel lines from north to south in longsloping ridges or broken solitary rocks. Ea
The health resorts of Colorado Springs and Manitou . the Garden of theGods strikes off to the left. Red and Bear Creek Canons lieoff to the south, each wonderful in its distinct peculiarities,—the great red rocks of Red Canon, giving to it its name; BearCreeks sparkling waters and many falls, bordered with flowersand trees. On the left of the road as we approach Old Town hugemasses of rock begin to loom up with others rising higherstill further north, marking the location of the Garden of theGods. They run in parallel lines from north to south in longsloping ridges or broken solitary rocks. East of the rocksrises the mesa beyond which lies Colorado Springs. Colorado City, or Old Town, the oldest town in the stateand once the capital of the territory, lies on the road abouthalf way between Colorado Springs and Manitou. Settled in59, during the Pikes Peak excitement, it has been a busy,flourishing town, but now, in its old age, has settled downto the quiet of agricultural pursuits, good hay and pasturelands surrounding it. > t—I HO. RIDES AND DRIVES. 23 From the brow of the mesa across which runs the mesaroad from Colorado Springs, there is a fine view of the Gardenof the Gods. Below the mesa, two hundred feet, is the valleyof Camp Creek, a small stream flowing out of Glen Eyrieacross the valley on the right; a rent in the hills makes a spotof great natural beauty with many of the rock formationspeculiar to the neighborhood; out of this beautiful receptionroom is Queens Canon, a grand gallery of rocks. In themidst of the beauties of Glen Eyrie is built an elegant privateresidence. Out of the valley further south rise what once must havebeen two or more solid and continuous ridges of rock ; nowthey are broken and separated, rising out of the earth in grace-ful swells, long and narrow waves that follow down the valleyin a line. Who can tell when and by what furnaces of firethe adamant was melted, and by what wheels of earthquake itwas torn, and by what teeth of g
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