﻿BECHLER.] 
  KANOSHA 
  RANGE. 
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  half 
  of 
  the 
  mouDtains 
  which 
  serve 
  to 
  inclose 
  the 
  South 
  Park 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  

   side. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  notes 
  on 
  Tarryall 
  Creek, 
  I 
  have 
  remarked 
  that 
  8 
  miles 
  below 
  

   liock 
  Creek 
  junction 
  the 
  Tarrvall 
  enters 
  a 
  narrow 
  valley. 
  The 
  mount- 
  

   ains 
  and 
  slopes 
  that 
  form 
  the 
  right 
  or 
  west 
  side 
  are 
  parf 
  of 
  those 
  

   mountains 
  which 
  constitute 
  the 
  northern 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  Puma 
  JBill 
  

   group. 
  

  

  We 
  may 
  consider 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills 
  to 
  be 
  subdivided 
  into 
  three 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  groups, 
  though 
  not 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  separated 
  so 
  distinctly 
  that 
  each 
  

   of 
  them 
  would 
  appear 
  isolated. 
  Between 
  the 
  northern 
  and 
  middle 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  is 
  a 
  depression 
  about 
  1,000 
  to 
  1,200 
  feet 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  

   hills 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  most 
  southerly 
  lying 
  group 
  is 
  again 
  separated 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  by 
  a 
  pass 
  ("Ute 
  Pass"), 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  Colorado 
  

   Springs 
  and 
  South 
  Park 
  wagon-road 
  leads 
  into 
  the 
  park. 
  

  

  Following 
  along 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  groups, 
  we 
  find 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  length 
  

   of 
  about 
  23 
  miles, 
  and 
  its 
  winding 
  nature 
  produces 
  complicated 
  features 
  

   in 
  its 
  topography. 
  The 
  highest 
  peaks 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  group 
  are 
  2,600 
  feet 
  

   above 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Creek 
  and 
  11,400 
  feet 
  total 
  height 
  above 
  sea-level. 
  

  

  The 
  peaks 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  group 
  are 
  very 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  

   former. 
  The 
  eastern 
  slopes 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills, 
  " 
  after 
  their 
  

   first 
  steep 
  descent 
  of 
  2,0U0 
  feet," 
  assume 
  a 
  gradual 
  sloping 
  in 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  where 
  the 
  Tarryall 
  Creek 
  and 
  the 
  Platte 
  River 
  both 
  make 
  a 
  final 
  

   turn 
  to 
  connect 
  with 
  each 
  other. 
  The 
  flat 
  slopes 
  just 
  referred 
  to 
  may 
  

   be 
  counted 
  among 
  the 
  good 
  pasture-lands; 
  broad 
  grassy 
  tongues 
  pene- 
  

   trate 
  in 
  three 
  cases 
  deep 
  into 
  the 
  mountains. 
  There 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  want 
  

   of 
  flowing 
  streams 
  which 
  decreases 
  its 
  value. 
  A 
  few 
  springs, 
  a.ud 
  they 
  

   are 
  very 
  sparse, 
  are 
  the 
  resort 
  of 
  cattle 
  that 
  roam 
  about 
  in 
  this 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood. 
  

  

  The 
  slopes 
  toward 
  the 
  South 
  Park 
  side 
  descend 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  2,000 
  feet 
  

   very 
  abruptly, 
  but 
  soon 
  assume 
  a 
  moderate 
  sloping 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  level 
  

   of 
  the 
  South 
  Park, 
  which 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  about 
  8,800 
  feet. 
  The 
  road 
  over 
  

   the 
  Ute 
  Pass 
  goes 
  over 
  an 
  easy 
  saddle, 
  hardly 
  more 
  than 
  600 
  feet 
  above 
  

   Platte 
  River 
  level, 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  4 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Oliver's 
  Springs. 
  But 
  

   east 
  of 
  the 
  pass 
  the 
  road 
  meanders 
  among 
  low 
  granite 
  spurs 
  and 
  out- 
  

   runners 
  from 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  left 
  of 
  Puma 
  Hills 
  toward 
  the 
  Platte 
  Piver. 
  

   While 
  the 
  road 
  follows 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  " 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  Platte 
  

   River 
  crossing 
  " 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  a 
  creek, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  totally 
  free 
  from 
  difficult 
  

   places, 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  bad 
  for 
  a 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  road. 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills 
  form 
  the 
  most 
  rugged 
  one 
  in 
  

   the 
  whole 
  series, 
  and 
  while 
  its 
  highest 
  points 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  by 
  400 
  to 
  500 
  

   f'Cet 
  lower 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  group, 
  its 
  rugged 
  character 
  exceeds 
  

   the 
  others 
  by 
  far. 
  The 
  whole 
  space, 
  from 
  its 
  very 
  crest 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  

   junction 
  of 
  Twin 
  Creek 
  and 
  South 
  Platte 
  River, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  caQon, 
  is 
  crowded 
  with 
  complicated 
  mass 
  of 
  granite 
  spurs, 
  

   minor 
  ridges, 
  and 
  outrunners 
  from 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  sides 
  fronting 
  the 
  South 
  Park 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  bend 
  where 
  the 
  

   Platte 
  River 
  turns 
  into 
  the 
  upper 
  caiion 
  is 
  not 
  less 
  rugged 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  the 
  

   sharp, 
  bold 
  nature 
  of 
  its 
  outrunning 
  spurs 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  excelled 
  by 
  

   any 
  other 
  one. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  groups 
  of 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills 
  are 
  well 
  wooded 
  in 
  their 
  upper 
  and 
  

   middle 
  portions, 
  but 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  northern 
  ones 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  the 
  

   southern. 
  

  

  Immediately 
  south, 
  across 
  the 
  Upper 
  CaQon, 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills 
  connect 
  

   with 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  ridges, 
  hills, 
  buttes, 
  and 
  knolls 
  peculiar 
  to 
  them- 
  

   seh^es. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  region 
  where, 
  in 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  perhaps 
  20 
  miles 
  east 
  and 
  

   west 
  and 
  8 
  miles 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  basalt 
  predominates 
  in 
  the 
  highest 
  

  

  