Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1911 — Rensselaer People Enjoying Trip In Mountains of Colorado. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer People Enjoying Trip In Mountains of Colorado.

Longmont, Colo., Aug. 10, 1911. Editor Republican: . Thinking you would perhaps like to hear how we are enjoying our trip In the west, thought I would write you a little about this beautiful country, it is so far ahead of our expectations. I would only fall in ’«tying to describe it. One must see it to appreciate it. We are just home from a trip to Eldorado Springs in the mountains. Surely had a grand time. Saw more beautiful sights in one day than ever before in our lives. We rested in a cave and climbed the crazy steps* up almost a thousand feet, near the Moffatt road. Our party consisted of Charles Nowels and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murray, formerly of Rensselaer, and Gaylord Nowels and family. There Is an incline railway, almost straight up, which is run by water power, the ears being pulled by cable- It is run by a hotel company and Craig’s hotel is at the top. .Part of our party went to the top and ’felt well paid, as the scenes from the top could not be described. We saw the remains of an auto that went over the cliff, falling six hundred feet. A woman fell and rolled the entire distance, but was not killed and her husband was only bruised. We are leaving now for Elk Falls, Kans., where we will visit before returning home. Yours truly,

MRS. J. Q. ALTER.