. To California and back;. pictorial in fre-quent foliage and running water, with villages andcities encircled by productive fields, gardens, vine-yards and orchards. At Hutchinson one enters Western Kansas, andfrom this point for a long distance the road follows thewindings of the Arkansas River, with only occasionaldigressions. Dodge City, of cowboy fame, and Gar-den City, the scene of Government experiments inagriculture, are the chief centers of this district. Colorado first presents itself as a plateau, ele-vated 4,000 feet above the sea. Soon the land-scape begins to give hint of the her
. To California and back;. pictorial in fre-quent foliage and running water, with villages andcities encircled by productive fields, gardens, vine-yards and orchards. At Hutchinson one enters Western Kansas, andfrom this point for a long distance the road follows thewindings of the Arkansas River, with only occasionaldigressions. Dodge City, of cowboy fame, and Gar-den City, the scene of Government experiments inagriculture, are the chief centers of this district. Colorado first presents itself as a plateau, ele-vated 4,000 feet above the sea. Soon the land-scape begins to give hint of the heroic. PikesPeak is clearly distinguishable, and the two beautifulSpanish Peaks hover upon the horizon and reappearlong after the first-named has faded from the Raton Range gathers significance direct-ly ahead, until it becomes a towering wall, at whosefoot lies the city of Trinidad, beyond which beginsthe final ascent to the first of many lofty mountaingateways, the Raton Pass. The grade is terrific,9 ..- . ^^A*
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