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  EEPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
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  throughout 
  Colorado 
  Territory. 
  These 
  differences 
  are 
  first 
  in 
  form, 
  and 
  

   second, 
  Riincipally 
  in 
  height, 
  for 
  the 
  average 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   range 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  by 
  1,500 
  feet 
  of 
  inferior 
  or 
  lower 
  height 
  than 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  or 
  Front 
  Range. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  within 
  130 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  Eocky 
  Mountain 
  crest, 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   the 
  district 
  described 
  in 
  these 
  notes, 
  only 
  one 
  pass, 
  " 
  Tennessee 
  Pass," 
  on 
  

   record, 
  so 
  low 
  that 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  it 
  falls 
  only 
  SoO'feet 
  below 
  the 
  average 
  

   altitude 
  of 
  prominent 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  range 
  dividing 
  ]^orth 
  and 
  Middle 
  

   Parks, 
  while 
  all 
  other 
  passes 
  are 
  from 
  1,000 
  to 
  2,500 
  feet 
  superior 
  in 
  alti- 
  

   tude 
  than 
  the 
  meau 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  Park 
  Divide. 
  

  

  The 
  highest 
  elevation 
  onthatrange, 
  equal 
  to 
  12,433 
  feet, 
  is 
  represented 
  

   in 
  Park 
  View 
  Mountain, 
  and 
  if 
  that 
  peak 
  stands 
  out 
  prominent, 
  and 
  in 
  

   general 
  appearance 
  would 
  to 
  the 
  inexperienced 
  compare 
  rather 
  favor- 
  

   ably 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  giant 
  peaks 
  on 
  the 
  Front 
  Rjinge, 
  it 
  is 
  owing 
  simply 
  

   to 
  the 
  contrast, 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  attributed 
  to 
  its 
  immediate 
  much-de- 
  

   pressed 
  surroundings. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  acquire 
  a 
  proper 
  understanding 
  of 
  the 
  relative 
  geographi- 
  

   cal 
  position 
  which 
  the 
  Continental 
  Divide 
  holds 
  to 
  the 
  Colorado 
  Front 
  

   Eange, 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  recapitulate 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  words 
  its 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   Front 
  Eange, 
  and 
  using 
  as 
  a 
  base 
  point 
  Long's 
  Peak. 
  

  

  From 
  a 
  point 
  1^ 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Long's 
  Peak, 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Front 
  

   Eange 
  is 
  for 
  12 
  to 
  14 
  miles 
  northwest, 
  thence 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  8 
  

   miles 
  almost 
  due 
  north, 
  to 
  parallel 
  40° 
  30', 
  from 
  which 
  point 
  the 
  range 
  

   turns 
  abruptly 
  westward 
  for 
  6 
  miles, 
  abutting 
  against 
  the 
  high 
  and 
  rug- 
  

   ged 
  mountain 
  range, 
  claimed 
  by 
  some 
  authority 
  (?) 
  as 
  the 
  "Medicine 
  

   Eow 
  Mountains," 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  advanced 
  proof-sheet 
  of 
  Clarence 
  King's 
  

   map 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  simply 
  as 
  "Park 
  Range.'' 
  As 
  the 
  mixing 
  up 
  of 
  

   names 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  uncommon 
  in 
  different 
  maps, 
  made 
  by 
  different 
  sur- 
  

   veys 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  Eocky 
  Mountain 
  

   area, 
  we 
  will 
  abstain 
  from 
  arguing 
  our 
  preference 
  to 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Medi- 
  

   cine 
  Bow, 
  on 
  any 
  other 
  ground 
  except 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Park 
  

   Eange 
  has, 
  and 
  as 
  I 
  think 
  very 
  properly, 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  that 
  long 
  range 
  

   which 
  forms 
  the 
  western 
  barrier 
  along 
  South 
  and 
  Middle 
  Parks. 
  

  

  The 
  Medicine 
  Bow 
  Range 
  has 
  a 
  direct 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  trend, 
  and 
  

   from 
  where 
  the 
  Front 
  Range 
  strikes 
  it, 
  extends 
  southward 
  ten 
  miles 
  

   " 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  North 
  Fork 
  of 
  Grand 
  River" 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  from 
  

   where 
  the 
  Continental 
  Divide 
  assumes 
  a 
  general 
  west 
  course, 
  its 
  crest 
  

   winding 
  irregularly 
  for 
  5.5 
  miles 
  until 
  it 
  meets 
  the 
  Park 
  Eange 
  at 
  a 
  

   point 
  called 
  Eabbit 
  Ears. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  point 
  referred 
  to, 
  where 
  the 
  Continental 
  Divide 
  separates 
  or 
  

   rather 
  starts 
  from 
  the 
  Medicine 
  Bow 
  Eange, 
  stands 
  a 
  prominent 
  peak 
  of 
  

   12,513 
  feet 
  elevation, 
  which 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  locating 
  a 
  landmark 
  in 
  this 
  

   region, 
  so 
  destitute 
  of 
  names, 
  we 
  named 
  Upper 
  Grand 
  Valley 
  Peak. 
  

   This 
  peak 
  stands 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  terminus 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  and 
  rugged 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Medicine 
  Bow, 
  but 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  landmark 
  of 
  

   of 
  the 
  remote 
  southeast 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Park, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  

   has 
  similar 
  geographical 
  significance 
  to 
  James 
  Peak 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  Park. 
  

  

  Eleven 
  miles 
  west 
  and 
  a 
  trifle 
  south 
  of 
  Upper 
  Grand 
  Valley 
  Peak 
  

   rises 
  the 
  Park 
  View 
  Mountain, 
  with 
  the 
  highest 
  elevation 
  on 
  this 
  divide, 
  

   and 
  five 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  stands 
  another 
  peak 
  with 
  an 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  11,600, 
  or 
  of 
  about 
  1,000 
  feet 
  less 
  height 
  than 
  Park 
  View 
  Mountain. 
  

   On 
  the 
  east 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  peak 
  lie 
  two 
  deep 
  sad- 
  

   dles, 
  which 
  give 
  particularly 
  to 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  a 
  somewhat 
  empty 
  

   appearance, 
  while 
  it 
  gives 
  greater 
  prominency 
  to- 
  Park 
  View 
  Peak 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  neighbor. 
  

  

  Near 
  these 
  two 
  saddles, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  slope 
  of 
  Upper 
  Grand 
  

  

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