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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
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inues its journey over the mountains toLeadville. Platte Caiion is famous for its many pleasant summerresorts and excellent trout fishing. Passengers by the morningtrain for Grant or intermediate stations can be back in Denverbefore dark. A very considerable percentage of Coloradosvisitors make a point of spending several days in Platte Canon. Around the Horn—Train leaves Denver over the FortCollins branch of the Colorado & Southern Railway at abouteight in the morning, and passing through Boulder, Longmont,Loveland, Fort Collins and other prosperous towns in the mostflourishing agricultural section of northern Colorado, reachesGreeley, the home of the Greeley potato, and the terminus of the outward journey of ninety-nine miles, about noon. Aftera stop for luncheon, passengers are returned to Denver, reachingthat city in time for dinner. An exceedingly interesting trip, forthe reason that it gives visitors an opportunity of seeing somethingof the agricultural wealth of Colorado.
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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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