"Around the Circle": One Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains

Around the Circle A Thousand Miles Through The Rocky Mountains.
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Around the Circle One Thousand Miles Through The Rocky mountains Being a Descriptive of a Trip Among Peaks, Over Passes and Through Cañons of Colorado.
A Journey which comprises more Noted and Magnificent Scenery Than is compassed in any other one Thousand Miles of Travel in The known World
Presented by the Passenger · Department of the Denver & Rio·Grande R·R· 1892
Rainbow Route—Silverton Railroad Denver & Rio Grande R·R·—Scenic Line of the World Rio Grande Southern R·R·—Silver San Juan Scenic Line
Copyright, 1892, By S. K. Hooper, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colo. Denver & Rio Grande R. R.
Knight, Leonard & Co., Printers Chicago.
THE TOURIST in search of grand and beautiful scenery finds an embarrassment of riches in Colorado. Among so many attractions he is at a loss which to choose, and having made a choice, he is frequently troubled with doubts as to the wisdom of his selection. Recognizing this fact, the Passenger Department of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, after a careful and thoughtful discussion of the situation, has decided to make a selection of a tour that shall embrace the most varied and picturesque scenery to be found on the line of any railroad in the world, included in a single trip, at a moderate cost. The excursion Around the Circle presents all these advantages. It can be made comfortably in four days, and no portion of the journey has to be retraced, thus affording constant variety and keeping the interest of the tourist pleasurably excited to the end. It is a remarkable fact that this journey, if pursued in the line laid down in the following pages, is cumulative in its character. Like a well-constructed drama, the interest grows stronger and stronger with each stage of its progress, until the final scene, which is an overpowering climax of grandeur and majesty. The points of interest on the trip Around the Circle are practically innumerable. The observing tourist will discover many beauties and attractions which are not described by the writer. No attempt has been made to include all that is worthy of mention. Only those scenes which are of transcendent interest have been touched upon, and in the pages which follow, the reader will only obtain a bird's-eye view of the tour. This being the case, the tourist can readily imagine what pleasure lies before him. In this instance distance does not lend enchantment to the view. To penetrate the heart of the majestic mountains, to cross and re-cross the great Rocky Range, to gaze with breathless awe into the defiles of abysmal chasms, and to behold with reverent, upturned eyes the ancient summits of heaven-defying snow-crowned peaks, are privileges that familiarity can never make commonplace nor belittle. Such privileges are granted to the tourists Around the Circle, and with full confidence that he who takes the journey: will find his brightest anticipations more than realised, this little book is placed before him.