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Show CIIAP'l'EH. III. 0 y J<: It 'I' II 1•: I•' I It R 'I' H A N G I ~ . 0 UR stop at Clwyt•nn<• must he short, altltongh w . co ul'd. l'C'nmi n lwre 1·eral day with plcm;un' as wt'll as Jl roht. 'I hr · to"·n has pa. s d throurrh its mu ·hroom g ro\\'th, and i ~ llO\Y rno,·i.ng st<•atli ly for\\'ard, a.nd mn t CY<' l' continu<' to lw tlw mo t 1mportant c1ty lwtll't'P ll ma.ha and alt Lake YallP)', a lmtg llt t> illlmed iate Iilli' of' till' lni on Pacific Railroad. :Many buildings of' a JWrmnm•nt and ·o 'lly <"ltaml'lt·r are 1llr •ady ere t d; school and <"hurclte · hav' b e\'11 t'Htabli s hed, and all th• ontward jcrn ol' JI'OS}('I'ity arc Yi ·ibk 'ompn.rat ivt•ly litt]p land in tiP vi ·inity is, a y t, und t· eullirat ion, b ut a fair beo·inning Ita· been mad . Th • ·oil i fertil and m11 Ht lw q ui t 1)1' tln ·ti,·c wlH' I'(' it can lw il'l'irratt>cl. Better pasturage doP · not <'Xi 't in th ' known world, n ncl ooner or lat r thi co untry mnst. lweOJl tf' <''lt'brated not only t'or t ltP quantity lmt the quality of its t ('k. A l<m" under tlw mountains and in the ''all ey of the littl ' tn1m , Umt ll ow tlte ref'ront , a .· liLt• Lod"t' P ol!', hug 'Vater, and other, very littl <• ·now fall s all wintPr, 1111cl tlt t' g rn sH r •main very nntr-itio11s until late in tlw spring. All tlt c> r oots and lll Ost of the c real can b • raisc·cl on tit<' ea ·i ·icl o t' tire mountains. 'Ye hav as yet Rcarcely caught a glimps<• ('the possibilili!:'S of' this g r<•at tt>nitory, but I am convinced that it future will justify tl1e most f':a nn·uine xp•ctation of it abl and enthusiastic Governor J. H. CamphPII, aml tl1' officers aud citizen who · u r:~tain ltim. It i one pe uliarity of ewry good man who ta.k s np hi ab de in t hf' 'Vt>st that he at once ic1e nti1i (• · him ·lf with its material int •rest , and with him tlt >r ' i · no limit to the OVER THE FlHST HAN E. 51 fu tnr pro ·pt•rity of hi n •w hom , an l th xp ri •nc' of tlw 1 a t l~:1.s shown that in tlt main h • i correct. Two mik we t of hey nne, we shall find Fort D. A. RnH.'<'ll b<•nutifully Joctlt,d on the north side of Ct·ow t·•ek ; bnt if we vi ·it t ho gentlr ruanly offi ·•r· of thi po t, w ·!tall be indu ·d by tltcit- kindnei:l and rrpnc t·ou hospitali ty to r emain too loner. Befor• pa:,; in rr ov·r th Laramie t·ruw<·, W<' will mak a ha ·ty vis it ROutltward to olomdo, the "Gem o f' the Mountains, ' ot· as 1\Ir. Bowl1'H lw.s ·o truly ·all d it, " Tlt ' S wit:wrlaJLd of A me!'ica." E,·e ry ·tpp w take will b• full of int •rest, and we ·hall b tPmpted to lin rrer by tit<· way ·ontinually. lwyl'nn ' and Denv1'1' at·c now linked together by t he D !nver Pa.cifi · H.ailt·oacl. Bttt to profit by tlti · v i ·it, we slt o nl<:l lake tho low •t' and mo re tir'SOille rou te by tag <', r losl' to tlt foot of lho mountains. Tlto t· al i an ex cell en t one; 0 11 o ut· rig ht wp can wanckr an10ng the upland ritlg and 'ludy, a in th • p:v•P · of an op •n hoo k, all tiL g ological fo r111ati on of thi · rt•rr ion from tiH· mo::;t n· · ·nt TPrtiary to the <•Tani tic rock s that form the nu ·1 •u::; of the tn o ttntain mnrr • ·. 'L'h1 'RP rid <•es OJ' " lloglmck s, ' a tlH•y arc call ed by Uw :< ·tth•rs n·ivP a uniqu<' appNtran e to th ct·n< ry ·u clt a I ktv Hl'en in no otlt <·r portion of AmNica. Thry a l:lcend t •p-like to tlte ba:r of thP mountain·; near Ca clt :l Ia P o u<1r<' t it • ·e ric1 o·us ar • vNy lltllllPI'Oli S, <•xtvndinrr sonw fi1·e or six mik•s in width and finally lying o ut in th<• pmiri ' likP S<'a waves. About 14 m i lcl:l southeast of 'heyl'n ne are l:!O ltll: ;;a.nds tones or tl11· Coal p ri ocl, wlti ·It Jmvn b en wea t her·<·<! hy atmosphe ric agrn ·i L• into ·in n·nlarly f'anta~tic f'orms. They arc <·;diPd "'l'hP natural fort, ' and tlte pln ·<· i rapi<lly bee nting onP of con ·idl'mhk r·p ·ort. car by WL' may enter a ·oa.l min which has bPPn OJl •n •d and wrotwht to somr l'Xtent. The bed is about iiv feet in thicknl'RH h ut th , oal iH so li ~ h t, and crumble ·o readily o rt •xpo ·ure to tlw atmo ·phc rP, that it lm.· not llld with rnu cl1 favo r. Iron o r ' of tlt <' limo nite vari •ty i · found h PJ'' in g reat quantiti' t r·cwrd over the uri~1 '('. But tlmt wlti ·h will SUI'prise and plea ·' th g<'o log ist in tltis r g ion, is th tlti ·k bPd of fm; ·il oyster , h ells of' a p en liar and extinct ·peciel:l wlticlt cap · the summit f th hills above the coal. Fine S}Wcim en may h<· gnth rell h , r by tlt • wa,<ron load, and they ar , about th ize, and must hav(' exi t din n al'ly as <rrcat quantiti' · a th • ·mall oy t r now living n th hore of outh Carolina. |
