. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. trembling lie thy blood-red leaves,Their silken veins with gold inwrought,Oh, glorious is thy world-wide thought. The lower slopes of the mountain are clad in vast forests of pine andhemlock, while its grand triad of gray granite peaks lift into the sky theirsharp pyramidal pinnacles, splintered and furrowed by the storm-com-pelling and omnipotent hand of the Almighty. To the north and south, fora distance of nearly two hundred miles,
. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. trembling lie thy blood-red leaves,Their silken veins with gold inwrought,Oh, glorious is thy world-wide thought. The lower slopes of the mountain are clad in vast forests of pine andhemlock, while its grand triad of gray granite peaks lift into the sky theirsharp pyramidal pinnacles, splintered and furrowed by the storm-com-pelling and omnipotent hand of the Almighty. To the north and south, fora distance of nearly two hundred miles, it is flanked by the serrated crestsof the Sangre de Cristo Range, the whole forming a panorama of unex-ampled grandeur and beauty. Sail Luis Park. This great and fertile valley is located in SouthernColorado, bordering New Mexico, and is drained by the Rio Grande, oneof the largest of Colorados rivers, into which flows from the lofty mountainranges surrounding the park, almost numberless little mountain park, which was once the bottom of a vast mountain lake, containsfully 10,000 square miles—equal to the entire area of Massachusetts. The. TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 99 soil is alluvial, from six to fifteen feet deep, and the surface is naturallywell adapted for irrigation, which the rivers and streams in the park areabundantly capable of providing. The park, or valley, as it is frequentlycalled, is from 7,000 to 7,300 feet above sea level. This elevation insures alight, pure atmosphere, free from all malarial conditions, and especiallyfavorable for those disposed to pulmonary affections. The climate is coolin the summer, and not severe in the winter—scarcely ever more than anoccasional snowfall of two or three inches in the valley. Too much in praiseof the attractions and beauty of the climate of the San Luis Valley cannotbe said. The grand chain of mountains, which entirely surround the park,present scenery unsurpassed in the world. Spring wheat will yield fromthir
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