PI.ANTS OF THE ARAPAHOE FOREST 
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Photo, by MacDonald 
Fig, 2. Beaver Bog, Spruce creek 
American botanists, by giving their honored names to these snow 
capped peaks in the Rocky mountains.” 
Mount Byers, 12,778 feet, is to the west of James peak, whose 
drainage on one hand is into St. Louis creek or its tributaries to 
the north and into Williams creek to the south, all finally finding 
their way into Grand river. St. Louis creek empties its waters 
into the Fraser. The area of the Arapahoe forest in 1918 was 
given as 634,775 acres. A part of its area was taken out pre- 
viously. 
The region has been visited by many botanists. Dr. C. C. 
Parry made extensive collections in the region in 1861 ; much 
later. Dr. Asa Gray and Sir J. D. Hooker visited the Clear creek 
country. C. S. Crandall while connected with the Colorado Agri- 
cultural College did extensive collecting in the region. Dr. Parry 
explored Berthoud Pass, giving the altitude as 11,394 feet. He 
states in his physiographic sketches that near the headwaters of 
South Clear creek is a depression discovered by an engineer* Ber- 
thoud who made a reconnoisance for the location of a direct road 
between Denver and Salt Lake. This road, the Union Pacific, 
however, later made its way over Sherman Hill in Wyoming. 
Doctor Parry also gave an account of Empire City in a series of 
letters^ published in the Chicago Evening Journal and a subse- 
quent article under the title “A Midsummer Week in Middle 
Park.” In the latter article he describes Middle Park and the 
streams forming the headwaters of Grand river. He describes 
4 Sept, 1864 (the exact date not at hand). 
