﻿CHAPTER 
  III. 
  

  

  KANOSHA 
  RANGE, 
  IN 
  CONNECTION 
  WITH 
  NORTH 
  PLATTE 
  

   RIVER 
  MOUNTAINS. 
  

  

  EANGE 
  OF 
  SECOND 
  ORDER. 
  

  

  From 
  Whale 
  Peak 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  range, 
  (10 
  miles 
  F-outh 
  in 
  an 
  air-line 
  

   from 
  Argentine 
  Pass), 
  a 
  subridge 
  branches 
  off 
  in 
  direction 
  of 
  Kenosha 
  

   Pass. 
  Within 
  9 
  miles' 
  distance 
  this 
  ridge 
  descends 
  from 
  13,209 
  feet 
  to 
  

   10,226 
  feet 
  elewition, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  altitude 
  of 
  the 
  pass. 
  Two 
  spurs 
  from 
  

   4 
  to 
  6 
  miles 
  in 
  length 
  detach 
  from 
  the 
  ridge 
  and 
  lead 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Hall's 
  Gulch 
  and 
  the 
  North 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  River. 
  Four 
  miles 
  

   before 
  reaching 
  Kanosha 
  Pass 
  the 
  ridge 
  has 
  received 
  already 
  its 
  lowest 
  

   depression, 
  and 
  loses 
  all 
  those 
  rugged 
  features 
  that 
  we 
  most 
  invariably 
  

   witness 
  in 
  higher 
  mountains. 
  

  

  Toward 
  Hall's 
  Gulch 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  spurs 
  fall 
  off 
  suddenly, 
  and 
  

   bear 
  in 
  consequence 
  a 
  precipitous 
  character. 
  East 
  of 
  the 
  pass 
  the 
  Ka- 
  

   nosha 
  Range 
  rises 
  immediately 
  again 
  within 
  3 
  J 
  miles 
  to 
  a 
  peak, 
  with 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  12,469 
  feet, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  western 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Kanosha 
  Twin 
  

   Cones. 
  Two 
  more 
  peaks 
  of 
  equal 
  elevation 
  with 
  the 
  former 
  one, 
  and 
  

   only 
  1^ 
  miles 
  distant 
  from 
  it, 
  stand 
  directly 
  east 
  and 
  southeast 
  from 
  the 
  

   latter, 
  and 
  form 
  an 
  equilateral 
  triangle 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  These 
  peaks 
  are 
  striking 
  landmarks 
  and 
  are 
  easily 
  recognized 
  from 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  over 
  th.e 
  large 
  area 
  that 
  constitutes 
  the 
  South 
  Pcirk 
  district. 
  

   The 
  southern 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  of 
  these 
  peaks 
  we 
  named 
  Kanosha 
  Twin 
  

   Cones, 
  from 
  their 
  great 
  similarity 
  and 
  close 
  neighborhood. 
  

  

  Only 
  3 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  Western 
  Kanosha 
  Cone 
  the 
  range 
  splits 
  in 
  two 
  

   separate 
  ranges, 
  running 
  for 
  10 
  miles 
  parallel, 
  and 
  only 
  1^ 
  miles 
  apart 
  

   from 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  a 
  southeasterly 
  direction. 
  This 
  fork 
  in 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  gives 
  cause 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  and 
  interesting 
  orographic 
  fea- 
  

   tures 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  only 
  able 
  to 
  witness 
  at 
  so 
  high 
  an 
  altitude. 
  (See 
  

   Creig's 
  Summit 
  Valley.) 
  

  

  The 
  northern 
  branch 
  of 
  these 
  mountains 
  is 
  called 
  North 
  Platte 
  River 
  

   Mountains, 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  their 
  very 
  rugged 
  and 
  precipitous 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  slopes 
  front 
  the 
  North 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Platte 
  River 
  Valley. 
  

  

  The 
  length 
  of 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Platte 
  River 
  Mountains 
  is 
  20 
  miles. 
  

   The 
  relative 
  height 
  above 
  mean 
  Platte 
  River 
  level 
  is 
  about 
  3,200 
  feet, 
  

   while 
  the 
  relative 
  height 
  above 
  Creig's 
  Summit 
  Valley 
  is 
  only 
  800 
  feet. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  about 
  eleven 
  points 
  or 
  nipples 
  on 
  that 
  mountain 
  branch, 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  highest 
  one 
  reaches 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  a 
  trifle 
  over 
  12,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  southwestern 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  mountains, 
  running 
  parallel 
  with 
  

   the 
  North 
  Platte 
  River 
  Mountains, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Kanosha 
  Range 
  might 
  

   be 
  retained. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  superior 
  one 
  in 
  length, 
  but 
  also 
  

   by 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  the 
  highest. 
  Its 
  crest 
  shows 
  a 
  total 
  length 
  of 
  

   25 
  miles 
  from 
  East 
  Kanosha 
  Twin 
  Cone 
  to 
  Freeman's 
  Peak 
  ; 
  while, 
  for 
  a 
  

   distance 
  of 
  10 
  miles, 
  its 
  course 
  is 
  due 
  south, 
  it 
  deviates 
  from 
  a 
  direct 
  line 
  

   lor 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  its 
  course. 
  

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