. The Pacific tourist . he differ-ence in elevation between this place and Chey-enne is 2,201 feet, and distance nearly 33 average grade from Cheyenne is 67 feet per NEAR SHERMAN. called from one of the civil engineers who laidout the road. Something like two hundredfeet to the eastward of tlie station, and onthe north side of the track, there may beseen a post, bearing the important announce-ment that this is the •■ Summit of the Rocky Mount-ains. Station is named after General Creek Uridge—is about two mileswest of Sherman. This bridge is built of iron,and seems to be
. The Pacific tourist . he differ-ence in elevation between this place and Chey-enne is 2,201 feet, and distance nearly 33 average grade from Cheyenne is 67 feet per NEAR SHERMAN. called from one of the civil engineers who laidout the road. Something like two hundredfeet to the eastward of tlie station, and onthe north side of the track, there may beseen a post, bearing the important announce-ment that this is the •■ Summit of the Rocky Mount-ains. Station is named after General Creek Uridge—is about two mileswest of Sherman. This bridge is built of iron,and seems to be a light airy structure, but isreally very substantial. The creek, like a threadof silver, winds its devious way in the depths be-low, and is soon lost to sight as you pass rapidlydown the gi-ade and through the granite cuts andsnow sheds beyond. This bridge is G50 feet long,and nearly 130 feet high, and is one of the won-ders on the great trans-continental route. Awater tank, just beyond it, is supplied with water. from the crock 1)V moaiis of a stoain pump. Thel)iiil(liiiu;s ill the, valley lu-low seum small in tlie(listance, Ihoiii^h tlicy are not a great way , old \ roail rrossed the creek down aravine, on the riijht side of the track, and tlieremains of the, hridije may still be seen. Thisstream vises about six mih^s north of the bridge,and is fed by numerous springs and tributaries,running in a general southerly direction, until itempties intf) tlie Cache La Poudre River. Theold overland road from Denver to Californiaascended river and creek until it struckthe head-waters of the Laramie. Leaving DaleCreek bridge, the road soon turns to tlie right,and before you, on the left, is spread out, like amagnificent panorama, Tlu (ivent IjO ramie T*fains. — Theseplains hav(^ an average width of lO ujiles, andare 10(1 miles in length. They begin at thewestern base of the Hhuk Hills and extend tothe slo|)(! of tlu! Medifiue How Mountains, andnorth beyond w
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