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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)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nument of granite in memory of President Garfield. On the 26th dayof September, 1881, the National Association of General Passenger Agents,at the time President Garfield was being buried in Cleveland, held memorialservices at the mouth of Toltec Tunnel, and since have erected this beautifulmonument in memory of the event. Cumbre§ Summit.—Distant from Denver, 329 miles. Summit of theConejos range. Elevation, 10,014 feet. Trimble Hot Springs.—Health and pleasure resort, 459 miles fromDenver, 9 miles from Durango and 36 miles from Silverton. The springs arenoted for their strong remedial character. Elevation, 6,644 f<-et. Animas Canon.—Just beyond Rockwood, 469 miles from Denver, theAnimas Canon begins. This gorge is formed by the breaking through therange of the Rio de las Animas Perdidas. The road is built along a shelf cutin the solid rock-wall of the canon, which towers 500 feet above and drops1,000 feet below the track. In this it differs from all other scenes on the line.
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Around the Circle. 47 The Xeedles.—After emerging from the western extremity oi AnimasCanon, the traveler can see The Needle Mountains, the most peculiar andstriking of the Rockies, thrusting their splintered pinnacles into the regions ofperpetual snow. Elk Park.—Animas Caiion having been passed, the road enters ElkPark, a beautiful little valley in the midst of the range, a spot rich in materialfor the artist in search of new impressions. Garfield Peak.—At the western extremity of Elk Park rises GarfieldPeak, a grand and impressive mountain towering to a height of a mile abovethe track. Sultan Mountain.—Silverton, the terminus of this branch of theline, is 495 miles from Denver. It is surrounded by mountains rich in min-eral-bearing mines. One of the most picturesque of these is Sultan Moun-tain, which reaches an elevation of 14,115 feet. Ouray.—Picturesque mountain town. Hot springs of medicinal prop-erties make this a resort for health and pleasure. The mines surroundingO

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