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Title: The lure of the past, the present and future
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Bryan, George W., ca. 1844
Subjects: Bryan, William Evermont Women Urbanization Real estate development Agriculture
Publisher: Los Angeles, E.G. Newton company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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nd itsituated in the valley of the South Platte on the easternbank at a point where the one time rolling prairie landgradually sloped to the westward and several miles eastof the base of the Rocky Mountains. Take an auto sight-seeing car and after you have seen Denver you will agreewith us that it is the finest and best built city you haveever seen. It is made of brick and stone and iron. Nowooden buildings are allowed inside the city limits. Themountains extend north and south as far as the eye cantrace their rugged heights. The highest points, LongsPeak to the north, Pikes Peak to the south, and thedome of the continent, Grays Peak, in the center, arein full view towering far above the tops of the surround-ing mountains. The mountains are grand, majestic and sublime. Theyare not like the eastern ranges; you do not see the ivy,laurel, cedar and pine trees in profusion that make theeastern mountains a thing of beauty. But the Rockiesare what the name implies—rocky, rough, rugged and
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Swinging Bridge, Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. See Page 74. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE 73 immense. At Denver we leave the Burlington road andtake the Denver and Rio Grande, said to be and no doubtis the finest scenic route crossing the Rockies. This trainor road takes you to Ogden, Utah, a distance of sevenhundred and five miles. As we go south, running parallel with the grand oldmountain range, which looms up twelve or fifteen mileson our right, fifty miles south of Denver, we cross theArkansas divide, where the water flows north into thePlatte and south into the Arkansas river. We stop atColorado Springs and visit Manitou and drink from thefamous soda and iron springs. From here starts the cogroad, by which the ascent is made to the summit of PikesPeak. Manitou is a picturesque place, nestling at thebase of Pikes Peak. A little creek ripples through theplace, cottages are hid away among the trees, rocks andgulches. Store after store filled with curios are in evi-dence as yo

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