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Colorful Colorado Trip and Colfax Speech Fragment
A travel narrative describes a journey from Canon City to Morrison via Ute Pass and Garden of the Gods, with scenes at Glen Eyrie and Littleton. It includes reflections on Colorado scenery and a cheerful divide camp, followed by a lengthy excerpt of Schuyler Colfax’s remarks on greenbacks, financial stringency, resumption, and the push to restore silver as legal tender.
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Ute Pass
Falls
Garden of the Gods
Glen Eyrie
Canon City
Morrison
Colorado
Manitou
Littleton
Denver
Mr. Salter
Schuyler Colfax
Wisconsin
Illnois
Chase
the Treasury
Congress
Amy
Union
China
Siam
New England
Far West
Illinois
Jones
Curry
Colorado Limited Company
Nichols