. Le touriste du Pacifique : guide transcontinental illustré de Williams, de l'Atlantique à l'océan Pacifique : contenant des descriptions complètes des chemins de fer ... Un guide complet du voyageur des chemins de fer de l'Union et du Pacifique central ... . o frequentlyascend ce pic sont récompensés, lors d'une journée de clarté, avec un aperçu des vues grandioses et glorieuses des sommets et des montagnes, vers le sud et vers l'ouest. Dans ce voisinage est situé un joli petit canonenviron 15 miles de longueur, avec des murs de roc ris-ing à hauteur uniforme de 600 et 800 pieds au-dessus de passe très étroit de pied en dessous. Ce canon wasdis

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. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . o 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, Williams 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 th, e characteristic canon scenery ofthe mountains. The canon has never been fullyexplored, and at present is the scene of fifty ormore claims of gold discoveries.. wmm ^3i€iwi€ WQW^im. 77 Pleasuie 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. Westward from ColoradoSprings is the South Park, a noted route fortravelers who enjoy camping out, and a fine diivethrough the mountains. Garden of the Gods. — The BeaufifnlGate.—This is also a famous p

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