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INDEX


Colorado,  splendors  of,  14,  139  ;
a  second  Italy,  15,  9T ;  people
of,  16 ;  woman  suffrage  in,  25,
26,  27,  28,  29 ;  developed  a  de-
mand for  specialists,  33 ;  em-
ployment in,  33 ;  revenue  of,
34;  railways  of,  37,  40,  99;
C.  B.  Knox  on  the  future  of,
39 ;  Major  Pike's  description
of,  63 ;  has  larger  percentage
of  American  population  than
any  other  Western  state,  88;
waterfalls  of,  104  ;  irrigation  of,

110,  111,  119, 126,  12T,  133,  134,
141,  145, 146,  151  ;  yachting  in,

111,  112,  113;  mountain  climb-
ing in,  113,  114  ;  agriculture  in,
130,    131  ;    ranching    in,    132 ;
•'  trip  round  the  circle  "  journey
described,   134,   135,   136,  137,
138  ;  engineering  feats  in,  138  ;
park  systems   of,   139 ;   indus-
tries of,  139,   140,  141;  stone-
quarrying  in,  142,  143 ;  mineral
resources    of,    143,    144,    147;
population    of,    147 ;    progress
of,  148;  towns  of,  148;  north-
ern,   149;    coal-fields   of,    150;
fruit  cultivation  in,  151 ;  labor
in,    152,    153;   forests  of,   153,
154 ;  sport  in,  155 ;  public  school
system  in,  173;  literature  and  art
in,  177;  its  future,  178,  180,  181.
,  pioneers  of,  157-181 ;  con-
trasted with  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,
158 ;  "  Denver  Republican  "  on,
158;  their  unselfishness,  159,
160,  163;  environment  of,  162,
163  ;  Nathan  Cook  Meeker,
164-176.
Colorado  College,  85,  86,  87.
Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Com-
pany, 124,  125.  12ft.
Colorado  River,  Arizona,  240;
Prof.  N.  H.  Newell  on,  240,
241,  242.
