The Hapgood Family, Descendents of Shadrach, 1656-1898
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Then there are springs of both soda and iron waters, with excellent hotel accom- modations. Moreover, there is that lovely drive to the " Garden of the Gods, " which no tourist should omit. GARDEN IDOLS. The " Garden " is not populated with heathen deities or modern monsters, but has resident groups of grotesque figures which were wor- TRANSCONTINENTAL TRIP. 413 shipped by the native tribes as idols, and hence the name Manitou. They "have received from white men significent names, as " The Gate...s, " " Mushroom, " " Sea Lion, " etc. These figures seemed to have formed part of a mountain which being softer, was cut or washed away, leaving the harder substances as we find them, in columns, pyramids, queer boulders, giants, etc. The Gates are a sort of red sandstone slabs, rising to a height said to be 330 feet. And all these attractions, together with a most charming climate, makes Manitou a fashionable watering-place. More than 60, 000 people visited this " Saratoga of the West " last season.
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