' county, 84 The country for the next twenty miles is not much improved, as it cannot be de- pended upon for crops without irrigating them, and as water is not to be had, unless wells are dug and wind mills used for ele- vating the water, it will doubtless remain as it is—a stock range. From Little Buttes, it is 11 5-10 miles to Prnon—a side-track, and 11 7-10 miles further to Norra PuEBLo—but passenger trains seldom stop, as the town lays nearer South Pueblo station than the one bearing its name. On the east side of the Fountain is situ- ated East Pueblo, reached by a bridge on our left. From North Pueblo station, our route is along the creek, through deep cuts made through a round butte, that seems to rise up in our way, cross the track of the Atch- ison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, and the Arkansas River, and a run from the last station of 2 5-10 miles brings the train to Sours Pursio—This is a regular eating station, where a full meal can be had for 79 cents, As North Pueblo and South Pueblo are really one city, separated only by the Ar- kansas River, we shall speak of them as Puxnsio—This city is located in the rich Arkansas valley, on the Arkansas River, near its junction with the Fountain Qui Bouille, and contains about 4,000 inhabi- tants. It is the county seat of Pueblo and besides the Denver & Rio Grande, is connected by rail with Canyon City, 48 miles to the west, up the Arkansas River, and all the Eastern world, via Atch- ison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, down the Arkansas. The county buildings are the best in the State; the schools are good; church ac- commodations ample. ueblo has four banks, smelting works, a planing mill, rolling mill, foundry and machine shop, two flouring mills, several hotéls, and one daily newspaper—the Chieftain. The business of the city is, to a great ex- tent, connected with the mining business to the west and south—San Juan, South Park and the Cinmerron regions. Agriculture— along the Arkansas River and the adjacent streams—is very profitable, as the yield per acre of all kinds of small grains and veg- etables, is abundant; but above all others, stock raising is the most extensive. As a range for cattle and sheep, Pueblo and the adjoining counties, when the mild winters, CROFUTT’S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST light snow fall, and rich and nutritious bunch grass are considered, are par ex- cellent. The fine water-power available, and these broad, fertile plains and productive up- lands, on which roam so many thousand sheep, point to the probable fact that woolen manufactories will soon be estab- lished here. There is certainly a fine op- portunity and a home market. The Arkansas Valley Division of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, runs from South Pueblo, along up on the south side of the Arkansas River, where the country traversed is almost wholly given up to grazing purposes. The stations, and distances between them, are: Goodnight, 4 410 miles from Pueblo; Meadows, 4 6-10 miles further; Swallows, five miles; Carlisle Springs, 65-10 miles; Beaver Creek, 2 7-10 miles; Laban, 9 2-10 miles; and Coal Junction, 6-10 miles further; making 33 miles from South Pueblo. From the Coan Junction—a track branches off to the coal banks, two miles distant, while the main track continues on 7 5-10 miles further to Oanyon Crry—4014 miles from Pueblo. This city is the county seat of Fremont county, situated at the very gate of the mountains, in a lovely and productive little valley, and possesses some of the most at- ‘tractive scenery in Colorado. From Van- yon, it is about 12 miles to the “Grand Canyon of the Arkansas,” the towering walls of whiclrise in places perpendicular, 2,000 feet, between which runs the Arkan- sas River. Here is a grand view, that can be reached from the city, over a good wagon road, pide some magnificent changing scenery. Canyon, not to be out- done, has secured a first-class hot spring, which has been “ picketed out,» about one mile from the city. The baths are excellent. The first settlement was made at Canyon City, in the summer of 1859, and in 1860-1 some good stone buildings were erected, and a great amount of freight from the Missouri River, destined for Tarryall, Cali- fornia Gulch and the Blue, came up the Arkansas route, and went into the moun- tains, via Canyon City. Then it was that prospects were bright for a big city at Canyon, and corner lots advanced, but the mines—being all “placer mines” at that time—became worked out, and Canyon declined.