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The forests are found in the eastern part of the county. Two-fifths 
are said to be good timber, one-fifth brush, and two-fifths made waste 
by burning. The forest trees are of straight and thrifty growth, of 
medium size, but mostly too small for lumbering purposes. The White 
Pine and White Spruce predominate. 
Tire is the special danger threatening the forests. When the forest 
is destroyed by fire the ground is usually burned so deeply that all 
fertilityis destroyed. Thesecond growth is usually the same as the first; 
when the land has been burned. After fire, Aspen grows first, then. 
White Pine, and later Spruce. 
ELBERT COUNTY. 
(Area, 5,800 square miles; estimated forest area, 100 square miles.) 
The county is situated in the eastern part of the State, in the Plains 
region. The western portion is broken, and is fairly well watered by 
tributaries of the South Platte River. 
The limited amount of forest land in this county is found mostly in 
the northwestern part. Lumbermen have cut all the good timber, and 
the present forest growth is small and scattering. Pine is the predom- 
inant species. . 
It is stated that floods have become more frequent since the destruc- 
tion of the timber. 
EL PASO COUNTY. 
(Area, 2,650 square miles; estimated torest area, 500 square miles.) 
This county occupies a central position in the State. The eastern 
half (south of the Arkansas-Platte Divide) consists of undulating 
plains, with no timber and very little water. The elevation at the east 
line is 4,500 feet, reaching to 6,000 feet in the center, at the base of the 
Pike’s Peak range. The western portion, and also that lying north of 
a line between townships 12 and 13, south, is very mountainous, reach- 
ing an clevation of 14,167 feet at the summit of Pike’s Peak, 9,250 feet 
at the crest of the Hayden Divide, and 8,500 feet at the highest point 
of the Arkansas-Platte Divide. The western and northern parts of the 
county, above an elevation of 5,500 feet, are in most parts well timbered 
with Pine, Spruce, Fir, etc. The heaviest timber is found at an alti- 
tude of 6,000 to 10,000 feet; that below 6,000 feet is mostly Yellow Pine, 
Pinon, Serub Oak, and Cottonwood. 
FREMONT COUNTY. 
(Area, 1,450 square miles; estimated forest area, 450 square miles. ) 
About three-fourths of the area of this county is mountainous. The 
county is drained by numerous streams, all of which flow into the 
Arkansas River. The forest land is situated mainly in the northern 
and western portions. There is very little available timber large enough 


