The Crest of the Continent: A Summer's Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

I AT THE BASE OF THE ROCKIES.

II ALONG THE FOOTHILLS.

III A MOUNTAIN SPA.

IV PUEBLO AND ITS FURNACES

V OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO.

VI SAN LUIS PARK.

VII THE INVASION OF NEW MEXICO.

VIII EL MEXICANO Y EL PUEBLOANO.

IX SANTA FE AND THE SACRED VALLEY.

X TOLTEC GORGE.

XI ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

XII THE QUEEN OF THE CAnONS.

XIII SILVER SAN JUAN.

XIV BEYOND THE RANGES.

XV THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE RIO SAN JUAN.

XVI ON THE UPPER RIO GRANDE.

XVII EL MORO AND CAnON CITY.

XVIII IN THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY.

XIX THE ROYAL GORGE.

XX THE ARKANSAS VALLEY.

XXI THE CAMP OF THE CARBONATES.

XXII ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND FREMONT'S PASSES.

XXIII FROM PONCHO SPRINGS TO VILLA GROVE.

XXIV THROUGH MARSHALL PASS.

XXV GUNNISON AND CRESTED BUTTE.

XXVI A TRIP TO LAKE CITY.

XXVII IMPRESSIONS OF THE BLACK CAnON.

XXVIII THE UNCOMPAHGRE VALLEY.

XXIX AT OURAY AND RED MOUNTAIN.

XXX MONTROSE AND DELTA.

XXXI THE GRAND RIVER VALLEY.

XXXII GREEN RIVER.

XXXIII CROSSING THE WASATCH.

XXXIV BY UTAH LAKES.

XXXV SALT LAKE CITY.

XXXVI SALT LAKE AND THE WASATCH.

XXXVII AU REVOIR.

NOTES

Transcriber's Note

Title: The Crest of the Continent

A Summer's Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond

Author: Ernest Ingersoll

Language: English

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THE
Crest of the Continent:

A RECORD OF

A SUMMER’S RAMBLE IN THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS AND BEYOND.

By ERNEST INGERSOLL.

“We climbed the rock-built breasts of earth!
We saw the snowy mountains rolled
Like mighty billows; saw the birth
Of sudden dawn; beheld the gold
Of awful sunsets; saw the face
Of God, and named it boundless space.”

TWENTY NINTH EDITION.

CHICAGO:
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS, PUBLISHERS.
1887.

COPYRIGHT,
BY S. K. HOOPER,
1885.

R. R. Donnelley & Sons, The Lakeside Press, Chicago.

TO
THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO,
SAGACIOUS IN PERCEIVING, DILIGENT IN DEVELOPING,
AND WISE IN ENJOYING
THE
RESOURCES AND ATTRACTIONS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
WITH
THE HOMAGE OF
THE AUTHOR.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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