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Bird, Anna Dickinson, and Helen Hunt. Fred- 

 erick H. Chapin visited the region in 1888 

 and wrote a splendidly illustrated book about 

 it, called "Mountaineering in Colorado." This 

 was published by the Appalachian Club. In 

 commenting upon the scenery of the region, 

 Hayden, Father of the Yellowstone National 

 Park, turned aside from scientific discussion in 

 his geological report for 1875 to pay the fol- 

 lowing tribute to the scenic charm of this 

 territory: — 



"Not only has nature amply supplied this 

 with features of rare beauty and surroundings 

 of admirable grandeur, but it has thus distrib- 

 uted them that the eye of an artist may rest 

 with perfect satisfaction on the complete pic- 

 ture presented. It may be said, perhaps, that 

 the more minute details of the scenery are too 

 decorative in their character, showing, as they 

 do, the irregular picturesque groups of hills, 

 buttes, products of erosion, and the finely 

 moulded ridges — the effect is pleasing in the 

 extreme." 



Long's Peak is considered by mountain- 



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