Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
inviting resort for the pleasure seeker and the invalid. They are a curiosity and a virtue, are now a
considerable resort for Coloradians and others in the
summer season, and when a more practicable road
is mlade to them, the park will be a young mountain
Saratoga. We found quite a number of visitors here
and there is no time during the summer months
when no one is there.
On the hillside, some way up from the Grand River,
these springs boil up in several places commingling
together a short distance below, unite in one stream,
flow over an abrupt place about twelve feet high,
into a little round pond below, which unite and make
a natural bathing house. The water seems at first
scalding hot, and often at first drives the bather out,
supposing himself a little scalded, but by putting in
first a hand, then the ai m and other parts of the body
a little at a time, you soon get accustomed to tlhe
heat and the fall, and the experience is uiiusually
exhilarating. The invigorating effects are remarkable; no lassitude, no unpleasant feelings as is experienced after an ordinary hot bath elsewhere.
These springs are all different, both as to heat
and composition; each has its peculiarities, but no
unpleasant sensation is felt even by invalids coming
from one into the other. Visitors usually enjoy this
lhealthful luxury twice a day, morning and evening.
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