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RECREATION. 



SUMMER VACATIONS IN COLORADO 



THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY OFFERS INDUCEMENTS IN THE WAY OF 



LOW RATES AND SUPERB ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



The World-Famed Eesorts of Colorado Are Ideal Places for Health and Recreation— Benefits of Camping 



Out— It Is Very Inexpensive— Interesting Information for the Tourist, Sportsman and Health Seeker. 



AT this season of the year when thou- 

 sands of American Tourists go abroad 

 to spend their summer vacations in 

 crowded European cities, the question 

 naturally arises, why do they do it, when 

 there are so many attractions on this side of 

 the Atlantic ? They return and rave over 

 the Alps and Apennines and have never 

 seen the "Rockies" of their own country. 



Summer resorts are numerous and hotel 

 and boarding house accommodations may 

 be obtained at most reasonable prices. 



The Missouri Pacific Railway with its 

 connecting lines the Denver and Rio Grande 

 Railroad and the Rio Grande Western Rail- 

 way will offer very low rates to all points in 

 Colorado during the entire summer. It is the 

 most direct route from the South and East 



GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO. 



The mountains of Colorado are as pictur- 

 esque, grand and sublime as those of Switz- 

 erland. They rear their heights of never- 

 trodden snow, the same as the Jungfrau, 

 and their hidden beauties have never been 

 portrayed by pen, pencil or brush. 



In the light of modern transportation 

 facilities they lie at the threshold of every 

 health and pleasure seeker's door. Amid 

 the heat, turmoil and bustle of daily life 

 they expand into the infinite and extend a 

 cordial welcome to recreation, repose and 

 rest. To live among them during the sum- 

 mer months is to dwell in -a land of per- 

 petual sunshine — almost midway between 

 earth and heaven. There are clouds and 

 showers at times, it is true, but just enough 

 to make a glorious sunset. 



In that great tract along the eastern foot- 

 hills in which lie Denver, Colorado Springs, 

 Manitou, Pueblo,Trinidad, Golden, Boulder, 

 Fort Collins and Greeley the sun shines 

 sixty-two hours in every hundred in which 

 it is above the horizon. 



via the Pueblo gateway to the famous re- 

 sorts of the Rocky Mountains. It has a 

 double daily service of fast trains from St. 

 Louis and Kansas City with equipment un- 

 surpassed by that of any other railroad in 

 the West. A vacation spent at the seaside 

 or eastern mountain resorts can not be com- 

 pared for a moment with the bracing and 

 invigorating effects derived from the free- 

 dom of outdoor life in Colorado. The sum- 

 mer climate is simply delightful, the atmos- 

 phere being crisp and cool during the day 

 and inviting to peaceful repose at night. 

 There are no flies or mosquitoes in the higher 

 altitudes. Even the cloudy days do not pre- 

 clude an outdoor life. They are not accom- 

 panied with the penetrating dampness or 

 rawness of the Eastern or Middle States. 

 A camping season in the mountains of Col- 

 orado is one of the greatest inducements 

 that can be offered to thousands of men and 

 women who are looking forward to and ar- 

 ranging for the summer vacation, which is 

 to give a respite and relief from the toil and 



