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Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe (a-rap’a-hoe) County, 
so named from-a tribe of Indians that formerly inhabited this part 
of the country. It stands in the midst of a rich agri- 
Littleton. cultural district and has become popular as the 
Elevation 5,372 feet. suburban home of many of Denver’s business men. 
Dein’ Near Littleton are the W. F. Kendrick pheasantries, 
which are said to be the largest game preserve in the 
world. Here all kinds of wild fowl are raised, and golden pheasants 
may be seen wandering hy the roadside like chickens on an ordinary 
farm. 
A short distance beyond Littleton the traveler may obtain a charm- 
ing view on the right, across the broad, well-tilled valley of the 
South Platte, studded with clumps of cottonwood trees, to the Front 
Range, towering in the distance. Wolhurst, a fine country place 
built by the late United States Senator Edward Wolcott, is farther 
along on the right, just beyond milepost 13. After the death of 
Senator Wolcott the place was purchased by the noted mining man 
the late Thomas F. Walsh. It is now occupied as a country home by 
one of Denver’s richest citizens. 
At the small station of Acequia the railroad crosses the High Line 
Canal, one of those great irrigating ditches that are characteristic 
of the semiarid regions, which takes water from the South Platte and 
carries it far to the northeast, irrigating at least 100,000 acres of 
land that would otherwise be arid and unprofitable. The railroad 
follows the valley of South Platte River to a point a little beyond 
milepost 15, where it leaves the main valley and turns to the south 
(left) up Plum Creek. This creek also flows in a broad, flat valley, 
and the traveler, unless he observes closely, may not realize that the 
railroad has turned from the main valley into that of a tributary. 
Near milepost 15 the entrance to South Platte Canyon may be 
seen in the mountain front, on the right. Here, in 1820, the explor- 
ing expedition of Maj. Long first came to the mountains, although 
it had traveled from the north for many miles in front of and nearly 
cost than abroad and thus to place | by the bureau. The work has been 
radium within the reach of hospitals | successful, and the bureau has pat- 
throughout the country. which radium was 
The Bureau of Mines had already | produced at a cost of about $40,000 
reached the conclusion that such a re- | per gram, or one-third its selling pic 
duction in cost was possible, and an | This patent may be used free of 
agreement was reached by which the 
bureau was to cooperate with the in- 
Stitute for the benefit of the people. 
The institute leased claims in Paradox 
. Valley, in southwestern Colorado, and 
the Bureau of Mines mined the ore 
and shipped it to Denver for treatment 
by anyone who cares to use it for the 
benefit of the American people. 
All this valuable work has been 
done in the unpretentious plant at 
Denver. For further information the 
reader is referred to Bureau of Mines 
Bulletin 104, 
