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| COLORADO. |
| JUST who and what the
ancient inhabitants of Colorado
were opinions differ. Traditions
are few that have any value, but
the partial and imperfect
researches which have already
been made enables us to see from
their ancient and pre-historic
ruins, which are found along the
immediate banks of the
water-courses and inaccessible
mesas, that they were a race
superior to the Indians. |
| The
first American to enter Colorado
was Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike,
U. S. A., who led a military
exploring party there in 1806. He
was captured by Spanish troops,
and taken to Chihuahua. Pike's
Peak, for many decades the beacon
of western civilization, will
forever perpetuate his memory,
and Long's Peak, similarly,
honors Major S.J. Long, who
explored parts of Colorado in
1820. |
| In
1844 John Fremont explored North,
Middle and South Parks which were
afterward visited by a few French
traders. As early as 1852
wandering Cherokees discovered
gold near the foot-hills, but it
was not until 1858 that W. Green
Russell's party of Georgians, and
a company from Kansas, began to
wash gold from the sands of the
South Platte River. When the news
of these treasures of the
mountains reached the East, a
vast migration began across the
untrodden plains, and the serene
and lonely Pike's Peak became the
magnet of thousands of brave
adventurers. |
| Placer
mining was succeeded in 1870 by
hydraulic mining, and a few years
later by the sulphurets and
tellurides. Veins of silver and
lodes of gold of incalculable
value have been found in the
mountains. |
| ILLUSTRATIONS. |
Mountain
of the Holy Cross; Cliff
Dwellings; Garden of the
Gods and Pike's Peak. |
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