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  THE 
  FRONT 
  EANGE. 
  415 
  

  

  ever, 
  begin 
  1 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  tbe 
  summit 
  and 
  slTetcb 
  out 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  miles 
  in 
  

   directiou 
  of 
  Beaver 
  Creek. 
  

  

  Immediately 
  north 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  the 
  slopes 
  are 
  pre- 
  

   cipitous, 
  and 
  high 
  rocky 
  spurs 
  and 
  steep 
  rugged 
  caHons, 
  running 
  in 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  Fountain 
  qui 
  Bouille, 
  bisecting 
  the 
  slopes 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   that 
  mountain 
  in 
  that 
  direction. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  ruggedest 
  features 
  exist 
  along 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  mountain, 
  

   ruuuiiig 
  for 
  several 
  miles 
  northwest. 
  Sharp 
  needle-like 
  peaks 
  and 
  ser- 
  

   rated 
  crest 
  of 
  spurs 
  are 
  confusing 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  of 
  even 
  the 
  experienced 
  

   observer. 
  

  

  West 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  nipple, 
  the 
  gently 
  dipping 
  plateau 
  has 
  main- 
  

   tained 
  itself 
  for 
  2 
  to 
  2.^ 
  miles, 
  but 
  suddenly 
  descends 
  also 
  in 
  wall-like 
  

   precipices 
  toward 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  West 
  Pike's 
  Creek, 
  to 
  connect 
  with 
  

   a 
  still 
  rugged 
  but 
  much 
  lower 
  and 
  somewhat 
  flatter 
  granite 
  district 
  to 
  

   the 
  west. 
  

  

  The 
  country 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  Pike's 
  Peak, 
  to 
  the 
  southwest, 
  is 
  in 
  itself 
  a 
  

   high 
  granitic 
  mountain 
  district, 
  "with 
  Ebyolite 
  Peak 
  and 
  Mount 
  Pisgah 
  

   as 
  culminating 
  points," 
  which 
  appears 
  only 
  insignificant 
  alongside 
  the 
  

   imposing 
  Pike's 
  group, 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  connected. 
  

  

  Weird 
  and 
  dusky 
  looking 
  are 
  the 
  reddish 
  granite 
  cauons 
  that 
  run 
  

   like 
  giant 
  fissures 
  into 
  the 
  main 
  caiion 
  of 
  West 
  Pike's, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  into 
  

   Pisgah 
  Creeks. 
  

  

  The 
  Monte 
  Kosa 
  group 
  lies 
  southeast 
  of 
  Pike's 
  Peak, 
  with 
  Monte 
  Eosa 
  

   Peak 
  as 
  its 
  culminating 
  point, 
  being 
  8 
  miles 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  The 
  Cheyenne 
  Mountains 
  lie 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Eosa 
  

   group 
  and 
  are 
  Front 
  mountains, 
  falling 
  off 
  suddenly 
  toward 
  the 
  plain. 
  

  

  Cheyenne 
  Creek, 
  with 
  numerous 
  branches, 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  flows 
  

   in 
  a 
  cafion, 
  divides 
  the 
  two 
  groups. 
  Directly 
  4 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  

   of 
  Pike's 
  Peak 
  and 
  across 
  the 
  deep 
  depression 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  headwaters 
  

   of 
  Euxton's 
  Creek 
  assemble, 
  stands 
  Cameron's 
  Cone 
  with 
  a 
  pyramidal 
  

   capping. 
  It 
  rests 
  on 
  a 
  huge, 
  rugged, 
  granite 
  ridge 
  which 
  swings 
  around 
  

   to 
  tbe 
  southeast, 
  and 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  spurs 
  from 
  the 
  Monte 
  Eosa 
  Moun- 
  

   tains 
  flows 
  Bear 
  Creek 
  in 
  a 
  narrow 
  defile, 
  along 
  which 
  the 
  signal 
  trail 
  

   leads 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  Pike's 
  Peak. 
  

  

  Between 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  Cameron's 
  Eidge 
  and 
  Bear 
  Creek 
  in 
  one 
  direc- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  Fountain 
  qui 
  Bouille 
  in 
  another 
  direction, 
  the 
  space 
  is 
  broken 
  

   up 
  with 
  rugged 
  subridges 
  and 
  bold-looking 
  spurs 
  descending 
  toward 
  

   and 
  falling 
  ofl" 
  into 
  a 
  rolling 
  terraced 
  country 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Manitou 
  Springs 
  and 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  Fountain 
  qui 
  Bouille. 
  

  

  Down 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Pike's 
  Peak 
  and 
  along 
  its 
  northern 
  base 
  flows 
  

   Fontaine 
  qui 
  Bouille, 
  rising 
  among 
  the 
  northwestern 
  spurs 
  of 
  the 
  Pike's 
  

   group 
  and 
  Catamount 
  Hill, 
  from 
  which 
  vicinity 
  it 
  rushes 
  in 
  rapid 
  de- 
  

   scent 
  down 
  the 
  valley 
  toward 
  Manitou 
  and 
  Colorado 
  Springs 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  

   Monument 
  Creek, 
  a 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  Eiver. 
  

  

  PRONT 
  RANGE 
  — 
  RANGE 
  OF 
  FIRST 
  ORDER. 
  

  

  The 
  mountain-slopes 
  which 
  rise 
  from 
  Fountain 
  qui 
  Bouille, 
  north- 
  

   ward, 
  form 
  the 
  southern 
  flank 
  of 
  the 
  Front 
  Eange, 
  which 
  reaches 
  the 
  

   maximum 
  height 
  of 
  its 
  southern 
  portion 
  just 
  across 
  Fountain 
  qui 
  

   Bouille 
  and 
  about 
  8 
  miles 
  north 
  from 
  Pike's 
  Peak. 
  This 
  range 
  lies 
  

   nearly 
  for 
  its 
  whole 
  length 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  meridian 
  105°, 
  and 
  only 
  

   after 
  reaching 
  parallel 
  39° 
  departs 
  somewhat 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  this 
  line. 
  

   It 
  descends 
  gradually 
  toward 
  north, 
  in 
  a 
  low 
  line 
  of 
  parallel 
  ridges 
  near 
  

   tbe 
  Platte 
  Eiver 
  Caiion 
  at 
  the 
  foot-hills. 
  This 
  portion 
  has 
  an 
  entire 
  

  

  