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Identifier: underturquoisesk00chic (find matches)
Title: Under the turquoise sky of Colorado ..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: (Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway company) (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Chicago?) Rock Island-Frisco lines and Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Boulder Boulder—The seat of the Colorado State University andmeeting place of the Colorado Chautauqua, as well as the centerof the northern oil fields of Colorado. Golden (seat of theState School of Mines and location of the State Industrial School),Morrison (location of the State Industrial School for Girls) andFort Collins (seat of the Colorado State Agricultural College),are all within an hour or twos ride of Denver, over branches ofthe Colorado & Southern Railway. Boulder and Golden arealso reached via the Union Pacific and the Denver, Lakewood& Golden (trolley) railroads respectively. The Denver &Interurban Railroad will inaugurate early in the season superbelectric service between Denver and Boulder.
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El Dorado Springs El Dorado Springs—Twenty-seven miles from Denver onthe Colorado & Southern Railway—but an hours ride—adjacentto Boulder. Nestled in picturesque South Boulder Caiion, itreminds the Old World tourist more, perhaps, of a typical Swissvillage than any other town in the State. The scenery here is superb, combining impressive mountainheight, sparkling waterfall and all the rest that is beautiful andgrand in Colorado landscapes. Natural warm swimming poolsare an added attraction. The Denver, Northwestern & Pacific, a projected transcon-tinental line locally known as *The Moffat Road, and now inoperation a distance of 147 miles between Denver and Yarmony,runs to the crest of the Continental Divide, reaching an eleva-tion of 11,660 feet, amid perpetual snow. The trip takes the tourist to the midst of snow banks during the hottest days ofsummer in a little more than three hours ride. Tolland, wherethe green sward of Boulder Park affords a pleasant picnic groundfo

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