Chapter I: Front Matter

THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

THE LAND OF
ENCHANTMENT

From Pike's Peak to the Pacific

By LILIAN WHITING

Author of "The World Beautiful," "The Florence of
Landor," "Boston Days," etc.

"_The Fairest enchants me;
The Mighty commands me._"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1909

_Copyright, 1906_,
By LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

Printers
S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

TO
THE UNFADING MEMORY
OF
MAJOR JOHN WESLEY POWELL
THE GREAT EXPLORER

Whose name is inseparably linked for all time with the "Titan of Chasms," the entire length of which he penetrated, revealing its weird and mysterious grandeur; whose fidelity to scientific survey has signally advanced the progress of our country; whose wise foresight in advocating water supplies for arid lands, whose heroism amid hardships and whose persistence of energy and noble purpose forever endear his name to every American and to all who revere the loftiest achievements of science,

These pages are inscribed by

LILIAN WHITING.

"_The sun set, but not his hope;
Stars rose; his faith was earlier up._"

"_What's life to me?
Where'er I look is fire, where'er I listen
Music; and where I tend bliss evermore._"

BROWNING.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

It is a special pleasure to the author to gratefully present her acknowledgments to Mr. W. H. Simpson, of the Santa Fé; Mr. S. K. Hooper, of the Denver and Rio Grande; Mr. David Cameron Mac Watters, of the Short Line, and Mr. Croycroft, the artist of Santa Fé, New Mexico, for their kind courtesies in facilitating the choice of subjects for illustration and for their sympathetic encouragement in the effort to interpret something of the sublimity and the loveliness of this land of enchantment between Pike's Peak and the Pacific.

THE BRUNSWICK

BOSTON, October, 1906

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. WITH WESTERN STARS AND SUNSETS 3

II. DENVER THE BEAUTIFUL 15

III. THE PICTURESQUE REGION OF PIKE'S PEAK 51

IV. SUMMER WANDERINGS IN COLORADO 94

V. THE COLORADO PIONEERS 157

VI. THE SURPRISES OF NEW MEXICO 182

VII. THE STORY OF SANTA FÉ 207

VIII. MAGIC AND MYSTERY OF ARIZONA 228

IX. THE PETRIFIED FOREST AND THE METEORITE MOUNTAIN 270

X. LOS ANGELES, THE SPELL-BINDER 298

XI. GRAND CAÑON; THE CARNIVAL OF THE GODS 311

INDEX 339

ILLUSTRATIONS

Picturesque Bright Angel Trail, Grand Cañon, Arizona _Frontispiece_

PAGE

Acoma, New Mexico. Two Miles Distant 13

Summit of Pike's Peak, Colorado 55

Williams Cañon, near Manitou, Colorado 64

Seven Falls, Cheyenne Cañon, near Colorado Springs, Colorado 66

St. Peter's Dome, on the Cripple Creek Short Line 71

Approaching Duffield 72

Portland and Independence Mines, Victor, Colorado 75

View from Bull Hill, Richest Gulch in the World 76

The Devil's Slide, Cripple Creek Short Line 80

Colorado Springs and Tunnel No. 6, Cripple Creek Short Line 83

Gateway of the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado 92

Cathedral Spires, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado 92

The Walls of the Cañon, Grand River 99

The "Fairy Caves," Colorado 101

Marshall Pass and Mt. Ouray, Colorado 103

The Wonderful Hanging Lake, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado 112

Cathedral Rocks, Clyde Park, Cripple Creek Short Line 137

Sultan Mountain 150

Acoma, New Mexico 183

The Enchanted Mesa, New Mexico 184

Laguna, New Mexico 186

Cliff Dweller Ruins, near Santa Fé, New Mexico 191

Stone Tent. Cliff Dwellers, New Mexico 191

San Miguel Church, Santa Fé, New Mexico 211

"Watch Tower." Cliff Dwellers, New Mexico 215

Cliff Dwellers. Within Twenty-five Miles of Santa Fé,
New Mexico 215

Petrified Giants, Third Forest, Arizona 228

Collection of Cacti made by Officers at Fort McDowell, Arizona,
for this Picture 232

Looking through a Part of the River Gorge, Foot of Bad Trail,
Grand Cañon 240

Suwara (Giant Cactus), Salt River Valley, Arizona 267

San Francisco Peak, near Flagstaff, Arizona 276

Grand Cañon, from Grand View Point 316

Zigzag, Bright Angel Trail, Grand Cañon 318

A Cliff on Bright Angel Trail, Grand Cañon 320

THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT