of 



Long's Peak, " King of the Rocky Mountains," 

 dominates these scenes. Around this peak, 

 within a radius of fifteen miles, is a striking and 

 composite grouping of the best features of the 

 Rocky Mountain scenery. Again and again I 

 have explored every nook and height of this 

 scenic mountain wilderness, enjoying its for- 

 ests, lakes, and canons during every month of 

 the year. 



Frost and fire have had much to do with its 

 lines and landscapes. Ice has wrought bold 

 sculptures, while fire made the graceful open 

 gardens, forest-framed and flower-filled in the 

 sun. The region was occupied by the Ice King 

 during the last glacial period. Many rounded 

 peaks, U-shaped, polished gorges, enormous 

 morainal embankments, upwards of fifty lakes 

 and tarns almost the entire present striking 

 landscape were shaped through the ages by 

 the slow sculpturing of the ice. Forest fires have 

 made marked changes, and many of the wide 

 poetic places the grassy parks in the woods 

 are largely due to severe and repeated burn- 

 ings. 



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