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hamlet of Greenland. After passing this village the train turns more 
toward the southwest and pursues a direct course 
Greenland. 
eration ss feet. 
Denver 47 es. 
toward the low gap which separates the headwaters 
of Kast Plum Creek on the north 
of Monument Creek on-the south. 
from those 
This gap is at 
the foot of the mountains and is marked by Palmer Lake, the highest 
Palmer Lake. : 
Elevation 7,237 feet. 
Population 160 
Denver 52 miles. 
de 
Grande Railroad. 
point on the line between Denver and Pueblo. 
lake and its relation to the mountain front are well 
shown in Plate XVI, B. The lake and town were 
named for Gen. Palmer, the organizer, first presi- 
nt, and inspiring genius of the Denver & Rio 
A more extended account of Gen. Palmer and his 
This 
disposal of brush is the most neces- 
In the early days of settlement in 
this country the forest suffered con- 
siderably from fires. 
A and 
er 
fire started by 
hunters on Pikes Peak is said to have 
urned intermittently for. 
months d 
have ex- 
Similar fires covered 
250,000 acres in the Pike Na- 
tional Forest, and of this area 60,000 
acres is not restocking but must be 
reforested. 
While visiting Colorado Springs the 
traveler will notice burned-over areas 
continuation until tree growth has 
established upon the entire area suited 
to the purpose. In making the trip 
to Pikes Peak over the automobile 
highway the traveler eat Ss through 
several of these plantation 
In order to accomplish a planting 
ta ed 
At the present time over 
1,500. ree seedlings and 600,000 
transplanted trees are growing in this 
nursery. These trees will be planted 
area thus reforested comprised 738 
acres and the planting required 570,000 
rees. 
Forest fires still cause great de- 
struction in the national forest. (See 
Pls. XII, A, B, and XV, A.) The pos- 
sibility of fires in the Pike National 
Forest is great, ,because eight rail- 
roads traverse it, 5,000 people live in 
t, and 250,000 tourists seek recrea- 
tion within its borders the sum- 
mit of Devils Head Mountain the 3% 
est Service has esta a k- 
out station (Pl. XV, “a at aac an 
officer is detailed to watch for fires 
ete 
by telephone with the 
fice nye 
that the rangers can 
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