. To California and back; . as for the richness and number of its phase has been outlived; order, quietand the refinements that belong to a wealthycity in our day having long been permanentlyestablished. The tourist will, however, find itdistinctly individual and full of present interest,and the wonderful romance of its past, whichreads like a tale of unbridled imagination,invests it with an imperishable glamour. BUENA VISTA. Stretching southward for thirty miles be-tween the Park and Saguache ranges, at an157 equal distance east from Leadville, lies anidyllic valley of the Arkansas
. To California and back; . as for the richness and number of its phase has been outlived; order, quietand the refinements that belong to a wealthycity in our day having long been permanentlyestablished. The tourist will, however, find itdistinctly individual and full of present interest,and the wonderful romance of its past, whichreads like a tale of unbridled imagination,invests it with an imperishable glamour. BUENA VISTA. Stretching southward for thirty miles be-tween the Park and Saguache ranges, at an157 equal distance east from Leadville, lies anidyllic valley of the Arkansas River. At thehead of this valley stands Buena Vista, like aSwiss village. Harvard, Yale and Princetonmountains, each loftier than Pikes Peak, riseclose behind it upon the west, and upon thesouth the white summits of the Sangre de Cristorange are discernible. The view is downwardupon the white town and over the far stretch. of sunlit meadow, whose penetrating beautyand perfect peace is enhanced by the grandeurof the College Peaks, which from the grass-grown and timbered slopes of their feet rise toheights and forms of awful sublimity. BuenaVista means in the Spanish a comprehensiveoutlook rather than a beautiful scene. It is aeuphonious name, and serves well enough inColorado, where among so much that is super-lative one learns to be temperate in the use ofadjectives; but anywhere else in the world thisshould have been Vista Gloriosa. It is a peepof paradise, a dream of a happy vale where theblessed might dwell in joy CRIPPLE CREEK. Four years ago the famous gold camp wasreached only by stage coach at the heels of halfa dozen spirited horses driven by a veteran whoreeked of border reminiscence. Two railroadsnow transport its passengers and freight, theMidland Terminal on the north, and theFlorence &^ Cripple Creek on the south. Its
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