1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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Many of the most interesting fea- 

 tures of the state of Colorado are con- 

 tained within this basin. Mountain 

 lakes of deepest blue surrounded by 

 spruce and pine forests of a rich green 

 and abounding in game ; great rivers 

 clear as crystal along their upper 



sluggishh 

 great 



es at the bottom of the park, they flow 

 urning and twisting like 

 serpents until they meet and 

 combine in a mighty torrent which 

 has forced its way through the Gore 

 Range, which forms the western boun- 

 dary of the park. 



No. 1. Kremmling Reservoir Site, from point about 500 feet high nearly over dam site. 



No. 2. Showing view from point "B" looking up Blue River over the village of Kremmling. 



courses, flowing from the high moun- 

 tain peaks in which are the springs 

 that form their sources, hurrying 

 along almost with the speed of a rail- 

 way train, but lower down in more 

 level country becoming less and less 

 turbulent until, along the lower reach- 



It is evident that in days long since 

 past there was a great lake covering 

 the lower part of this basin, and that 

 an outlet has been gradually eroded 

 through solid granite, deposits of sedi- 

 ment rilling the bottom of the basin 

 at the same time until the bottom of 



