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Show 30 EMIGRANTS, .AN D SETTLERS' GUIDE thes~ routes abundance of obtained; and by foll . water and grass can b f ~?raska City to Gre~:V~S~t t~e k Central route fro~ . n Ians need be apprehended T~ e, no danger fi·om mg out from the river is about th 1e best time for start- . e 1st of May. TO THE NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES. 31 " COLORADO. THE GOLD FIELDS. The new impetus given to gold-hunting and goldmining by the discovery of rich lodes in our new Western gold-fields, and more recently by the increased value which this precious metal obtains in the commerce of the country, has naturally attracted increased attention to Colorado, or the Pike's Peak country, as it is now familiarly known, and Idaho. A large number of emigrants from the eastern seaboard, as well as from Europe, are now preparing to leave for both these countries, and · the prospects are favorable for a heavy emigration as the season advances. In order to meet the present demand for information in regard to these sections, precedence is given them in this series. COLORADO.* Area, 104,500 Square Miles, Acres, 66,880,000-Population, 32,000- Capital, Denver-Population, 5,000. Colorado Territory, more familiarly known through the newspapers of the day as the Pike's Peak Gold- * Authorities quoted in the following are, "Speech of the Hon. H. R. Bennett, Delegate in Congress from Colorado, on the Natural Pro· ducts, Mineral Resources, and Future Prospects of the Territory of Colorado."-Feb. 28, 1863. "Report on the Cond1tion and Prospects of Gold-Mining in Colm·ado, by S. Douglass Cornell, A.M."-Buffalo, New York, 1863. " A Brief History of the New Gold Regions of Colorado, by Edward Bliss."-New York, 1864. |