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  KANOSHA 
  RANGE. 
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  Following 
  the 
  Kanosba 
  Range 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  iSTorth 
  Platte 
  

   Mountains 
  separate 
  from 
  it, 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  crest 
  pretty 
  uniform 
  in 
  its 
  charac- 
  

   ter, 
  not 
  flat, 
  but 
  crowned 
  with 
  numerous 
  granite 
  cones 
  or 
  nipples 
  three- 
  

   fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  apart 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  rising 
  from 
  200 
  to 
  400 
  leet 
  

   from 
  their 
  saddles. 
  On 
  the 
  northeast 
  side 
  the 
  slopes 
  descend 
  very 
  grad- 
  

   ual 
  down 
  to 
  Creig's 
  Summit 
  Valley, 
  which 
  lies 
  for 
  about 
  7 
  miles 
  paral- 
  

   lel 
  to 
  the 
  range. 
  As 
  the 
  Summit 
  Valley 
  descends 
  lower 
  in 
  its 
  course, 
  

   and 
  arrives 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  narrow 
  caiion 
  begins, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   range 
  has 
  become 
  already 
  from 
  1,400 
  to 
  1,000 
  feet 
  high. 
  

  

  The 
  western 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  resemble 
  first 
  gently 
  leaning 
  and 
  

   undulating 
  planes, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  waters 
  rise 
  in 
  broad 
  molded 
  depression, 
  

   serving 
  as 
  snow-flats 
  ; 
  but 
  when 
  the 
  spurs 
  come 
  closer 
  to 
  Rock 
  Creek, 
  

   the 
  drainage 
  has 
  already 
  carved 
  deeper 
  channels 
  ; 
  but 
  real 
  steep 
  slopes 
  

   we 
  only 
  see 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  borders 
  of 
  Rock 
  Creek, 
  where 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  to 
  

   meander 
  through 
  a 
  rough 
  inclosure 
  caused 
  by 
  steep 
  spurs 
  from 
  the 
  

   extremities 
  of 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Mountains, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  from 
  the 
  Kanosha 
  

   Range. 
  

  

  After 
  having 
  passed 
  6 
  miles 
  along 
  the 
  crest, 
  we 
  arrive 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  

   where 
  Tarryall 
  Range 
  is 
  detached 
  from 
  the 
  Kanosha 
  Mountains. 
  From 
  

   liere 
  the 
  range 
  becomes 
  depressed 
  and 
  falls, 
  within 
  two 
  miles, 
  perhaps 
  

   1,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  its 
  rounded 
  and 
  well-wooded 
  spurs 
  descend 
  first 
  very 
  

   moderately 
  toward 
  Lost 
  Park 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  range 
  rises 
  again 
  to 
  12,200 
  

   feet 
  at 
  Lost 
  Park 
  Peak, 
  the 
  slopes 
  assume 
  abrupter 
  forms, 
  and 
  become 
  

   exceedingly 
  so 
  when 
  directly 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  peak. 
  

  

  The 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  mountain 
  range 
  of 
  first 
  order. 
  

   Extensive 
  snow-flats 
  lie 
  near 
  and 
  above 
  timber-line 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  jjeak, 
  

   and 
  near 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  them 
  the 
  slopes 
  fall 
  off 
  precipitously, 
  and 
  are 
  

   steepest 
  when 
  fronting 
  Lost 
  Park 
  and 
  Wigwam 
  Creek. 
  For 
  six 
  more 
  

   miles 
  the 
  Kanosha 
  Range 
  maintains 
  that 
  ruggeduess 
  which 
  prevails 
  on 
  

   both 
  slopes 
  until 
  it 
  reaches 
  Freeman's 
  Peak 
  (11,700), 
  from 
  where 
  it 
  

   descends 
  into 
  Webster's 
  Pass, 
  a 
  saddle 
  which 
  divides 
  the 
  Kanosha 
  Range 
  

   from 
  Virginia 
  Mountain, 
  a 
  splendid 
  and 
  imposing-looking 
  landmark 
  of 
  

   10,000 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  From 
  the 
  latter, 
  which 
  represents 
  the 
  last 
  great 
  

   upheaval 
  between 
  the 
  North 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  and 
  the 
  South 
  Branch, 
  

   the 
  slopes 
  are 
  transformed 
  to 
  the 
  northeas*: 
  into 
  that 
  broad, 
  bulky 
  

   character 
  which 
  a 
  rolling 
  and 
  depressed 
  granite 
  country 
  most 
  generally 
  

   exhibits. 
  

  

  About 
  8 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  and 
  in 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  junction 
  

   of 
  the 
  two 
  Platte 
  River 
  forks 
  the 
  country 
  rises 
  once 
  more 
  along 
  the 
  

   Platte 
  into 
  a 
  ridge, 
  with 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  sharx^ 
  granite 
  tops 
  about 
  1,800 
  feet 
  

   above 
  river-level. 
  

  

  TARRYALL 
  RANGE 
  — 
  RANGE 
  OF 
  SECOND 
  ORDER. 
  

  

  The 
  extent 
  of 
  Tarryall 
  Range 
  is, 
  comparatively 
  speaking, 
  limited, 
  as 
  

   its 
  straight 
  length 
  is 
  but 
  23 
  miles, 
  and 
  with 
  its 
  winding 
  crest 
  measures 
  

   but 
  29 
  miles, 
  its 
  position 
  is 
  fixed 
  by 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  some 
  important 
  

   points 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  tables. 
  Its 
  course 
  is, 
  generally 
  si>eak- 
  

   ing, 
  southeast 
  and 
  northw^est, 
  and 
  is 
  followed 
  during 
  its 
  whole 
  extent 
  

   by 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Creek, 
  which 
  touches 
  the 
  flattened 
  base 
  of 
  its 
  slopes 
  

   and 
  follows 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  it, 
  until 
  turning 
  around 
  its 
  srutherii 
  extremity 
  

   eftects 
  a 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  South 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  River. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  

   added 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Range, 
  that 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  northern 
  i)ortion 
  of 
  it 
  forms 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  barriers 
  of 
  the 
  

   South 
  Park, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills, 
  

  

  