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Colorado Central Railroad to Central City, thence via Rollinsville and the 

 Rollinsville wa^on road over the Boulder Pass ; or via Georgetown, and daily- 

 stage through the Beithoud Pass. Good hotels will be found here, with guides, 

 teams, etc. 



Jefferson County- 

 Morrison. See Denver. 

 Xafce County— 



Twin. Lakes are beyond South Parle, in the Arkansas range of mountains, and 

 are becoming a favorite place of resort for fishing, hunting and boating. They 

 can be easily reached from Colorado Springs — although mountainous all the way 

 — by carriage, ambulance or stage. The lakes are upon the Lake Fork of the 

 Arkansas River, one of the largest of its tributaries, which fiows eastward from 

 the summit of the lofty Saguache Range. This place is a great summer resort 

 for the Denver people, who go with teats and all the conveniences for out-door 

 life. 



At the Twin Lakes the fishing is tolerably good, but the fish are small. Should 

 a party fit out with a pack team when at the Twin Lakes, and follow the Arkansas 

 River to its head at Tennessee Pass, and then strike the head waters ot Eagle 

 River, and follow it down until nearly opposite the mountain of the Holy Cross, 

 they can catch trout to their hearts content, and probably kill some elk and moun- 

 tain sheep. The trout of the Eagle River run large, and large flies or spinning 

 tackle should be used to take them. Another party wishing to hunt grizzlies, can 

 go by pack train from the lakes up Twin Lake Creek, about ten miles to the fork, 

 and then follow the left branch of the creek to Elk Pass, where the Elk Moun- 

 tains are crossed. From the Elk Mountains there is an old Ute trail going to 

 Rock Creek and to the snow ranges of the Rocky Mountains, where grizzlies are 

 common during the summer. There are trails leading to Rock Creek and Eagle 

 River, which were made by the U. S. Geological Survey, under Dr. F. V. Hay- 

 den in 1873. 



Granite. Good trout fishing in Twin Lakes, which see. 



Iiarimer County^ 



Estes Park^ eighty-four miles from Denver, via Boulder and Longmont, and 

 thirty miles from Longmont, at the northeast foot of Long's Peak, is a beautiful 

 basin of meadows and groves, with delightful hunting and fishing, where a week 

 or a month of the later summer months can be spent very agreeably. Reached 

 via the Colorado Central Railroad to the above stations. 



Fort Collins is situated in Colorado Territory, on Cache le Poudre River, a 

 clear, swift, never-failing stream, abounding in trout and other fish. Game is 

 abundant in the vicinity. Reached from Cheyenne, or from Greeley, on the 

 Denver and Pacific Railroad. 



Jjas JLnimas County — 



The western fourth of the county is mountainous, interspersed with valleys 

 and mountain peaks. This section is covered with pine forests, and intersected by 

 numerous mountain streams which abound with trout. The eastern three-fourths 

 of the county is a series of table-lands, stretching from the mountains to the level 

 plain. The principal wild game in this part of the country, are buffalo, antelope, 

 beaver, otter, jack rabbits, etc. The mountains abound with different species of 

 bear, immense droves of deer, turkeys and mountain grouse, and various animals 

 hunted and trapped exclusively for their furs. 



Sucarica Canon, Cottonwood Canon, and Tuckalote Cafion, all within a few 

 miles of Dick's ranche, on the southern slope of the Ratorn Mountains, near the 

 New Mexico boundary line, afford excellent shooting for deer, antelope, tur- 

 keys, bears, and other game. Take rail to Pueblo, and there fit out. 



Trinidad. Fine antelope shooting east of the town, and through the county. 

 Reached from Pueblo, via the Denver and Rio Grande Railway to El Moro, 

 thence a short stage ride. 



Ftieblo County— 



Pueblo, at the junction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Denver 

 and Rio Grande Railroad, has rail and stage connections for all the best hunting 

 groimds in Colorado and New Mexico. This is the headquarters where hunting 

 parties fit out for the antelope plains to the east, and the Rocky Mountains to the 



