Stop at Pike's Peak on your Way to or from the Expositions . OVERLOOKING BOTTOMLESS PIT Colorado Springs Six miles from Manitou, upon an unbroken plateau, tipping imperceptibly towardthe south—an ideal location—lies the city of Colorado Springs, which has fulfilledevery hope of its founders. With a population of 40,000, it possesses more up-to-dateurban advantages than any other community of its proportions in the West, atleast. It is laid out with artistic exactness, with wide, smooth, naturally macadamizedstreets-—some of them beautifully parked—and it maintains a public park system thatis n
Stop at Pike's Peak on your Way to or from the Expositions . OVERLOOKING BOTTOMLESS PIT Colorado Springs Six miles from Manitou, upon an unbroken plateau, tipping imperceptibly towardthe south—an ideal location—lies the city of Colorado Springs, which has fulfilledevery hope of its founders. With a population of 40,000, it possesses more up-to-dateurban advantages than any other community of its proportions in the West, atleast. It is laid out with artistic exactness, with wide, smooth, naturally macadamizedstreets-—some of them beautifully parked—and it maintains a public park system thatis not surpassed by any city of double its population. Magnificent metropolitanbuildings adorn its business streets, and in its residence districts are many trulypalatial homes, for among its citizens is a good-sized colony of retired millionaires, whohave picked it out from all the world. It has a superior school system, a universitywith a high reputation, beautiful churches, splendid fireproof hotels, a casino,theatres, etc. Its railroads are the Chi
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