Glimpses of America: A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic MarvelsBuel, James W. (James William)
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Glimpses of America: A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels
Buel, James W. (James William)
United States -- Pictorial works
AMONG THE WILD SCENES OF COLORADO.—Through the Gateway of
the Rockies—Wondrous visions—In the cañons of Bear Creek—
Colossal cleavage of Clear Creek—A submerged forest of
petrified trees—Among the clouds—Devil’s Gate to Bridal
Veil Falls—The Loop at Georgetown—Silver Flume—Cornucopias
of silver—Over the switchback to silver lands—Between
towering crags—Terrific convulsions of nature—Dome Rock—
Invocation of surging waters—The highest point ever
reached by rail—A marvelous tunnel—An astounding view—
Through Boulder Cañon and into North Park—A tour of Estes
Park—Visits to Long’s Peak and Bald Mountain—Wild game in
savage haunts—Climbing the American Matterhorn—Bewildering
prospect from the “key-hole”—A trip to Table Mountain and
examination of the glaciers—A journey through Middle Park—
A story of Grand Lake—Away up on a dizzy brink, 17-40
CHAPTER II.
MANITOU THE MIGHTY.—Twin cities that sit at the feet of
Pike’s Peak—A spell of wonderment wrought by the
eccentricities of nature—God’s acres of tumultuous stone—
The story of Major Pike’s discovery—The first ascent of
Pike’s Peak—The cog-wheel railroad to the summit—A trip to
cloud-land—The wonderful panorama to be surveyed from the
peak—A battalion of mountains in review—A storm on the
mountain—Ute Pass to Cascade Cañon—Rainbow Falls and Grand
Caverns—From the Cave-of-the-Winds down William’s Cañon—
Garden of the Gods—Nature in wild riot of gruesome forms
and sublime creations—Through Glen Eyrie and Monument
Park—Witcheries that confound imagination—A visit to
Cheyenne Cañon—Seven Falls—Entrancing hymns of nature—
Legends of the Manitou, 41-62
CHAPTER III.
GRAND CAÑONS OF WESTERN RIVERS.—A land of graceful, deep-
leaping waterfalls—A park of marvelous petrifactions—Buena
Vista, the beautiful view—Sportsmen’s Paradise—Through
Hagerman Tunnel to Mount of the Holy Cross—Grand River
Cañon—Sixteen miles of natural wonders—The Grand Cañon of
the Colorado—Major Powell’s Trip from Green River to Yuma—
A perilous journey richly recompensed—Flaming Gorge and
Horseshoe Cañons—Tossed by dangerous rapids into halls and
temples carved by Titans—In a chasm 7,000 feet deep—
Caverns of Enchantment and walls flecked with rainbow
colors—A borderland of phantasy—Cave habitations of an
extinct race—Story of the hunted refugees—Vermilion
Cliffs, Temples of the Virgin and Marble Cañon—Glories
that thrill the heart with ecstasy, and fill the soul with
reverence, 63-84
CHAPTER IV.
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