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Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
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who frequentlyascend this peak are rewarded, when on a clearday, with a glimpse of grand and glorious viewsof the peaks and mountains, southward andwestward. In this vicinity is located a pretty little canonabout 15 miles in length, with walls of rock ris-ing to uniform height of 600 and 800 feet abovea very narrow foot pass below. This canon wasdiscovered and named, in 1870, by a party ofeditors, WiUiams Canon, in honor of H. T. Wil-liams, their commander. This was the first visitof an Eastern party, of any notoriety, at theSprings. No railroad was then built, and not ahouse was to be seen, nor even a ranchemanscabin. The scenery of this canon, (see illustration),is at various points wild in the extreme, and thecolossal walls of rocks are of such shape and for-mation that they give to the observer an excellentgeneral idea of the characteristic canon scenery ofthe mountains. The canon has never been fullyexplored, and at present is the scene of fifty ormore claims of gold discoveries.
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TME ^m€iFl€ WQW^ISW. 77 Pleasure travelers are uniformly glad thatthey have made a visit to these points, as theyexcel in interest any other points in the Westerntrip. Southward from Colorado Springs, thenext most noted resort is Canon City and the Grand Canon of the Arkansas.—This isa scene of remarkable beauty and magnificence ;at one point can be seen the river winding itsway for ten miles, at the base of huge perpendic-ular rocks which rise fully 1000 and 2000 feetabove the current. This is the grandest canonview in Colorado. AVestward from ColoradoSprings is the South Park, a noted route fortravelers who enjoy camping out, and a fine drivethrough the mountains. Garden of the Gods, — The BeautifalGate.—This is also a famous pleasuie resoi-t atManitou, near Colorado Springs. Midway be-tween the Station and Springs is located one ofthe most beautiful and curious little jxirks, andupheaval of rocks that Western scenery can dis-play. Descending from parallel ridges into alit

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