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.

CHAPTER XIV.
NORTH PARK.
The North Park is separated from the one we
have just left by a hii(h cross range of the main
mountains. This park extends up to the northern
line of Colorado to within a few miles of the Pacific
Railroad. It is very much diversified, internally
broken, and more wild and unfrequented than the
others. Its soil is colder, as its elevation is higher
-less fertility and less vegetation. Every kind of
vegetable gro:vtli looks as though it was struggling
against the frowns of nature. It gives tothe wolves,
antelopes, bears, deers and smaller wild animals a
more secure home than the more frequented parks.'
below. They lhave but few enemies here, save the
red men, and them only in summer; old winter and
the bears have undisputed possession during that
season.
Throughl and out of this park flow the head-waters
of the North Platte. Its streams are full of trout,
while its sage brush give protection to the numerous sage hens, and the hillsides are sprinkled with
buffalo and bunch grass for the numerous deer..
Those who desire excessive wild life can find it here
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