Its revelations of fertility, of cultivation, of products, of prosperity, of thrifty homes, of contented peoples, made one feel indeed that this is a land of plenty, and that we are a nation blessed in no ordinary way.
The City of Denver is beautiful for situation, with the Rocky Mountains fifteen miles to the west.

As it is on the western border of the great plain, you can hardly at first realise what its elevation is.

Yet it is 5,270 feet above the sea, lacking only ten feet of being a mile above tide water.

The atmosphere is clear and crisp, and the mountain air exhilarates one in no ordinary degree.

Although founded only as far back as 1858, it has to-day a population of 134,000, and it is steadily growing.