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Identifier: aroundcircle00denv (find matches)
Title: "Around the circle."
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Denver and Rio Grande railroad company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Chicago, Knight, Leonard & co., printers)
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ew can be had of the Sangre de Cristo rangeextending to the southeast. The pass is a scenic and a scientific wonder,grades of 211 feet to the mile are frequent, and the ascent and descent aremade by a series of most remarkable curves. The streams from the summitflow eastward into the Atlantic and westward into the Pacific. Ponclia Pass.—Two miles from Poncha Junction ; leads up to Mar-shall Pass. Poncha Springs.—Five miles from Salida. Noted hot springs.Temperature of the water varies in the different springs, 100 in number, from908 to 185^ Fahrenheit. A great health resort. Altitude, 7.480 feet. Arkansas River and Valley.—The railroad crosses the ArkansasRiver at Salida, and from the bridge, and until the town of Poncha Springshas been passed, a fine view can be had of the river and its fertile valley. • Colleglate Peaks.—Harvard, Yale and Princeton peaks, plainlyseen from the vicinity of Salida to the northwest. Altitude, respectively,14,383 feet, 14.101 feet, 14,199 leet.
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BEAR CREEK FALLS. Around the Circle. 51 Sangre de Cristo Range.—On approaching Salida, near the west-em end of the Grand Canon, there is a break in the walls through which finepictures of the Sangre de Cristo peaks present themselves. The Royal Gorge.—The climax of all the grandeur of the GrandCanon of the Arkansas lies midway in this wonderful chasm. The bestview can be obtained from the famous hanging bridge. Here the walls ofthe canon rise to a perpendicular height of 2,600 feet above the track. Grand Canon of the Arkansas.—165 miles from Denver, be-tween Canon City and Parkdale. eight miles long. The world-famed chasmthrough which the river makes its way to the plains. The following points of interest are located on the line of the Rio GrandeSouthern Railroad between Durango and Ridgway : CliflT Dwellings.—Those interesting ruins are located in the MancosCanon and the Montezuma \alley, some twenty miles to the south of Mancosstation, and easily accessible from that point b

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