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he should go to the village of South Platte, 29 miles from Denver, 
but should he wish to see all its more rugged parts he should go as 
far as Estabrook, 52 miles distant. Many persons go to resorts far- 
ther up the canyon, even as far as Grant (66 miles), but this upper 
part of the canyon is not so rugged—it lacks the features that give 
to the lower part its peculiar charm. Those who go to the upper 
part do so on account of the fishing, which is reported to be un- 
usually good. 
On leaving the Union Station in Denver, the railway crosses South 
Platte River and runs up on the west side of the stream to the moun- 
tain front. At Sheridan Junction a branch line turns to the west 
(right) to Morrison, which is in the same valley as that in which 
Golden is situated. A mile up this line and on the main terrace that 
borders the river valley is Fort Logan, the largest military post in 
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FicuRe 5.—Dakota hogback south of South Platte River, looking south. Note the east- 
ward dip of the sandstone forming the hogback and also that of the red sandstone 
nearer the mountains. Settling reservoir of Denver waterworks in the middle 
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Colorado. The train passes some fine country places and goes through 
large areas of irrigated lands in a high state of cultivation. 
At a siding called Willard, 17 miles from Denver, the traveler 
may see on his right a sharp-crested ridge, which is formed by the 
upturned edge of the Dakota sandstone, the same rock that forms 
the sharp hogback at Plainview, on the “ Moffat road.” At first this 
ridge seems to stretch along the entire mountain front, and from the 
tiver bottom it appears almost as large as the mountains themselves, 
but on nearer approach it dwindles into comparative insignificance. 
The railway runs nearly parallel with this ridge for some distance, 
and then in following the river valley it turns more toward the west 
and cuts through it directly toward the mountains. The Dakota hog- 
back on the south side of the river, as well as the outcrop of lower 
red sandstones, is shown in figure 5, 
