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MIDDLE PARK. 43

City, Chicago Lakes, trouting in the neighborhood
streams, or delightful drives through the valleys, or
a look into the mines and tunnels. One of the
attractions that should not be omitted is the mineral
cabinet at the First National Bank, by far the finest
in Colorado. Here may be seen the specimens of all
the ores found in the vicinity, as well as rare and
curious minerals from all parts of Colorado. The
Randall cabinet at the Miner office should also receive
a visit; it is a rare collection, the accumulation of
many years.”

From Georgetown the tourist may make a most
delightful trip to the magnificent trout-fishing, hot
sulphur springs and other attractions of Middle Park,
and I may safely say that this is ¢he trip of the
mountains.

Fortunately, on my visit to Georgetown I was
enabled to accompany a party upon a trip to Middle
Park, which I shall ever regard as the most delightful
era of my experiences as a traveller. It was the
morning of Wednesday, November 18th, 1874. In
front of the First National Bank of Georgetown stood
one of the Colorado Stage Co.’s Concord Coaches,
drawn by six horses, with William Updike, the old
pioneer whip, who, 14 years ago, drove the first
coach into Central City, on the driver’s box. The
passengers were eight in number, leading men of
Georgetown, one of whom was the well-known editor
of the Georgetown Miner, Mr. E. H. N. Patterson.
The occasion—the pioneer trip of the first coach over

 

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