ILLUSTRATIONS. 



ROUTE MAP. 



For the convenience of the traveler the sheets of the route map are so folded and placed 

 that he can unfold tliem one by one and keep each one in view while he is reading the text 



relating to it. A reference in i>arenthe»es is given in the text at each point where a new 

 sheet should he unfolded. 



Page. 



Sheet 1. Denver to Husted, Colo 32 



2. Edgerton to Parkdale, Colo 84 



3. Echo to Pine Creek and Doyle, Colo 100 



4. Granite to Spruce Creek, Colo 134 



5. Shoshone to De Beque, Colo 1.50 



6. Parlin to Roubideau, Colo 182 



7. Escalante and Akin, Colo., to Cisco, Utah 198 



8. Whitehouse to Cedar, Utah 210 



9. Verde to Mapleton, Utah 232 



10. Springville to Salt Lake City, Utah 244 



PLATES. 



Plate I. Relief map of Colorado and part of Utah, showing main lines 

 of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and areas 



covered by sheets of route map 2 



II. State Capitol, Denvei' 6 



III. A, Wheat field in Clear Creek valley ; B, Mountain front on 



the "Moftat road" 7 



IV. A, Tunnels on the "Moffat road"; B, State flower of 



Colorado 10 



V. James Peak 11 



VI. "Mother Grundy" - 14 



VII. Narrows of Clear Creek canyon 15 



VIII. Silver Plume ^ 18 



IX. Mount McClellan 19 



X. Platte Canyon 20 



XL A, Castle Rock; B, Dome Rock, Platte Canyon 21 



XII. A, Result of a recent forest fire; B, Result of an old forest 



fire 28 



XIII. A, Marking merchantable timber; B, Engelmann spruce 29 



XIV. A, A forest nursery ; B, Old charcoal kilns ; C, Yellow pine-_ 30 

 XV. A, A place for artificial reforestation ; B, Fire-lookout sta- 

 tion 31 



XVI. A, " Elephant Rock " ; B, Palmer Lake 32 



XVII. A, B, Capped pinnacles in Monument Park ; C, The " Major 



Domo," Glen Eyrie 33 



XVIII. Pikes Peak 34 



XIX. Gateway to the Garden of the Gods 35 



XX. A, The " Siamese Twins " ; B, " Balanced Rock " 36 



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