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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Not less 

 beautiful than 

 the Spanish 

 Peaks in their 

 snowy covering 

 are the Three 

 Sisters on the 

 McKenzie auto 

 road in Ore- 

 go n . What 

 driver of auto 

 could ask more 

 than to be on 

 the road, rid- 

 ing on four 

 good tires, a 

 tank full of 

 gas, his mind 

 at peace and 

 having these 

 splendid peaks 

 beckon him on 

 to fhe top of 

 McKenzie pass, 



the highest point reached on the trip. A day or two 

 spent loafing along over this road to the top of the pass 

 is a worthy goal for the motor traveler who sets his face 

 to the Pacific Coast. There are two lands. In one 



WHEELER NATIONAL MONUMENT 



Surrounded by the Rio Grande National Forest this unusual formation, set aside as a National Monu- 

 ment, can be reached only by a pack trip over a good trail built by the Forest Service. During the 

 second day several points from which the trip may start are passed. 



many must live 

 most of the 

 year. There the 

 winds carry the 

 smells of trade 

 and industry. 

 In the other 

 we may play 

 and there find 

 courage to 

 come back 

 again to where 

 man has reared 

 great struc- 

 tures for com- 

 merce and pro- 

 duction. This 

 happier land is 

 a 1 1 out-doors 

 where trees, 

 mountains, 

 lakes and can- 

 yons tell of a 

 greater Architect's work than any found in the city. To 

 this land the trips here invite you to rest, recreation 

 and understanding of the Spirit of the Infinite, with every 

 assurance that you will thoroughly enjoy it all. 



A NINE DAY AUTO TRIP IN COLORADO 



TNTO the heart of the romantic southwest of Colorado 

 *- and through the great block of National Forest terri- 

 tory, totalling more than 6,000,000 acres, which is made 

 up of the San Isabel, Leadville, Cochetopa, Gunnison, 

 Uncompahgre, Montezuma, Durango and Rio Grande 

 forests, run highways which outline a nine-day auto trip 

 offering the best of Colorado scenery. 



The start can be made from either Trinadad (A) or 



from Walsenburg (B) Colorado or the whole trip may be 

 reversed so one starts at Pueblo, which in the trip out- 

 lined, is the finishing point. The decision as to which 

 shall be the starting point of the trip must be made be- 

 fore La Junta is reached for there the road divides. 



First Day. Trinidad or Walsenburg to Alamosa 

 (iA) or Monte Vista (iB). In the day's trip the 

 Spanish Peaks, Sierra Blanca (fifth highest peaks in the 



